Mazdaspeed versions of the company’s Mazda3 and Mazda5 have already been released. Mazda enthusiasts can’t help but anticipate that an MPS(Mazdaspeed) version of the Mazda2 will also soon be available in the market. Well, good news! They need not wait long as according to a post in Autoblog, word has it that Hiroshima is already working on the Mazda2 MPS version.
Mazda’s 2.0L engine will be outfitted with direct injection and turbocharged to deliver 230 horsepower and 231 lb.-ft of torque. With this upgrade, there will also be prerequisite larger wheels and body kit on the highly-anticipated cooled up little hatchback.
However, the not-so-good news about this is that it would only be in Japan and Europe who’d be able to experience this upgraded version, as that is Mazda’s original release plan. Let’s just keep our hopes that if Mazda received great praises and positive feedbacks from both Europe and Japan, they’d decide to let the American market taste its performance goodness.