Japanese Tuner Makes The Mazda2 Look Like A Scorching Hatch | Carscoops

Unfortunatelly the Japanese supermini does not have the facility to match the aggressive appears

by Thanos Pappas

The lifecycle of the third-gen Mazda2 has simply been expanded due to a second facelift, which made the supermini look sportier than ever. Nonetheless, the Japanese tuner Auto Exe is right here for many who need one thing even spicier by way of styling, making the Mazda2 appear like the warmer variant we by no means obtained from the manufacturing unit.

Predictably, the brand new “DJ-2” styling package is predicated on the Mazda2 Sport+ trim which is essentially the most becoming due to the grille sample and purple accents. Auto Exe added a pretty big entrance bumper extension with an built-in splitter and a piano black end.

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The tuner additionally added deeper aspect skirts with aerodynamic options, black covers for the door handles, a metal-style gasoline cap cowl, and window deflectors, which is a should for all tuned automobiles in Japan. We now have to confess although that the small inventory alloy wheels don’t do justice to the aggressive appears of the physique package. On the again, there’s a mounted rear wing mounted on the inventory spoiler, fake inlets on the perimeters of the rear bumper, a pronounced diffuser, and a bigger exhaust pipe.

Sadly, the Japanese supermini doesn’t have the efficiency to justify the appears; essentially the most highly effective powertrain choice is the naturally aspirated mild-hybrid 1.5-liter Skyactive-G petrol engine producing a modest 113 hp (85 kW / 115 PS).

If you wish to make your Mazda2 the precise reverse of a sleeper, you possibly can order the aforementioned elements from Auto Exe. The splitter will price you ¥90,200 ($692), the aspect skirts ¥93,500 ($717), the ornamental rear vents ¥63,800 ($489), the diffuser ¥57,200 ($439), and the rear wing ¥83,600 ($641). For an entire brochure-style look you’ll additionally must pay ¥16,500 ($127) for the window deflectors, ¥29,260 ($224) for the door deal with protectors, and ¥11,000 ($84) for the gasoline cap cowl. Including all of it up, the full remedy prices ¥445,060 ($3,412) which is a good quantity for the Mazda2 Sport+ which begins from ¥2,002,000 ($15,355) within the Japanese market.