Small urban dynamics, the Mazda 2 tries to impose itself between the Peugeot 207 and other Renault Clio on the French market. What is it exactly?

Design

The city of Mazda is far from trivial with his dynamic style. The design is fairly modern; there are tight corners, curves of relief, and a rising belt line. The front cover is ribbed and slender fires. With its lines brought forward, side skirts, air inlets and broad, the 2 has a sporty look.

At the rear hatch has a window and plunging down the lights flowing bodywork is generally pretty.

We also note the presence of 16-inch alloy wheels, thus completing the aggressiveness of the car.

Side measurements with 3, 90 meters in length, are smaller than Japanese or a Clio 207, the latter of which grows a little bit lately.

This model is therefore an aesthetic success, but at the expense of side guards and shields. The finishes are less endowed in revenge.

Inside

The interior is original, but the perceived quality is not the level of some competitors, the smooth plastic gets damaged easily by example. The assemblies are when their quality. The interface has been studied through the center console which includes all orders. It is situated quite high, as the shift lever present at the base. The shelves are correct, a block between the two front seats rather conventional but significant, and a glove box with a magazine rack. Can not accommodate a lot, but for a city that is enough.

Chapter comfort, space at the front is nice, when two adults in the rear can be installed without problem. No difficulty to climb through the wide opening of the door; however the system of advancement of seats is not very practical. There is no memorization of the position of the seat back or seat-back, he must pay each time.

Finally, the boot capacity of 250 liters does not appear as a strong point. The rear bench can certainly fall back to gain some dm3.

Facilities

Our trial version is equipped with the finish “Sport”, the highest. It has several amenities, such as automatic air conditioning, the automatic headlights, windscreen wipers, rain sensor, trip computer with speed alarm, MP3 CD player with 6 speakers and auxiliary input, the alloy rims, the system Dynamic Stability Control (DSC) … Only the cruise control is not the party, used only for 1.5 l MZR petrol engine. This is unfortunate, since we have found our model at home outside the city.

On the road

The 1.6 liter MZR CD is sufficient for the Mazda 2, especially as the weight of the latter is reduced. Mazda engineers have used to lose a few kilograms for vehicles from generation to generation. This results in a driving light and pleasant, as shown by the management.

Quite noisy, the engine has a torque of 200 Nm which is not well mastered, especially when starting where you feel some jerks. The gearbox when her lack of flexibility. The MZR CD still quite powerful for the small city, as evidenced by the performance (0 to 100 km / h in 11.4 seconds), and it is very pleasant to ride in traffic, seen on highway routes of Insertion not allowing them to fear.

With an average recorded during our test 5 l/100 km, Japanese playing cards sobriety.

In terms of handling, the two grip prafaitement bitumen and is alive. However the catch roll is large enough, we would have liked the front seats that hold a little better. Braking is shown enduring, and finally, the comfort is a must, the road irregularities are filtered out rather well.

Results

Smaller than a French city, and especially less heavy, the Mazda 2 is nice to share its look and its low power consumption. It is especially ideal for people traveling well outside the city.

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