Mazda 2 Hatchback
 (3.5/5)
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5 Owner Reviews
Date Reviewed
28 June 2023
Performance
Ride & Handling
Comfort
Safety
Space
Value
Kai ZX
1.5 Hatchback with LED Lamp (2017)
Bought used, Owned for 4 Years
Fuel Economy: 14.0 km/litre (7.1 L/100 km), RON95, Mileage: 1,000 km/month
    - The jinba-ittai philosophy live up to it's name. The car brings a smile to your face with it's nimble and zippy handling.
    - Engine feels lively and willing to rev, engine note sounds the best in it's class.
    - Frugal fuel consumption with constant speed.
    - Steering is light and direct, feedback is good.
    - 6 speed gearbox with paddle shifters. The combination of both the Skyactiv engine and gearbox provides excellent drivability in all conditions and is effortless going uphill.
    - Cute looking yet muscular kodo body design, timeless design despite being around since 2016.
    - Minimalist and premium interior still feels relevant to date, with high-quality materials on the dash, door, and the matte chrome finishing feels nice to touch and see.
    - Aircond has wide range of fan setting and is very cooling.
    - MZD command further enhance the experience when toggling the infotainment system.
    - Auto-levelling LED projector headlamps looks fierce while provides excellent illumination while not glaring as oppose to other reflector-LED headlamp.
    - Skyactiv chassis, one of the Japanese carmaker that is closer to a Continental in terms of body rigidity at that time.
    - Wheelbase of 2,570mm provides sufficient legroom
    - Despite it's measurements of 4,060 mm x 1,695 mm x 1,470 mm(L x W x H), it is one of the longest hatchback in the B-segment hatch, however it does not look the part due to it's rounded and sculpted body
    - The pre-facelift model have very intrusive road noise, factory fitted eco-tyres further worsen the NVH
    - Short front and rear seat, tight rear legroom due to the long nose design
    - Lack in amount of airbags, only 2 in our local spec
    - Absence of armrest
    - Very thin factory rims (5.5j) which lacks stability on high speed cruise
    - Parts reliability seems to be an issue with the suspension and bushing easily worn out
To Improve
- NVH needs to be improved however they eventually did it with each of the Mazda2 facelifted model
- Cruise control/MRCC fitted in other market could be added to ease long distance driving
- Longer seat base, revise the center console like the facelifted CX-3 to include armrest
- Rear LED taillamp could provide better visibility
- Wider rims and tyres to help high speed stability
- Gearbox could be tuned smoother at low speed
Yes, I would recommend this car
Date Reviewed
15 February 2016
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Zhen Wei
1.5 Hatchback (2015)
Bought new, Owned for 1 Year
Fuel Economy: 14.0 km/litre (7.1 L/100 km), RON95, Mileage: 1,000 km/month
    1. Best design and quality interior in its class
    2. You gotta admit, the exterior design looks stunning too
    3. Very fuel efficient (Easily 12km/L in 100% city driving)
    4. Comfy front seats with great lower back support
    5. Handling is one of the best in its class
    6. Sport mode + paddle shifters for the occasional spirited drives
    7. MZD Infotainment system is easy to use
    8. Decent engine performance with one of the smoothest gearboxes
    1. Relatively cramped interior space (Compared to class leaders such as Honda Jazz)
    2. Rear passenger headroom and legroom does not accommodate tall passengers (over 180cm)
    3. Very small boot space
    4. Slightly bumpy ride in the rear at times due to high PSI tyres
    5. Stock halogen headlights are below average in terms of brightness
    6. Long bonnet (although it is also what gives the car its good looks)
To Improve
- Would have been nice if Bermaz gave us the classy looking LED + Projector headlamps
- MORE AIRBAGS PLEASE. COME ON, IT'S 2016 ALREADY. 2 AIRBAGS IS A JOKE. At least you gave us stability control so that's not too bad, unlike some of its other competitors (hint: Polo 1.6)
- Judging by other owner reviews here, thankfully I did not go for the RM1.2k optional navigation software!! Why not just use Google Maps or Waze. It's free and works perfectly.
Yes, I would recommend this car
Date Reviewed
8 September 2015
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Gary
1.5 Hatchback (2015)
Bought new, Owned for 1 Year
Fuel Economy: 15.0 km/litre (6.7 L/100 km), RON97, Mileage: 1,000 km/month
    Best in class interior with leather seats
    Good looking dashboard
    Fuel efficient
    Cool and useful HUD to keep eyes on road
    Paddle shifter + manual shifting for maximum control
    Sport mode to hold onto lower gear (otherwise car up shifts very early to save petrol)
    Easy to park because of small size and with reverse camera
    Fuel economy monitor
    Good power when using RON97
    Poor legroom for rear seats (can't seat 3 grown man comfortably at the back, especially for long journeys)
    Only 2 airbags
    Needs RON97 for more torque and better power
    USB port cannot be used for phone charging, need to buy separate usb adapter
To Improve
more airbags for safety
auto headlight/ wipers
no comment on GPS, need to pay extra RM1200

