Mazda2 confirmed for Canada!
 

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...ory/WBdriving/

NEW YORK – The Mazda2, a slick little subcompact sold in Europe and Asia, is coming to Canada, confirmed Mazda Motor Corporation president and CEO Takashi Yamanouchi.

“I've just decided,” said Yamanouchi, a 42-year veteran of Mazda who assumed the top job last November.

The Globe and Mail is the first news outlet to confirm that the Mazda2 will join Mazda Canada' lineup. The announcement was not part of formal Yamanouchi's formal remarks during press days for the New York International Auto Show at the Jacob Javits Centre.

While Yamanouchi would not confirm an exact launch date, sources suggest the Mazda2 would go on sale within the next year. It is designed to compete against the Honda Fit, Toyota Yaris, Hyundai Accent and Chevrolet Aveo, among others.

http://photo.netcarshow.com/Mazda-2_...9_photo_10.jpg

oooo mazdaspeed 2 COME ON!!!

looks like direct competition to honda fit, toyota yaris, nissan versa...

cool, more competition...

^ better prices

i'd get one over a versa

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...gn/mazda2a.jpg

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...gn/mazda2b.jpg

http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z...gn/mazda2c.jpg

Demio ftw! That one looks hot.

The question is..will it look the same as the jdm ones..or will they have usdm Mazda2 with different front and rear bumpers that will look like shit..

JDM ones look boring until you play with them, no? Same old, same old. :p

Some serious resemblance with the Yaris...

With a Toyota badge, that could easily be a facelifted Yaris.

why are all the sportier versions 5 door instead of a coupe style? same with a yaris.. they offer RS but only for 4/5 door?

I can dig the Yaris REVscene trim.

Agreed... thought the white one of the left was a Yaris when I first glanced, lol

you guys need to check your eyes more often. I see this car everyday in asia, it's quite
eye catching and no whatever yaris resemblance. You should say it looks similar to
peugoet 306, but definitely not yaris.

I prefer the new Honda Fit. The back of mazda 2 doesn't look too safe when it gets rear ended.

I see my Yaris everyday, and I think this Mazda 2 has serious resemblance to it.

Obviously it's not identical... but the side and three-quarter rear profile gives off some very similar body lines.

http://www.autosieger.de/images/arti...7hdi-fap_1.jpg
http://www.motorpasion.com/images/to...ris_2006_1.jpg
http://cache.jalopnik.com/assets/res...-Fiesta-RS.jpg
http://www.babez.de/kia/picanto/kia-picanto-titel.jpg

egg shape hatchback is like people in the 70s wear bell bottom pants...it's just a trend
even the new Fit has similar look

They should have the same bumpers as the Euro version, since Canada just assimilated their bumper laws with Europe's.

does this mean the ford fiesta would be here also, since they are related?

Finally they make it official !

would the canadian version look just as good at the euro version??

hmm.. i doubt it

..atleast they don't look overly "happy" unlike their siblings.

+1

at first glance, it really does look like a souped up yaris.

Looks pretty nice. But it will look ugly once they "happy face" it just like their current NA Mazda line up

Those super small sub-compact cars don't really do it for me. But I do understand thier true purpose.

Cool, with this and the Scion xD coming to Canada in 2010, it's gonna be a great year for people choosing between sub-compacts.