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Mazda 2 Pure SP 2024 review: snapshot

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EXPERT RATING
8.0

Likes

  • Best-looking Mazda2
  • Value sweet-spot
  • Meagre price increase

Dislikes

  • Features same as Pure
  • No manual option
  • Feels its age inside
Chris Thompson
Journalist
22 Sep 2023
2 min read

The Mazda2 Pure SP is a step up from the entry point into the Mazda Australia line-up, starting from $25,210 before on-roads and adding a host of styling extras over the base model Pure..

It comes with the same 1.5-litre four-cylinder petrol engine driving the front wheels as the rest of the range, paired with a six-speed automatic transmission.

Its outputs and efficiency has been tuned compared to the pre-facelift, though at the cost of a tiny amount of power and torque - it makes 81kW and 142Nm, using 5.0L/100km of fuel, which is 0.3L/100km less than before. The Mazda2 can run on 91RON or E10.

Standard features for the range include a 7.0-inch touchscreen with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto capability, a six-speaker sound system, plus new auto headlights and windscreen wipers. 

The Pure SP adds to this with a decorative front panel replacing most of the mesh grill at the front, coloured to suit the body paint, as well as a similar styling panel across the dash in a more striking colour, and a carbon fibre-style roof with shark-fin antenna.

Pure SP scores a set of black 16-inch alloy wheel, unique to this variant and larger than the 15s found on the base model Pure..

The dimensions of the Pure SP are the same as the rest of the range, with the hatch coming in at 4085mm long, 1695mm wide, 1504mm tall, and with a 2570mm wheelbase.

The Pure SP score the brand's standard suite of 'i-Activsense' safety tech, which includes 'Smart City Brake Support' for operating forward and reverse, blind-spot monitoring and rear cross-traffic alert.

It has six SRS airbags as well as ISOFIX anchor points and top tethers for child seats in the rear.

The Pure SP is covered by Mazda’s five-year/unlimited-kilometre warranty.

Read the full 2017 Mazda 2 review

Pricing Guides

$27,940
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LOWEST PRICE
$22,990
HIGHEST PRICE
$33,990
Chris Thompson
Journalist
Racing video games, car-spotting on road trips, and helping wash the family VL Calais Turbo as a kid were all early indicators that an interest in cars would stay present in Chris’ life, but loading up his 1990 VW Golf GTI Mk2 and moving from hometown Brisbane to work in automotive publishing in Melbourne ensured cars would be a constant. With a few years as MOTOR Magazine’s first digital journalist under his belt, followed by a stint as a staff journalist for Wheels Magazine, Chris’ career already speaks to a passion for anything with four wheels, especially the 1989 Mazda MX-5 he currently owns. From spending entire weeks dissecting the dynamic abilities of sports cars to weighing up the practical options for car buyers from all walks of life, Chris’ love for writing and talking about cars means if you’ve got a motoring question, he can give you an answer.
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