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Old 04-26-2014, 03:15 PM   #78
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Originally Posted by fatoni View Post
i wouldnt say they tanked. the nc is just old and combined with the whole economic downturn aroun 08, it makes sense.
Ok, but the economic has picked up and sales are still in general are still declining.

Also during the last year for the NA and NB, sales where at least half of what they were when the model first debuted. But if you look at current sales they aren't anywhere close to half of what they where when the NC debuted.

MX-5 US Sales

1989: 23,052 (NA introduced)
1990: 35,944
1991: 31,240
1992: 24,964
1993: 21,588
1994: 21,400
1995: 20,174
1996: 18,408
1997: 17,218
1998: 19,845 (replaced by NB)
1999: 17,738
2000: 18,299
2001: 16,486
2002: 14,392
2003: 10,920
2004: 9,356
2005: 9,801 (replaced by NC)
2006: 16,897 (first full years of sales)
2007: 15,075
2008: 10,977
2009: 7917
2010: 6370
2011: 5674
2012: 6305
2013: 5780
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