Additionally, O’Sullivan stated in an interview with WardsAuto “we could have sold a bunch more MX-5 Miatas if we wanted to, but capacity was an issue. And Mazda’s US division had no interest in offering incentives for volume sales of the new roadster.” Also, the more popular retractable hardtop version didn’t enter the market until October, with many areas not receiving the model until November.
O’Sullivan finished the interview with the statement “the MX-5 is still the number one selling roadster in the world and one year is definitely too brief a period to define success or failure.”