Mazda Achieves Year-Over-Year Sales Increase Despite Pandemic Photo: Mazda We all know that 2020 wasn’t the best year for the auto industry — or much of anything else, really. Despite that, Mazda North American Operations managed to achieve a year-over-year sales increase, and better December sales figures compared to 2019. Here’s what else the automaker achieved. Photo: Mazda The Mazda crossover lineup did quite well this year, totaling 220,457 units sold. That’s 11 percent more vehicles moved, compared to 2019. The automaker even managed to finish strong, with December 2020 sales figures reaching 25,671 — which is 20.8 percent more than were sold in December 2019. In terms of individual models, the December 2020 was the best month in the CX-5’s history. It managed to sell 17,954 units, which is a 14.1 percent boost compared to the prior December. The CX-9 saw a smaller boost in 2020, with 27, 638 sales, constituting a 2.9 percent increase. But the real star of December was the Mazda CX-30. With 4,408 models, December was its best month ever. And for the year of 2020, 38,064 models went home with drivers.