LA Auto Show: Mazda2

by Alex L. Dykes

Published: December 3rd, 2009

Want a slightly different flavor of Fiesta? The Mazda2 should fit the bill.

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JeremyR on Dec 03, 2009

Somehow I like the Fiesta's proportions and styling a little better. But maybe they're the same. I don't know. The look of Mazda's new smiling grille has not grown on me yet, but it's starting to annoy me less, so there's a chance that it could. Anyway, my aging `87 Accord may need a replacement in a couple of years, and I'll probably be looking at both these models when it does...

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Demetri on Dec 03, 2009

They raised the price of the 3 for the latest generation, so there should be plenty of room for this. The fuel economy should be pretty swell, also. I'm just sad that they haven't announced any plans to bring the 2-door here. The US release is coinciding with a global refresh of the 2, which is why it now has the new corporate grille. It looked better without it. This is also why there aren't any pictures of the interior for the US version. It's being re-done for the global refresh and it isn't finished yet.

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- DweezilSFV on Dec 04, 2009
  
  OMG: much better. That's a damn shame. But even the refresh looks like an international design award winner compared to that Joker faced 3. And it doesn't look long enough to have allowed the stylists to pollute the design with those silly pregnant fender lines over the front wheel wells like on the 3, the 6 and the RX8. This is very nice.
  
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