Take tough Mazda’s sales in Europe, despite the climate of crisis, which still prevails in many markets of the old continent: in the period April 2008-March 2009, Mazda Europe has sold 324,600 cars, marking a decline of 1, 3% compared to last year and ending in fact the second best year ever. 

Even better, however, the proportion of penetration of the brand, which reached 2% from 1, 8% last year, plus the prospect of growing again in the fiscal year entrant. Finally, the particularly good results in seven national markets, the best of which were Russia (+21%, over 70,000 cars sold), Ukraine (+7%) and Portugal (+5%).