Chip Shortage to Hit About 100,000 Mazda Vehicles in 2021

Chip Shortage to Hit About 100,000 Mazda Vehicles in 2021
The logo of Mazda is pictured at the LA Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, on Nov. 20, 2019. Andrew Cullen/Reuters
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Mazda Motor Corp said on Friday it expects a semiconductor crunch to affect around 100,000 of the Japanese automaker’s vehicles globally during the fiscal year.

However, Mazda will fully leverage available inventory to minimize the hit to about 70,000 wholesale units, it said in a statement.