The Mazda2 Neo comes with new 15-inch wheels and body-colored door handles on the outside, while on the inside new seat trim and piano black accents have been added. The higher-spec Maxx trim level offers different seat trim, six-disc CD player, an auxiliary jack for your iPod and steering wheel-mounted audio controls. The range-topping Mazda2 Genki should arrive later this year with host of new equipment additions.
The range continues to be powered by a 1.5-liter petrol engine that offers 102 horsepower and can be mated to either a manual or automatic transmission.
The supermini enjoys a good position in the Australian market, with sales of Mazda’s smallest product increasing 10.9 percent last year. In fact, over 48,000 Mazda2s have now been sold in Australia since its launch in 2007, while the latest refinements will help keep it looking up to date with the rest of the range.
“With the increasing demand for Mazda2, securing supply was extremely important. Now that production of Australian-bound Mazda2s has moved back to Hiroshima we can be sure of fulfilling customer demand and maintaining momentum in the light car segment,” said Doug Dickson, Mazda Australia managing director.
Given the model’s sales success in Thailand and other markets in the region, production of the cars to be sold in Australia has been moved to Hiroshima to permit increased production in Thailand for the rest of the South East Asian region.
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