Gasgoo.com (Shanghai May 7) - In a recently issued performance report, Mazda Motor's Chinese branch announced April sales of 17,890 vehicles, auto.sina.com.cn reported earlier this week. The new figure is 23 percent higher than Mazda's April 2010 sales result. Additionally, Mazda announced sales of 67,685 vehicles since the start of the year, an increase of 1 percent from January to April of last year.