Mazda wait time blues over at last? 'Most stock since before COVID' as boatloads of 2024 Mazda CX-3, CX-5, CX-30, CX-8, BT-50, Mazda 3 and more dock in Australia

Great news if you want a new car and don't want to wait months for one.

Mazda has announced that it is about to receive thousands of new vehicles over the next few weeks, at a level not seen since the beginning of the 2020s.

Speaking at the launch of the CX-90 three-row full-sized SUV, Mazda Australia Managing Director, Vinesh Bhindi, confirmed the shipment, saying it should slash waiting times for popular models like the CX-30 small crossover, CX-5 mid-sized SUV and BT-50 medium ute.

"When it comes to available stock, we have an influx of units incoming as we speak, with particularly healthy arrivals confirmed for key models, including CX-5, CX-8, CX-30 and BT-50, and ample inventory across almost the entire model range," he said.

"Now, this significant volume is the most amount we've had since before COVID in fact, and more than fulfils our requirements, at least for the next couple of months, ensuring we are in an excellent position to able to serve our customers with a huge amount of choice when it comes to their model preferences."

Should demand dictate it, Mazda will also have decent supplies of the recently-released CX-60 and CX-90 premium SUVs too.

Great news if you want a new car and don’t want to wait months for one.

"We can always get more if the demand is higher, and we've been doing a lot of pre-sales," Bhindi said.

Why the sudden influx of stock?

"Australia is a priority market for the Mazda Corporation, so we've always had good allocation for whatever they've had to produce," Bhindi said.

Speeding things up is a new pre-delivery process.

"Of course, the industry and most brands are in a much better place than they were a year and two years ago. So, things are opening up in terms of components supply, discussions of any lockdowns and factories not working; it's all in the past everywhere in the world... so we've got some good allocation."

Speeding things up is a new pre-delivery process that is said to cut between one and two weeks off the turnaround time between a vehicle landing at the dock and being transported to the dealership.

"Our dealer partners are working hard to ensure customers continue to experience a swift and seamless experience when taking delivery of their car, with a 'direct off-wharf' approach that I've mentioned in previous months in operation around the clock … ensuring that wait times are kept at an absolute minimum," Bhindi added.

Mazda has announced that it is about to receive thousands of new vehicles over the next few weeks.

"The same processes will of course be implemented for CX-90 and CX-60 too. This customer-centric focus is another element of our Mazda premium approach."

While declining to confirm what the exact numbers are, it is understood that nearly 3000 Mazdas have or about to land at Australia's ports from Japan and Thailand.

Should demand dictate it, Mazda will also have decent supplies of the recently-released CX-60 and CX-90 premium SUVs too.

The fresh wave of vehicles should hold Mazda in good stead leading up to the fourth quarter of this year, as it and the rest of the industry finally emerge from the severe stock shortages of the past two and a half years as a result of multiple supply-chain issues.

Despite continuing high demand for models like the CX-30, CX-30, CX-5 and BT-50, it has only managed to post a very modest 1.6 per cent rise in sales year-to-date, to 58,731 registrations.

While declining to confirm what the exact numbers are, it is understood that nearly 3000 Mazdas have or about to land at Australia’s ports from Japan and Thailand.

That figure puts Mazda at number two in the 2023 sales race, behind the 111,426 units Toyota has shifted to the end of July.

In terms of market share, Toyota leads at 16.4 per cent year-to-date, with Mazda at 8.7 per cent and Kia (with 45,310 sales) in third place at 6.7 per cent – which also happens to be where Ford (at 45,291 sales) is at.