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    Default LA 2009: Custom "Mazdaspeed2" tops the fun-per-pound charts in LA

    Filed under: Concept Cars, LA Auto Show, Motorsports, Budget, Performance, Hatchback, Mazda

    Mazdaspeed2 Concept - Click above for high-res image gallery
    As cool as some of those custom Ford Fiestas are at the LA Auto Show, these even tidier Mazda2 customs really jumped out at us. Okay, maybe not all of the concepts so much as the "Mazdaspeed2" you see above. The Active2 Surf and Active2 Snow barely registered when we saw this green and grey fun machine. Dubbed the 2Evil Special and not really an official Mazdaspeed2 at all, this concept blends weekend track car with urban commuter in just the right proportions.

    The other two concepts aren't quite as eye-catching as the 2Evil, but are fun nonetheless. The Active2 Surf has a slightly restyled exterior, 17-inch wheels, an H&R coil over suspension and was painted a bright green with MINI-like white wheels and mirror caps. We really dug the carbon fiber surfboard in the Thule roof rack, too. The Active2 Snow gets similar bodywork tweaks, along with the 17-inch wheels and the H&R setup with another Thule roof rack sporting matching snowboards.. Both cars also wear Active2 graphics. These two cars look like they are going to be easily duplicated by accessing the Mazda Accessories catalog.

    Meanwhile, the 2Evil sits even lower thanks to its H&R coil-over setup, and is visually lowered even more courtesy of the aggressive body kit with its curb-scraping front lip and deep side skirts. The 2Evil also includes a new diffuser and spoiler in the back, limo-black windows, Le Mans-winning Mazda 787B tribute graphics, 17-inch wheels wrapped in Yokahama Advan tires, and a Magna performance exhaust system. The green highlights really bring the whole thing together to make it look like a spec series racer. Now if Mazda could just shoehorn in the Mazdaspeed3 turbo mill, they'd really be onto something. We can just imagine Grand-Am adding a CC (commuter car) class for fun little runabouts like this Mazda2, the MINI Cooper, Fiesta, Fiat 500, Honda Fit and the like.


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    me like

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    tough

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    TG's new car

    Looks great!

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    Beast!

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    Hot!!!

    .. one minor change though, change the smiley for the current genki front bar, I like the foggies better on the new one, also change the shrek wheels

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    Yet again Mazda play the "We will never make one of those" and then release one.

    Looks good, I like the silver and green.

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    thats looks hot...im suprised dave hasnt commented yet lol

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    No extra fasts???

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    One of the lads from Mazda sent me the pics via email and I just sat and drooled over the silver/green one....and then sadness set in as it wont come to fruition....

    The Green one with the white looks hot as well....

    Now who said they look girlie....hot little rockets

    Mazda bring on a MPS2...

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    Looks good...no turbo though

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    Quote Originally Posted by LYNCHY View Post
    Looks good...no turbo though
    No turbo?...still useless then ....why would they call it mazdapeed 2 then
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    they look so damn cool those 2's i reckon there would b a big market for bringing an mps version out in oz

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    greetings dear friends,greetings from Greece and merry christmas to all of you!!

    its a fact that Mazda prepares Mazdaspeed 2!
    its also roumored that will be powered by a 1.6 liter turbo engine,a completely new one!!!
    is that true??at lasta Mazda downsizes to??
    my major question is also this one...is this very new engine a Mazda,or Ford project??what about it??

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    shoehorn the mazdaspeed3 turbo mill.......wow that would be deadly

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    so guys...noone knows a thing about the upcoming 1.6 turbo engine??is mazda behind the concept or the first idea was by ford??

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    MMM turbo or not..... i dont care....damn silver and green looks tough...white sooo sexy

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nasos Mazdaspeed 6 View Post
    greetings dear friends,greetings from Greece and merry christmas to all of you!!

    its a fact that Mazda prepares Mazdaspeed 2!
    its also roumored that will be powered by a 1.6 liter turbo engine,a completely new one!!!
    is that true??at lasta Mazda downsizes to??
    my major question is also this one...is this very new engine a Mazda,or Ford project??what about it??
    Merry Christmas Nasos

    Sadly no more news yet, will have to wait and see what happens at next years motor shows, if anything happens we're likely to see a launch at one of the major motor shows!
    R36 - Just like an MPS6 except with a growly V6

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    Would look sweet in a nice white gloss

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