TOKYO -- Mazda Motor is taking its CX-8 three-row sport utility vehicle into Australia, New Zealand and China in the current fiscal year, hoping to cash in on global SUV demand with a model that has only been sold in Japan.
The Japanese automaker sees the move as a crucial step toward its target of selling 2 million cars worldwide in the year ending March 2024. For fiscal 2018, the goal is to increase sales by 2% to 1.66 million cars, with SUVs at the core of the strategy.
