Mazda Motor Corporation will "temporarily" redirect SUVs originally made for Canada at its Huntsville plant to the United States next week, according to a report.
Per Nikkei Asia, Mazda will stop producing its CX-50 SUV for the Canadian market at the plant beginning on May 12 as it assesses the impact of President Donald Trump's automobile tariffs and Canada's retaliation.
According to the outlet, Mazda's annual production capacity at the Alabama facility is "150,000 vehicles, roughly 10% of which go to Canada. That Canada-bound portion will now head to the U.S. market instead." Mazda shares the production factory with Toyota.
"Production of the CX-50 for the Canadian market will be temporarily suspended starting May 12 [U.S. time]," a representative of Mazda's Canadian subsidiary told Nikkei Asia. "However, by increasing production for the U.S. market, operations [at the Alabama factory] remain unaffected."
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