The miniature Mazda minivan — aka the Mazda5 — won’t be brought to the United States after this year, according to the automaker (via Autoblog). The small, boxy family hauler dwindled out in the U.S. (but was never less functional) because we’ll buy anything that looks like a crossover.
In unrelated news: Mazda will be showing off its new crossover concept in Frankfurt this year, dubbed the Koeru, according to Carscoops.
Thank goodness, the world could use another crossover.
Sales of the Mazda5 peaked in the U.S. market in 2008, and it never became the sales force that the Mazda Premacy had been in other countries. In the first six months of this year, Mazda had only sold about 6,800 Mazda5 models. To date, the Mazda5/Premacy has been Mazda’s best-selling minivan worldwide.
But, there are crossovers to make and sell in the hundreds of thousands.
In Frankfurt, the company will show off its crossover concept, the Koeru, which means “exceed,” although its unclear from the company’s photos how big it may be or what could be underneath its hood. Autocar speculated that the crossover would be roughly the size of a Cx-5 and would be powered by a 2.2-liter diesel engine.
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