Mazda's back in the black, targets 400,000 U.S. sales

Automotive News: How solid is Mazda's recovery? What could knock you off course? Masamichi Kogai: I don't think we have such a significant amount of money in our pockets yet. It's just small change so far. The real test is from now on. In our plan, we still have to introduce five more new products by March 2016. I'm confident in our sales plan and our ability to execute and solidly achieve the profit we planned.

November 25, 2013 05:00 AM

HIROSHIMA, Japan - When Masamichi Kogai, 59, took over as Mazda's CEO in June, he inherited a company that had just recorded its first annual profit in five years.

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