Mazda releases details on North American Mazda2

Mazda has released details and pricing on the North American variant of the Mazda2.

North American Mazda2 to go on sale earlier, North American specs and interior revealed

Mazda president and CEO Takashi Yamanouchi announced at the Canadian International Auto Show that the Mazda2 will arrive in dealerships across North American earlier than planned.

VW Jetta Name Confirmed for Small Sedan

It seems like VW will be using the Jetta name for a new compact sedan built in Mexico. Unlike the last Jetta, this one apparently won’t be a Golf with a trunk glued to its bottom but a bespoke car. Given the fact that the Golf Mk 6, the new Polo, and the new Fox look exactly the same, differing only in size, we can surely believe them that the new car will be bespoke indeed. In size. Apparently the new Jetta will arrive in June 2010 but it could get another name in Europe. The car will be first launched in the US and only then prepared for its European debut.

Another possibility for VW is to bring the Polo in the US. As Ford did it with the Fiesta and Mazda with the 2, so bringing the Polo to America sounds like the sensible thing to do as it is a good little car which can easily rival the other two. Whatever the plans of VW, now the biggest car maker in the world, for the US it will be interesting to see what they’ll come up with.

Source: Car and Driver via Autoblog

North American Mazda2 debuts

Mazda has debuted the North American version of their Mazda2 car at the LA Auto Show.

Mazda 2 to Make North American Debut at LA Auto Show

The Mazda 2, named the 2008 World Car of the Year, will make its North American debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show in early December.

It will go on sale in late 2010 in the U.S. and Canada as a 2011 model. The Mazda 2 is known as the Mazda Demios in the Japanese domestic market. It shares its architecture with the Ford Fiesta, which will go on sale in North America during the spring of 2010, months earlier than the Mazda.

It’s an interesting looking car, looks like it could make a good car for teens.

Source: Inside Line