(September 10, 2010) HIROSHIMA, Japan — Mazda has announced that the cumulative global production volume of the Mazda6 — known as Mazda Atenza in Japan — reached two million units at the end of August.

The Mazda6 reached this milestone in the eight years and six months since production of the first generation Mazda6 commenced in February 2002 at Mazda's Hofu Plant No. 2 in Yamaguchi prefecture. The achievement marks the second fastest time — after the Mazda3 — to produce two million units of one model since Mazda launched its new generation Zoom-Zoom product lineup in 2002.
 
The sedan was fully redesigned in 2007 building on the strengths of the first generation model and taking them one step further, and its environmental and safety performance was significantly improved. In February 2009, the new Mazda6 European specification model was awarded the five-star maximum rating by the European New Car Assessment Programme.