Mazda2 coming to the States, debuts next month at the LA Auto Show

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In Europe small hatches have been selling very well for a long time. Looks like North American market is changing as more and more automakers are bringing their smaller models to American customers.

Mazda has no announced that the small Mazda2 will make its North American debut next month at the Los Angeles Auto Show.

Sales will start in late 2010 in U.S. and Canada. No information on the engine specs or will it differ from the Euorpean Mazda2 in any other way.

“Bringing MAZDA2 to North America completes the bookends in our lineup,” said Jim O’Sullivan, president and CEO, Mazda North American Operations. “With the seven-passenger crossover CX-9 at one end and the subcompact MAZDA2 at the other, Mazda’s lineup now spans the most significant product segments in the industry, and is the strongest, best-designed, best-built we have ever offered. MAZDA2 will be true to everything that makes our cars stand apart from the competition: it will be stylish, fun-to-drive and a heck of a value. In short, it will be the definition of Zoom-Zoom.”

In addition to the North American debut of MAZDA2, Mazda will showcase its full 2010 lineup at the Los Angeles Auto Show, including the MAZDA3, MAZDA5, MAZDA6, MX-5, RX-8, CX-7 and CX-9.