By Leftlane Staff
Monday, May 8th, 2006 @ 5:34 pm

The recent debut of the 2007 Mazda CX-9 spells the end for Mazda ’s MPV minivan, which is set to end production shortly. “We’re taking the last orders,” said Mazda North American CEO James J. O’Sullivan told Ward’s Auto. “It’s still a great vehicle, still relevant to the market,” O’Sullivan says of the MPV. “But when you’re limited on production capacity, do you continue to build the MPV or do you do things like the CX-7 and CX-9? That’s why we made that choice.” The Leftlane Perspective: Is this yet another sign of the demise of the minivan as we know it? Ford is rumored to be killing off its existing minivans and replacing them with the 2008 Fairlane.

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