mazda burned to the ground
 

damn it. I just found out from my gf that mazda in hiroshima japan burned totally down. for all you that dont know thats where (i think) all our cars are made. im wondering if that means mo mazdaspeed 6 in the summer ill keep you all posted.

thank you phantom for straightening me out. It was my girlfriends honda loving brother who told me it burned a big chunk of the plant. Sorry to have passed on incorrect news. i guess that means also that my japanese translating skills arent so hot.

www.rotarynews.com has a good write up on it as well

yup i heard about it from rotarynews.com

I think only the first gen proteges were made there. The newer ones are made in either michigan or mexico?

My MP5 was built in Hiroshima.

look at your vin it shows where the car was manufactured J=japan 1=us i think and 4=mexico. my vin starts w/a j there fore it was manufactured in Japan. there are sites out there that can tell you what the number or letter stand for.