I shit bigger than that thing

well definitely not my style in any aspect, from horsepower to trunk space its all terrible

Perfect for the city dweller. I'd get this thing over a damn Smart car or other hybrid any day! Except for the CR-Z, that thing's grown on me.

BigMike: I agree except the Mazda2 was a way better driving experience overall. The CR-Z was way too fussy, and all its faux-hybrid stuff got really annoying :)

It's nice to see another fuel sipping subcompact on the market. With gas currently over a $1.30/L in my city, I'm sure to see lots of Mazda 2's on the road in the near future. I'm not enamoured with the styling though. Like most new cars today, it's got tall doors, upright seating, a high hood and a back end that one can't see out of. Blame this on current safety and packaging concerns..... But I'm sure it is a fun car to zip around in traffic. And maybe, just maybe, the Ford/Mazda connection will bring some turbo charging and direct injection to the product line...... Mazdaspeed 2 anyone?

Complete waste of time and effort. Car Manufacturers need to give the public what we actually want. An Electric Recharge at home family saloon with a range or 100 to 200km for all the little trips families make for shopping or to work and back if it's close. Preferably with a Solar Panel on the Boot, Roof and Bonnet to recharge as it sits in the car lot for extra mileage. 4 Motors, one in each wheel, also gives good control through electronic stability programs, which act faster and better as it can add power to a wheel, not just controlled braking. Extra power is good for pushing the car back in line. If we need any kind of backup power, we could have a compressed air motor, which is small as, and runs warm, cold enough to hold your hand on it, and have that run a generator. Would be enough to get you home or the nearest recharge station, and won't add extra weight like a petrol engine does. We need to build cars that use no petrol, and leave what is left of that resource for vehicles that can't use electric. Like Mining Trucks or Jets. It's also more carbon efficient to run a car 100km/60miles on $3 of electricity made from Coal than to use petrol or diesel. Electricity is made locally, petrol has to be shipped from the 4 corners of the Earth, wasting more energy and releasing more carbon dioxide. Also if we make our power from Solar Power, Wind Power, Or Wave Power, or Hydro power, we are totally guilt free. That's what I call a Relaxing Drive.

I like the SEAT Ibiza more than this.... really

If you are a city dweller, get a bike. I'm telling you, forget cars. The bicycle works wonders and is faster than any car in the city.

@pathos- im no scientist, but heres what i do know. all of those electric components would kick the price of a car up astronomically. solar panels produce such an insignificant amount of power that it would hardly help a car move. additionally, batteries (amongst all the other electric components) weigh the car down significantly, do not last long, and are worse for the environment than gas will ever be. also, what are you going to use to compress the air? electricity? that would easily be one of the most innefficient ways of doing anything. using electricity to compress air, use compressed air to spin a generator to produce..more electricity? and as far as electric motors go in general, what about in the winter? cold starts? yah, right. and dont count on any heaters in that electric car, yoru battery would be dead in minutes.

additionally, if we rely too heavily on wind energy, there is a good chance we can disrupt global climate as much as due to carbon. in a series of windmills spaced 300 yards apart in a line, the wind that reaches the 2nd windmill after passing the 1st has lost approximately 90% of its energy. imagine a world FULL of windmills. all of the wind currents of the world would be vastly affected, therefor disrupting the climate far worse than CO2. there is no all in all perfectly safe way to harvest energy.

not emough bhp at just 100bhp that sux and mph is bad my 11year old ecsort gets 29/35 mpg its a stick tho but still.