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Mazda Scraps 4,703 New Cars
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Mazda Motor Corporation has announced that all of the US and Canada-bound
Mazda vehicles from the car-carrying vessel, Cougar Ace, which nearly
capsized off the Aleutian Islands in late July, would be scrapped. "After thorough testing by engineers from our American and Japanese R&D
centres, we decided the most appropriate course of action – with our customers
foremost in mind – was not to sell any of the 4,703 Mazdas aboard the ship,"
said Jim O'Sullivan, President and CEO of Mazda North American Operations, based
in Irvine, California. The Cougar Ace sat listing at more than 60-degrees for nearly a month
after an incident at sea, before it could be towed to the Port of Portland, Oregon,
for repairs and to have its cargo off-loaded. O'Sullivan added that although some of the Mazdas aboard the Cougar Ace
showed little or no visible damage from being tied-down at severe angles for an
extended period, the company reconsidered its initial decision to sell any of
the vehicles as used. "We always put the customer first," O'Sullivan continued. "This drove our
decision to scrap every one of the Mazdas involved in this incident. None will be
sold as used cars." | |||||
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