Mazda Australia has updated its smallest car, the Mazda2, for 2023 with a new external design to bring it in line with some of the brand’s newer models.
First launched in 2014, the current generation Mazda2 has been updated once since with a facelift in 2019, making this the second time the Mazda small hatch has been refreshed.
The third-most popular car in its segment behind the MG3 and the soon-defunct Suzuki Baleno, the refreshed Mazda2 will go on sale in June this year, with customer cars to be delivered from July.
Primarily a design facelift, the Mazda2 will now feature more of the brand’s evolved Kodo design language, as well as black or body coloured grilles, colour accents, and new grey or blue metallic colour options.
The Mazda2 will also now have “an asymmetrically placed colour accent” found on the front grille and on the rear bumper, both of which have been redesigned, which Mazda says aims to “enhance the car’s youthful spirit”.
Mazda Australia has told CarsGuide there’s no information yet on pricing, so expect local pricing to be available closer to the car’s on-sale date in June this year.
The most affordable grades, Pure and Pure SP, feature coloured dash trim in white, black, or mint, determined by the car’s exterior colour. The Pure SP gains a black film roof covering.
The Mazda2 Evolve and the range-topping GT variant both feature black interior designs with red highlights, focused on the seat stitching and air vent surrounds.
The GT also gains seats partially trimmed in leather, a red and black dash, as well as a new wheel design and a dual-exit polished exhaust tip.
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