To one of the loudest and expected prime-minister just the Geneva motor show which has opened the door became three-door Mazda2. And it in spite of the fact that the novelty externally and on dimensions not too differs from the “ the senior brother ” - a hatchback with five doors.
Though, stop! Owing to “scrap” of superfluous pair doors and without that the bright machine began to look even more impudently and dynamically.
Ikuo Maeda (an accent on “е”), chief-designer Mazda:
“ We aspired to give to ours “ truncated ” compact the balanced external shape. Pay attention on wedge-shaped a silhouette and an abrupt inclination of the bottom edge the windows giving to shape precipitancy. For those drivers to whom the maneuverability and dynamism in the constrained city conditions is important, three-banger car will serve as the present bait ” - main designer Mazda tells to editors of Autopanorama Ikuo Maeda. However, the tightened silhouette can remind the some… running shoe.
On tastes, as is known, do not argue, but indifferent this car will not leave anybody. The hint of the Japanese designers is understood - if five-banger car is positioned as the female machine three-banger car it can already be perceived as rollicking drivers-car.
The ruler of motors has remained the same, as with “ the senior brother ”: two petrol motors in volume 1,3 L (75 and 86 h.p.), 1,5-liter capacity 103 h.p., plus a 68-strong diesel engine in volume 1,4 L. So for storm dynamics to wait it is not necessary, even despite of improved in comparison with five-banger car aerodynamics. But all three engines differ rather moderate appetite.
The machine will be accessible in three updatings. Shortly Japanese will offer for three-door “two” a sports package with hardly other external furnish and a sports sterring wheel.
Ikuo Maeda: By development of a new hatchback our engineers have staked on weight reduction, unlike the majority of manufacturers which only make heavier the new models and concept cars. We managed to keep the equipped weight of the car on a mark less than 1000 kg ”. For the compact car, you see, it is very worthy parameter.
In a word, at Japanese very nice machine has turned out. One but: behind rather small, and the luggage carrier is secondary - only 250 L (787 L at the combined back seats). Besides, modest and frankly plastic interior of bright emotions does not cause. Probably, designers started with such calculation, that motorists on advantage will estimate controllability of a novelty.