Editor's note: Mazda will offer a setup that uses a new longitudinal inline six-cylinder powertrain for bigger vehicles. A pervious version of this story misidentified the type of powertrain.
TOKYO — Even as Mazda braces for waves of COVID-19-related red ink this year, the Japanese carmaker is anticipating a surge in U.S. volume not seen in three decades after the pandemic clears.
Mazda Motor Corp. CEO Akira Marumoto says that in three years' time, the automaker will be in position to pursue annual U.S. sales of 450,000 vehicles, an impressive 62 percent increase over last year's result.