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    Default Mazda2 successor to ride atop shortened CX-5 platform

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    Mazda, looking to make the most of its new, lightweight Skyactiv vehicle architecture, will allegedly use a version of the CX-5 crossover's platform to underpin its next-generation Mazda2 hatchback, according to a report from Just-Auto.com. Of course, the Mazda2 is a much smaller vehicle than its larger CUV stablemate, so some serious chopping will no doubt be in order when it comes time to engineer the replacement for the company's smallest hatch.

    Currently, the CX-5 and the sleek new Mazda6 share many of the same platform components, and this architecture will already be scaled down to support the next-generation Mazda3 sedan and hatchback, which will debut later this year. Just-Auto.com states that all of Mazda's remaining front-wheel-drive vehicles will eventually switch to reworked versions of this Skyactiv platform, including the replacement for the larger CX-9 crossover.

    Also of note, Mazda will reportedly be switching to shorter, four-year lifecycles for its vehicles. This means that the newly launched Mazda6 will be replaced for the 2016 calendar year, with a refresh coming sometime in 2014. That said, vehicles with platforms supplied by other automakers (like the upcoming MX-5 Miata replacement that will share its underpinnings with an Alfa Romeo product) will not necessarily follow this four-year rule.Mazda2 successor to ride atop shortened CX-5 platform originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 31 May 2013 09:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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    Why do we need such short (4 year) "life cycles" on new cars? Is that the new payback period for the machinery used to produce and manufacture them? Are they working 24/7 pumping out so many vehicles the machinery wears out? Or do so many people replace their cars every 4 years and not want to replace their current vehicle with a very similar one?

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    Forced / planned obsolescence.

    Some people can't help but upgrade to the latest and greatest new thing. Technology companies have been doing it for years and I guess car companies are now catching on and trying to take advantage.

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    I'm amazed that Mazda are still using the same engine/gearbox in the 3 MPS as 2006...that is a seriously long lifecycle for a driveline!
    Not that I'm complaining..the only thing that would make me upgrade is making it AWD combined with more power and better fuel economy - guess that will be a job for 2014 perhaps..

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