{"id":48381,"date":"2025-09-09T00:54:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T17:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/tariffs-spur-mazda-to-shift-us-focus-toward-suvs-cut-smaller-models\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T00:54:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T17:54:44","slug":"tariffs-spur-mazda-to-shift-us-focus-toward-suvs-cut-smaller-models","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hbbgroup.net\/vi\/tariffs-spur-mazda-to-shift-us-focus-toward-suvs-cut-smaller-models\/","title":{"rendered":"Tariffs spur Mazda to shift US focus toward SUVs, cut smaller models"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-trackable=\"article\">\n<div>\n<p><span><a href=\"http:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/business\/automobiles\" data-trackable=\"primary-tag\" data-dark-mode=\"false\">Automobiles<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-trackable=\"subhead\" data-dark-mode=\"false\">Japan automaker to add local production, increase sales of CX-70 and CX-90<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/__origami\/service\/image\/v2\/images\/raw\/https%3A%2F%2Fcms-image-bucket-productionv3-ap-northeast-1-a7d2.s3.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com%2Fimages%2F7%2F1%2F1%2F8%2F11448117-2-eng-GB%2F3b977c50e61f-20250908N-Mazda.jpg?width=780&#038;fit=cover&#038;gravity=faces&#038;dpr=2&#038;quality=medium&#038;source=nar-cms&#038;format=auto\" alt=\"20250908N Mazda\" width=\"780\" height=\"auto\" loading=\"eager\"><\/p>\n<p data-trackable=\"caption\" data-dark-mode=\"false\">Mazda Motor plans to refocus its U.S. business on more profitable models, while adjusting imports to deal with American tariffs.\u00a0(Photo by Arisa Moriyama)<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>HIROTAKE KITAGAWA<\/p>\n<div data-dark-mode=\"false\">\n<p><span>September 9, 2025 02:08 JST<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div id=\"article-body-preview\" data-article-body data-trackable=\"bodytext\" data-atlas=\"body\">\n<p data-dark-mode=\"false\">HIROSHIMA, Japan &#8212; Mazda Motor is pivoting toward its larger, more profitable models in the U.S.\u00a0while attacking costs and dealer incentives as the Japanese automaker\u00a0grapples with American tariffs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"article-footer\">\n<div data-article-type=\"News\">\n<div data-trackable=\"read-next-listing\" data-testid=\"read-next\">\n<p data-trackable=\"listing-title\">\n<h2>Read Next<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<div data-trackable=\"slot-1\">\n<li data-trackable=\"teaser-splash\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/opinion\/tariffs-are-unlikely-to-melt-like-an-ice-cube\" data-trackable=\"thumbnail\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" href=\"http:\/\/asia.nikkei.com\/opinion\/tariffs-are-unlikely-to-melt-like-an-ice-cube\" 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