Mazda Destroys $100M worth of cars
Mazda Destroys $100M worth of cars
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Yea but the beauty of insurance is that they are going to be reimbursed for every penny of what they lost. As far as the liability goes, Mazda rather not have any piece of those cars get into the hands of the public in fear of lawsuits and other headaches might come their way.
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As for the cars... *yawn*
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That's a bummer. Some of those ideas people suggested for uses of the cars were great, like vocational school and fire extrication training. They wouldn't be driven thus reducing Mazda's liability.
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I agree that they could have donated these cars for other uses that could have benefited in so many other ways.
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The thing is though, if they donate it, the party to whom they donated could re-sell it to the public, and Mazda doesn't want that. It would be very hard for them to track every one of those cars to make sure they don't "leak out" to the public roads.
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Mazda was smart to scrap them and make sure they don't make it to the public.
Last edited by MD350; May 4, 2008 at 01:37 PM.
Mazda made exactly the right call. If they'd donated them to some cause there's no doubt someone would be tempted to sell them. Even if they weren't sold somehow and just used without being driven, Mazda STILL ran the risk of big liability problems. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. 
