The new Mazda 2, or Mazda Demio as it is known in Japan, has bagged the 2014-2015 Japan Car of the Year award by the Japan Car of the Year Committee. The previous winner was the Mk7 Volkswagen Golf – the first non-Japanese car to win the award. Prior to the Golf, Mazda also won the award with its CX-5.
All passenger vehicles with an expected annual sales figure of over 500 units launched in Japan between November 1, 2013 and September 30, 2014 are eligible for qualification. With the new Mazda 2, the company takes home the title for the fifth time since the inception of the award.
“”We are both honored and grateful that the Mazda Demio has received such a prestigious award. We will continue our quest to build cars that add a certain sparkle to the lives of their owners, and aim to become the one-and-only brand chosen by customers again and again,” adds Masamichi Kogai, CEO of Mazda.
The new Mazda 2 is set to arrive in Malaysia very, very soon with bookings for the car already opened. Tentatively, our version will come powered by a 1.5 litre SkyActiv-G four-cylinder engine with 115 PS at 6,000 rpm and 148 Nm of torque at 4,000 rpm and likely to be paired with a SkyActiv-Drive auto transmission.
GALLERY: Mazda 2 at IIMS 2014
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mazda malaysia, 6 airbags at least please
Standard is 2 air-bags, you want 6 air bag? There is a safety package for it, but have to pay extra 10k,
One ugly looking car these Mazdas. Award or not
Angry bird in metallic form! Yuck!
So uglyyyyyyyy
I think it won if fitted with this engine
1.5 skyactive diesel
I think this engine not gonna be sold in malaysia. Malaysia’s diesel grade still low.
If fitted with this engine, I will definitely buy this as 2nd car and my city car.
an engine with 1.5 litre petrol power with 2.5 litre petrol torque.
new low-compression 1.5 litre SkyActiv-D turbodiesel four-pot. This mill produces 105 PS at 4,000 rpm and 220 Nm of torque from 1,400 to 3,200 rpm, while consuming just 3.4 litres of fuel per 100 km and emitting just 89 g of carbon dioxide per km.
but … still waiting for the safety spec and crash test result first ;)
this car main competition – Pug 208 and New Jazz , still considering this new Mazda 2..
which one gonna be my city car ,,
whether got safety package or not…we shall wait till next year and see how will it end up as here….
This is my perspective from the angle as a marketer.
Malaysia Govt tax heavily on foreign automobile, but Mazda want to sell this car very badly, as this segment become popular. No choice i have to take something out of this car to meet my bottom line. So airbags ya!
Remove the tax. Car price will get lower, and spec will follow international price. Local built-car mai die?
Still blaming the tax until the cows come home? Old stories.
Wah…. still got left over katak in tempurung?
Speak for yourself? You don’t even understand the rational of the tax. I don’t think you know only Malaysia allows 9 yrs installments for cars and the reason for it. You can continue dreaming in your coconut shell for lower tax.
Ibrahim, please enlighten us with your “rational of tax”. I would love to learn.
Thank you.
A promise is a promise. He need to honor his words regardless of what “rational of tax”.
Moreover, if you don’t fight for your rights, do you think they will ever bother to give a damn? In this case we can really dreaming in our coconut shell for lower tax, better welfare, while the rich who take ours money are driving Lambo, Ferrari, McLauren and etc. Time to wake up bro.
lower down the tax, not eliminate it. mmg u katak inside the tempurung la.. old stories konon
Mazda Malaysia can take out some other things in order to maintain a spec with 6 airbags and ESP.
And they ommited ESP in Mazda8.
Greed and arrogance.
All these cars of the year when reach Malaysia will be stripped down to Kosong spec and become the laughing stock of the year
Ya, the only semblance of the actual car is only the shell. So sad.
The M2 is a nice little car, nevertheless. (Thumbs up)
Thumbs down
Crampy fugley car
LOL you guys obviously never follow the article about Mazda2 Paultan has been updating all these while. In fact, the Mazda2 we’re getting in Malaysia are quite well equipped (Head-up display, Paddle shift, reverse camera, full leather seats, DRL, 16″ alloy wheels, I-start stop, push start, keyless entry, auto airconds, 7″ touch screen, MZD connect etc) and most importantly 6 speed skyactiv transmission. However we’re not getting 6 airbags from it though.
It doesn’t matter. With the herd mentality here, 6 airbags is all that matters. Or cruise control on such a small car… Or whatever else that someone might fancy…
I think they believe our head is quite hard too. Can survive with just 2 airbags.
its not the matter of whether they give us the specs or not. look at honda, they provide a variety of models…cheaper and more expensive where customers that are willing to pay more can get 6 airbags and other luxuries. however, an obvious case of company manipulation is the obvious omission of cruise control from the jazz….its not exactly needed…but providing the city comes with it….its suspicious honda is doing it to maintain city sales….meanwhile mazda…i think they should provide more choices for customers that are happy to pay more to get better safety….
All the while my thought of Mazda is 6 airbags is a standard spec.. so it has changed my perception now.. i think Mazda should stick with their 6 airbags as standard coz that is one of their selling point – SAFETY (NCAP 5 star), which is the main reason when i bought Mazda3 last time..
Can someone please explain how this car won the car of the year in Japan ….
any links ?
Im curious what so good about this car, and I wanna know why.. maybe wanna buy one ;D
hmm i don’t think we’re getting the same spec & trim as japan. look at the new honda jazz. our’s spec is crap compared to thai spec. –> read the paultan jazz thai review and compare it with our spec. and more mahal.
Paultan should do b-segment hatch comparison when it comes to our shore. Mazda2 vs Jazz vs Iriz vs Myvi vs Mirage vs Fiesta
dun forget got proton iriz………..
May the car with 6 airbags win!
Sempit kereta ni. How come boleh menang?
Nak besar, beli lorry lah.
Beli Treler lagi besar. got 40 ft container somemore
Sure won, this car can smoke GT-R!!
joke aside, underpowered car unless diesel engine (turboed)
So pity, no turbo, no buy.
u mod by self lo. XD
115 ps and already qualified as a ‘super’ mini?? Come on…
Im still waiting for my cx-5 after so long.. so mazda/bermaz, pls do something about the long waiting time. Don’t be complacent and syiok2 take booking and kira untung onli..
How long have you been waiting for? My sis put down payment last Wednesday and today went to get her car already.
Smell like smoke saleman detector activated
“Supermini (also called B-segment across Europe) is a class of automobile larger than a city car but smaller than a small family car.”
Come on!!!
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The pricing of this car should NEVER even exceed RM60k if there were only TWO airbags and zilch ESP and ABS (Whether we like it or not) – torque versus power on paper alone CANNOT satisfy every potential owner, you see……
I think you will find that the mazda 2 has and abs and esp…jz wondering where are your eyes and brain? are they located in the bum hole?
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Bermaz Motor makes too much profit! Anything above Honda Jazz pricing, this car will be a dead duck, marketing wise. Regardless of the awards.
well need to fork as much profit..then only can BERJAYA mah..anything is possible
am i the only one who thinks this car looks a bit wrong?
Should I buy suzuki swift 1.4 or wait for mazda 2?
It appears Mazda is on a roll! I have driven the latest 3&6 and besides the design, it’s just so ordinary in all aspects of driving. Besides, rear passenger space is a premium compared to my Prius. To my eyes, the design is being replicated across their range. If you have seen one, you seen all.
You are entitled to your opinion of course, but I seriously doubt you know what you’re talking about when you say the 3 and 6 are “so ordinary in all aspects of driving”. The handling on both are very good, and even hold their own against many continental cars.