In its first month of sales in the Japanese market, Mazda’s new Premacy (to be sold as the 5 overseas) has generated more than double the amount of orders than its initial sales target of 3,000 units per month.

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Sales, which began on February 7, had reached 6,500 units by March 6.


About 70% of Japanese customers ordered dual power sliding doors and 40% wanted the visual-aid driver navigation system (with front and back monitors), both of which are available as factory-installed options.

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