Mazda North American Operations is responsible for the sales andmarketing, customer parts and service support of Mazda vehicles in the United States.Headquartered in Irvine, Calif., MNAO has more than 700 dealershipsnationwide.
In other testing performed earlier by the NHTSA, the MPV minivan also scored aperfect five-star rating for frontal occupant protection. In addition, MPV recorded a score of five stars for front- and rear-seat occupants when thevehicle is involved in a side impact. MAZDA6 side-impact scores have not yet been released.