Just come back from Israel and parked opposite my flat is a brand new LHD Mazda2 in bright metallic green. What a great looking car. Every one said how good looking it was, and looked very practical. The owner is delighted with it.
I'm surprised Israel have them and not Europe yet though? I wonder why?
Edited by Pugugly {P} on 09/10/2007 at 18:55
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I believe this is one of the first replacements to a previous model that is smaller and lighter. Breath of fresh air. Next Fiesta will be based on this too.
I've heard good things too. Looking forward to my new Mazda now :-) Albeit only the outgoing model Mazda6 Sport. New of course.
Edited by Pugugly {P} on 09/10/2007 at 18:56
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A year or two back Mazda was the most popular car in Israel followed by Hyundai, it's a key market for them because the importer is very good at selling cars discounted on leasing plans.
Edited by carl_a on 10/10/2007 at 20:36
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As a kind-of Mazda employee I was under the impression it was on-sale now in the UK but maybe not continental Europe (I am one of those annoying people who thinks he/we is/are European). Certainly seen a few about. Went to the dealer launch event, it drives very nicely.... nice interior, and yes it's refreshing for a replacement to be smaller and lighter!
New Mazda6 will be bigger though, although I believe it too will be lighter. Lovely looking as well.... quite Lexusish.
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They are on sale now. I've just ordered a blue TS2 to replace my 31k mile 2004 MX5 (price to change £550- I thought that was pretty fair) and have been assured i'll have it by the end of the month....
and if you're wondering why i'm swopping an MX5 for a 2, it's so my 17y son can drive it...
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Yes there are huge numbers of Mazda3 around in Israel. The rental fleets love them and the leasing company car tax treatments changed about that time and made such deals very popular.
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Well there does seem to be a problem after all; the delivery of my TS2 has been delayed to late Nov early Dec.....i'll just have to enjoy another month of top down motoring!
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I've just ordered a silver "2" TS2 from my Mazda main dealer. Originally I was prepared to order from Drivethedeal but it sounds like there is around a 20 week delivery time on these cars. My dealer has quoted early January (2008) delivery. The main dealer kept saying no discounts but I managed to get about £450 off and an acceptable amount (same as offered for it last January) for a possible p/x. The main dealer is part of a group of 3 other Mazda dealers and he showed me the printout of "2" models allocated for delivery to their group, there were no more than a dozen cars on it and some were not due until April 2008!
I've spent over a year looking for a replacement for my wife?s 10 year old Primera 1.6 which has been very cheap to run but wanted something to last the next 10 years costing very little to run. Had my daughter not been learning to drive I may have gone for a year old Cadillac BLS diesel for £11k (half new price) of which there seem to be loads available. The new Fabia was ruled out due to looking too narrow, Yaris and Jazz have the wrong image (may change my mind in 30 years), the Panda got rave reviews but I'm not sure it would be trouble free although it's much cheaper. In the end the Mazda was chosen for excellent claimed fuel economy without the worry of diesel turbos or injectors going wrong in the years to come, it has a chain cam, it looks great and Mazda?s image seems to be ever improving. The dashboard was not as cheap and nasty as some reviews make out although the deep glove box on the car I test drove rattled (easily solved).
Here's hoping my car arrives as expected, they then keep the deliveries to a trickle and make its relative, the new Fiesta look nothing like the "2" to aid residuals!
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