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On December 14, an unconfirmed picture of "regional reliable news" was circulated on the Internet, according to the screenshot:

1. FAW Mazda Division was dissolved in June 2021. Former FAW Mazda sales Company employees transferred to Pentium or Red Flag Division.

2. Atez stopped production permanently and cleared the existing inventory.

3. CX-4 is expected to be scheduled for production in May, and the production of existing accessories will be stopped after digestion.

4. The former FAW Mazda dealers continue to sell CX-4 and provide after-sales service for car owners. The transition period is 2 years, and the current long Amma Zda models (including the new generation Mazda 6 and the new CX-50) will be sold together starting from 2023.

5. FAW Group has completely independent intellectual property rights to CX-4. After stopping production, it adopts Pentium powertrain and logo, which is incorporated into FAW Pentium network sales.

Only one year after its establishment, FAW Mazda will be disbanded? In June this year, FAW Group announced the adjustment of FAW Mazda management relationship, and the main body of cooperation with Japanese Mazda was changed from FAW Pentium car Co., Ltd. to FAW Group. After the adjustment, FAW Group will set up FAW Mazda Division, which will be responsible for the full value chain operation of FAW Mazda brand, and will be in the same management with FAW-Volkswagen, FAW Toyota and other companies within the group.

Atez permanently stopped production and cleared the existing inventory. According to previous reports, FAW Service Trade, a subsidiary of FAW Group, released news that FAW Mazda Atez has a batch of vehicles to deal with and sold to group employees. According to the news, this batch of Atez is in stock, and all the models are basically sold at a discount of less than 30%.

The former FAW Mazda dealers continue to sell CX-4 and provide after-sales service to car owners. Starting from 2023, the combined sale of current long Amma Zda models (including the new generation Mazda 6 and the new CX-50)? According to recent media reports, the new Mazda 6 will first go on sale in Japan's home market in March 2022. The new car will be equipped with an in-line 6-cylinder blue sky SKYACTIV-X engine and a 48V light mixing system. In addition, the new Mazda CX-5 is based on the rear-drive platform and is expected to be named CX-50, with a new design style in appearance and an in-line six-cylinder engine with a maximum power of 210kW.

It is understood that Japan's Mazda has two joint ventures in China: FAW Mazda and Changan Mazda, of which Changan Mazda has four models: Anksella, CX-30, CX-5 and CX-8, while FAW Mazda has only CX-4 and Atz. According to Mazda China, sales in November were 18727, down 13.44 per cent from a year earlier. The cumulative sales from January to November were 191737, down 5.67 per cent from a year earlier.

The performance of the two joint ventures is polarized. Changan Mazda sold 13279 vehicles in November, up 5.28% from a year earlier. Cumulative sales in the first 11 months were 122260, up 0.12 per cent from a year earlier. FAW Mazda sold 5448 vehicles in November, down 39.61 per cent from a year earlier, with cumulative sales of 69331 vehicles, down 14.40 per cent from a year earlier.

In recent years, FAW Mazda has not caused news of new cars. The lack of product line coupled with quality control problems makes it difficult for the brand to move forward, and the news that it is about to be disbanded may also be expected.

However, in response to the online news, some media sought confirmation from FAW Mazda sales Company, and the company insiders responded, "this is a rumor-mongering. We are tracking down the rumor-mongers and will issue a statement later." In view of the progress of this incident, we will also continue to follow.

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