"Scrap 100 percent of the Cougar Ace vehicles" - Mazda

Mazda Motor Corporation announced that all of the U.S.- and Canada-bound Mazda vehicles from Cougar Ace, a car-carrying which nearly capsized off the Aleutian Islands in late July, would be scrapped.

“After thorough testing by engineers from our North American and Japanese R&D centers, 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.

Cougar Ace was carrying 4,703 Mazdas, half of which is Mazda 3 and about one-fourth is Mazda CX-7. Mazda 3 and CX-7 are two most precious vehicles of the automaker. View the rest of this article