Mazda 2 caught in the US
05-26-2008, 07:29 PM
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I'm thinking, $5 gas = Mazdaspeed 2.
OTOH, I wonder if that turbo 1.6L might end up in a Miata soon. A 35+ mpg 2200 lb six-speed Miata coupe would be awesome.
05-26-2008, 07:59 PM
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Is the MiTo guaranteed to be coming? The interior in that rocks.. Also if the M2 does come, they better do something about that interior. It looks so drab. If only the MINI didn't have such crappy interiors.
05-26-2008, 08:45 PM
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The Fit, the Mini, and the Yaris/xD are the only sure things. Well, I guess the Ford Fiesta is definitely coming. But, given spiraling fuel prices, I can't see Alfa coming to the the US without the MiTo. The Fiat 500 is another possibility. Saturn could bring the Opel Corsa over. I think all those cars will make it over eventually, but I think the Mazda 2 is the one most likely to make it over in the next 1-2 years. It would have to be priced above the Fiesta, of course.
05-27-2008, 10:02 AM
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have you guys seen a Nissan Versa SEDAN? i just did yesterday- i had no idea how gawd-awful they were. I literaaly said to my wife- what is that ugly thing? she says- Its a Nissan something... Then i saw the Versa badge.
what a horrendous looking thing. the c pillar is huge the angles are all wrong....
what a horrendous looking thing. the c pillar is huge the angles are all wrong....
05-27-2008, 10:45 AM
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Yeah, when they add a trunk (for the American market no doubt) to some of those small cars they look really horrendous and awkward. Most look so much better in hatch form than in sedan form - I don't understand why some people think the other way around.
05-27-2008, 10:57 AM
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have you guys seen a Nissan Versa SEDAN? i just did yesterday- i had no idea how gawd-awful they were. I literaaly said to my wife- what is that ugly thing? she says- Its a Nissan something... Then i saw the Versa badge.
what a horrendous looking thing. the c pillar is huge the angles are all wrong....
what a horrendous looking thing. the c pillar is huge the angles are all wrong....
It's like some kind of mini-minivan....
I really hope the Mazda 2 comes here. The first time I saw it I thought it needs to be in the US. It looks so good in black too.
05-27-2008, 11:14 AM
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My girlfriend hates all wagons/hatchbacks (that don't look like sedans) simply on the basis that they're wagons, and therefore have to be ugly. She hates my car, the Audi A3, GTI, WRX (justified), and pretty much any other wagon, it drives me nuts. However, she claims if she needs storage space she'll get an SUV, which confuses me because most SUVs are basically just lifted wagons with big tires.
05-27-2008, 12:26 PM
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those are the better angles
clearly they needed someone standing there when they first trotted it out who would just be honest
*car is unveiled
me "Seriously?"
them "yeah thats what it will really look like
me "who let you put that in actual sheet metal? fire him, burn the car and we wont speak of this again"
05-28-2008, 01:35 AM
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Damn!! That is fugly!! Go figure...it's a Nissan. If I was overseeing that project and some design nerd brought that to me I'd suspend his *** for the insult...LOL
As for the Mazdaspeed 2. Mazda just keeps getting it done!!!
Now bring us a production Rx8 20B and I'd get giddy!!
those are the better angles
clearly they needed someone standing there when they first trotted it out who would just be honest
*car is unveiled
me "Seriously?"
them "yeah thats what it will really look like
me "who let you put that in actual sheet metal? fire him, burn the car and we wont speak of this again"
As for the Mazdaspeed 2. Mazda just keeps getting it done!!!
Now bring us a production Rx8 20B and I'd get giddy!!
those are the better angles
clearly they needed someone standing there when they first trotted it out who would just be honest
*car is unveiled
me "Seriously?"
them "yeah thats what it will really look like
me "who let you put that in actual sheet metal? fire him, burn the car and we wont speak of this again"
05-28-2008, 06:27 AM
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Mazda 2 Sedan
You could get the Sedan version too.. Made in China. As Mazda's Japan-Ujina plant is going flat chat (production).......
05-28-2008, 06:08 PM
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Cool commuter car, I'd take it over a Yaris in a second.
05-28-2008, 06:16 PM
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From Mazda Japan media site, the sedan by Mazda in China at the joint Ford Mazda plant there, Charlie would remember their name..
Oh... Autoalliance I think the plant is called.
Oh... Autoalliance I think the plant is called.
