Spy Shots: If this is it, the Mazda1 looks nothing like Kiyora concept
by Jonathon Ramsey on Mar 25th 2009 at 9:26AM 
UPDATE: This is not a prototype for the Mazda1, it is a Chinese-market Haima subcompact based on the Mazda2. Thanks to everyone who sent in the correctionWhen we were told that the Mazda Kiyora concept unveiled at last year's Paris Motor Show would influence Mazda's coming city car, it looks like we overestimated the word "influence." At least, that's the case if the little Mazda caught in Evo's spy shots is actually the Mazda1.
Evo makes a compelling case for the car actually being the Mazda1 – not merely a revised Mazda2. Save for the ascending shoulder line (now moved to shoulder height, way above the rocker panels as on the Kiyora) the prototype has almost nothing in common with the design of the swoopy Paris beastlet. At the very least, we hope this car comes with the concept car's tech, but we won't know for certain until the car's expected launch at September's Frankfurt Auto Show.
[Source: Evo]
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kamil-deniz-yilmaz 9:38AM (3/25/2009)
This ist the upcoming Haima C71 (based on the Mazda 2) for the chinese market.
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P.V. 6:58PM (3/25/2009)
I would agree. The overall style seems similar (versus the original) to other sheetmetal jobs done specifically for the Chinese market.
the_MVP_X 10:12AM (3/25/2009)
If it is the Mazda 1 it means that board monkeys did their job.
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Adam 10:26AM (3/25/2009)
Kamil's comment makes sense. If you put photos of the Mazda2 side by side, there's no noticeable difference in size (as you would expect with the Mazda1), just sheetmetal.
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Smegley 10:27AM (3/25/2009)
Bet it's gonna have a huge retarded grin on the front of it.
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d4rklit3 12:18PM (3/25/2009)
that aint no mazda :P
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Patrick 1:05PM (3/25/2009)
I think it would be cool to work for a major automaker as the person who installs the camouflage on new model prototypes...
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H15A 2:14PM (3/25/2009)
Thats clearly a mazda2. or mazda2 facelift.
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