brillo

I mean damn, that is impressive, 2,100lbs? While most of us wouldn't really consider this car as our primary driver, it gives me hope that Mazda could create a 2,500lb Kabura car pretty easily.

for the record, here are its competitors weights:

Yaris - 2,290lb

Fit - 2,432lb

http://www.autoblog.com/2007/03/06/g...of-the-mazda2/

Renesis_8

2100lbs!??!?! wow... that is pretty light. it is the same size as the yaris(height, length, width, even wheel base) yet it is 200lbs lighter, amazing mazda!
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ZoomZoomH

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not to mention it's a lot nicer looking than both the Yaris AND the Fit! Mazda bring it over to NA NOW, and watch it eat up the subcompact market like the 3 has done to the compact market

9291150

My first car out of university was a 2000 pound Suzuki Swift GT. Only 100hp (when stock), no power steering, that thing was a blast. Prior to that, I had a '76 Grand Prix with a 455...ask me which was more fun?

'till this day, light always feels right.

map

It's cool that it weighs less than the Yaris and Fit and all, but it isn't necessarily a 100% good thing. What if it's much less safe or just all around lower quality materials? Just providing a different perspective. Does it really matter if a dinky car like this is 200lbs less if it affects safety? It's not going to be a fun time car anyway.

globi

This car weighs 4000 lbs:

Does it look safe to you?

captain mercury

that fool in the drivers seat looks alright, i say yes

snizzle

Until the mspd treatment anyway!

globi

He's a happy camper alright.

JB_Rotary

^ lol. Well 2100lbs sounds awesome. I can't wait till people start putting Mazda B engines in them. Especially the BPT.

LionZoo

(Revives dreams of a 2500 pound rotary powered Kabura.)

NotAPreppie

With that light weight, short wheel-base and >205-series tires on that sucker and you might have an interesting budget autocross setup.

nycgps

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Rofl

CarAndDriver

Was that an Isuzu Rode (Honda Passport)? Looks like it from the side and headrests. It was not a stellar vehicle in any manner.

It is nice to see Mazda has bucked the ballooning car weight trend. I hope the materials and quality are good. Lately Mazda has been pretty good with those items.

The 2 is certainly better looking than the Fit, Versa and Yaris. The Fit and 2 will duke it out for most fun to drive subcompact. I don't know why people buy the Yaris. Its the Echo in a better looking body.

rotary crazy

I think we are missing the bigger picture guys, we have beeng introduce to mazda's new desing identity, theres cues of the "Flow" that has beeng shown in recent consept's, the new front end and the new grill, look for all this fetures in the new mazda6

I think if the mazda6 follows this desing direction we are headed in a good direction, this car looks really good

globi

I believe it's the Chinese copy.
In comparison the Smart weighing only 1600 lbs is far safer:
Here's a Smart hitting a wall at double the speed (4 times the crash-energy): http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x87g7_Smart-Car-Crash



http://www.daimlerchrysler.com/dccom...0-0-0-0-0.html

ASH8

To save on weight Mazda use a more expensive but lighter high strength steel,
as used in the MX-5.

But yes the Mazda 2 is a very light Mazda, the fully loaded 2006 Mazda 2 here have side curtain air bags also.

Tessai

Do they cost much more than the Honda Fit (Jazz)?

kwescott

Oh ****....
Guess he is a sub compact now....

CarAndDriver

I would say its going to be right in there with the rest of the subcompacts. Mazda knows that it can't be more than the Honda.

qtwre

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I wouldn't rate the Smart's safety by how it looks after a crash. That footage was from Fifth Gear a couple season ago. The problem with the Smart is although it is basically designed as a roll cage, is pretty much has no crumple zones so all the force is transmitted to the driver.

Back to the 2, it looks like it could become an autox favourite in no time!

globi

That's why the Smart utilizes the crumple zones of the car it hits. Also, deceleration not force is transmitted to the driver - unless of course the driver hits a dashboard or steering wheel.
A human body can bear extreme accelerations: For example, racing cars don't really have crumple zones either and drivers still survive horrific accidents simply because none of there body parts hits anything when smashing into a wall. So a car without crumple zones is not necessarily unsafe as long as the driver wears a seatbelt and the car is fitted with proper airbags.