Overall good small car for city driving
Yes, I would recommend this car
Date Reviewed
27 July 2015
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Jeremy
1.5 Hatchback (2015)
Bought new, Owned for 1 Year
Fuel Economy: 16.4 km/litre (6.1 L/100 km), RON95, Mileage: 5,000 km/month
    This is a car not for everyone , it's a car design focus more on the driver instead the passengers. If you looking for comfortable family cruiser , stay away from it.

    1) Fuel consumption (Best : 4.5L/100km , Worst 6.8L/100km)
    2) Good and refine engine. Sufficient amount of low end torque to pull the car nicely (not comparing to turbo)
    3) 6 speeder gear box. (Perform like a CVT when u drive smoothly , u get the gear shift direct feel when u change gear at top end.)
    4) Classy interior
    3) The strongest point will still be HANDLING (even thought it comes with very high PSI in the tires) , i am surprised how good this car handle the corners. if you think Iriz is good then you havent try Mazda 2.
    4) Rear look of the car
    5) Good EPS with decent feedbacks
    6) classy interior
    7) Good driving position.
    8) keyless system (jz walk off then the car will lock itself)
    As mentioned above , this car is focus more on driver so most of the cons will be something related to passenger

    1) Bumpy Ride. (driver will not feel uncomfortable but not for the passenger especially back passengers, full load tires pressure : F 38 PSI , R : 48 PSI )
    2) Mazda Connect is not what u call user friendly.
    - Radio will not auto look for signal except u DIY , they cant detect radio name too.
    - No radio channel 1 , 2 ,3 ; only got favourite
    - When sms come in , it took 5 mins to download a sms (some time error)
    - it cant detects some contacts in your phone.
    - GPS outdated (it shows i stay at somewhere in the jungle) , i paid rm1.2k for something outdated.
    3) Glove box uneven gap so it make little noise when drive through uneven road.
    4) Rare tire size 185/60/16. Checked major tire manufacturer website , they don bring in this size 0.o
    5) Soul red colour is very difficult to take care if your are frequent traveler like me.
    6) The halogen reflector light is below average in term of brightness. ( I don mind without the fancy projector light but i jz wan a good headlight to brighten my view)
    7) stop start sometime can be jerky
    8) if you place a bottle at the middle cup/ bottle holder, it will block ur hand if u try to use the analog to control your Mazda Connect
    9) I dont like the front look. (yeap i not joking)
    10) Free service is not really free too.
To Improve
I really love this car , one of my best buy. As for the Cons i mentioned above , actually it's nothing serious and some of you guys may not even notice it.

1) More POWER !!!!
2) Mazda authorized aftermarket parts
3) Improve the Mazda Connect

Actually not much to improve because it's already a good car. If you love driving or looking for a daily economical , reliable and fun driver car then this is your choice.
Yes, I would recommend this car
Date Reviewed
11 June 2015
Performance
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Yew
1.5 Hatchback (2015)
Bought new, Owned for 1 Year
Fuel Economy: 5.5 km/litre (18.2 L/100 km), RON95, Mileage: 500 km/month
    -Striking Exterior Design
    -Minimalistic and well thought out interior
    -Driving dynamics
    -Quite good fuel economy
    -Good seating position for driver with a lot of adjustment for steering
    -No CVT but comes with a proper 6speed gearbox
    -Sports Mode
    -Jinba Ittai
    -A B and C Pillar are big blindspots
    -gearbox abit jerky at times.
    -gearbox refuses to downshift sometimes in auto mode so have to manually pull down a gear.
    -rear legroom abit cramped
    -steering weight abit light for my taste
    -tire roar noise
    -Soul Red paint may look pretty but difficult to maintain and touchup
    -Steering wheel diameter abit too large
    -The safety package that the European market gets is not present in our car (Not Mazda's fault but Bermaz's choice)
To Improve
-Skyactiv engine needs to produce more torque at even lower revs
-Insulation on road noise
-Better materials used in the dashboard especially some plastics that are flimsy.
Yes, I would recommend this car

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