1. Organization Change

Mazda forecasts sixth consecutive year of profit increases for 2006

FY2005 Consolidated Full Year Highlights:
- Operating profit up 49 percent to record 123.4 billion yen
- Net income increases 46 percent to a best ever 66.7 billion yen
- Annual dividend up 2 yen to 5 yen per share

FY2006 Projection Highlights:

Daniel Lavoie beats out 11 other Master Technicians from across Canada and the United States for top prize

(Richmond Hill, ON): Top Mazda Master Technicians from across Canada and the United States put their diagnostic and technical skills to the test in the 2006 Mazda North America Master Technician of the Year Competition held on April 8, 2006, at Mazda North America’s corporate headquarters in Irvine, California.

Twelve semi-finalists (two Canadians and ten Americans) diagnosed and repaired Mazda5 vehicles with identical customer concerns during the one-day event. Each technician was judged on the accuracy of repairs, quality of work, thoroughness of work order, and the time it took to complete the repairs.

Mazda appoints Wearnes International Group to establish the first Mazda dealership in Jakarta

HIROSHIMA, Japan, April 27, 2006--Mazda Motor Corporation today officially announced its plans to re-enter the Indonesian market through the establishment of its wholly-owned distribution company, PT Mazda Motor Indonesia. In a related development, Mazda Motor Corporation recently also signed a memorandum of agreement with its former distributor. Mazda is currently experiencing a global resurgence in both sales and profitability and sees Indonesia as important to its growth plans in the ASEAN region.

In March 2006, Mazda's domestic production, exports and overseas production exceeded the previous year's figures due to steady demand for the Premacy/Mazda5 and Roadster/MX-5 new models as well as the Atenza/Mazda6. In addition, for fiscal year 2005, Mazda's domestic production, domestic sales and exports exceeded the figures from the previous year due to healthy demand for its new models and commercial vehicles.

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FORD'S Chinese joint venture suspended production of the new Mazda 3 one month after it went on sale in China.

A spokesman from Chang'an Ford Motors Corp, the producer of Mazda 3, confirmed the suspension, but refused to identify the reason.

"We have actively negotiated with all the concerned parties and hope to resume the production as soon as possible," said He Miao, an official from Mazda Motors Corp Shanghai Consulting Co.

IRVINE, Calif. -- Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) today announced the appointment of Don Romano as President, Mazda Canada, Inc. (MCI), replacing Mike (Michel) Benchimol, who is no longer with the company.

Romano assumes responsibility for Mazda’s sales, marketing and customer service and parts operations in Canada, and reports to Jim O’Sullivan, president and CEO of MNAO.

“Canada is one of Mazda’s strongest markets worldwide, with growth so far this year of nearly 19 percent, and a 4.5 percent market share,” said O’Sullivan. “Don has demonstrated both strong leadership and superb intellectual capabilities in his previous positions here at MNAO, and I expect even greater success for Mazda Canada under his direction.”

HIROSHIMA, Japan, April 12 /PRNewswire/ -- think3, Inc. a leading provider of next-generation industrial design and product development solutions, announced today that Mazda Motor Corporation's Die Engineering Group has selected and is using the company's industrial design software technology, thinkiD DesignXpressions(TM).

Mazda, who has been working with think3 for more than year, selected think3's software to address the growing importance of solving compensation issues during the die press design requirements process. think3's Global Shape Modeling (GSM3) technology was used as the bridge for creating compensation data of die. This allowed Mazda to compensate data to the die surface quickly from an initial position to a compensated target position, while keeping design intent intact. Mazda created the compensation data of die by quickly modifying the product shape to the necessary target position in their efforts to reduce the number of design man-hours and improve the data quality.

NEW YORK, April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Can you imagine a world where fast, fun and cool rules? A world where Zoom-Zoom is the order of the day? And the emotion of motion is all that matters? Well, across the street from the 2006 New York International Auto Show (NYIAS) at the Jacob Javits Center is where you'll find Zoom-Zoom City, a world where every vehicle has the soul of a sportscar.

In addition to its two product display areas inside Jacob Javits Center, Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) offers show-goers a third opportunity -- and with no entrance fee needed -- to see its vehicles. Inside a large tented structure, Zoom-Zoom City will offer a Mazda brand-experience in a setting inspired by an urban city, and provides context for each vehicle's development story.

RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 10, 2006--Proxicom, Inc., an affiliate of The Gores Group, today announced strong results from its collaboration with Mazda North American Operations to develop a program of dealer-centric tools and processes that enables dealers to connect to consumers via the Internet. The Mazda Dealers On Line (MDOL) Program includes lead acquisition, distribution, and dealer support. Program results have been impressive. MDOL has posted industry-leading dealer response rates with over 90 percent of leads receiving a manual response from a Mazda dealer within the established standards. More than 85 percent of Mazda dealers now participate in this voluntary (and dealer-funded) program, reflecting a 20 percent increase in dealer involvement from 2004. Rudy Privitelli, Group Manager, Relationship Marketing of Mazda North American Operations stated, "Proxicom has helped Mazda drive down the cost of leads for our dealers, reduce Mazda's costs for managing the program, and has significantly improved the performance of our dealers. Mazda can attribute 12% of our sales to the online channels that Proxicom helps to build and maintain."