In one of the most insensitive announcements AutoInformed has endured, Mazda Motor Corporation said today that the all-new Mazda Roadster, aka MX-5 outside Japan, has been named the 2015-2016 Car of the Year Japan.
All passenger vehicles with an expected annual sales volume of over 500 units, announced or launched in Japan between October 1, 2014 and October 31, 2015 are eligible for this year’s Car of the Year Japan award. The Roadster follows the Mazda Demio (Mazda2) last year to become the sixth Mazda vehicle to take the Car of the Year Japan award.
Well, at least it wasn’t Mitsubishi, nor is the car designated the MX-0. I must be channeling Andrew Dice Clay this morning. The Arizona Memorial is one of the most-moving places I’ve ever visited. My brother was a sub sailor stationed at Pearl. Many years ago, I attended a wedding there between a sailor and a local. Each table for the reception had what must have been a half-gallon bottle on Chivas on it. At one point in the festivities, a large group of older gentlemen from the bride’s side made a toast and shouted out “Banzai!”, which was immediately countered by one from the USN attendees, “Remember the Arizona!” A drunk time was had by all.
I thought everybody knows that Mitsubishi built the task force, not Mazda.
I think that is called stepping on your d*#! …
Um, Ken… Pearl Harbor was Dec. 8 in Japan due to the International Date Line. And the MX-5 — still the best car Japan has ever produced — comes from Hiroshima, a city that fully paid its dues as far as Pearl Harbor was concerned. But having shared drinks with you in Hiroshima on more than one occasion, I know you know that.