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Heat is off for Mazda?

What's the future for Mazda's sporting range - MX, RX or MPS?

17th March 2007

That's the question faced by bosses, and it's why there is no sign of a racy version of the all-new 2. The cool supermini, which will share its front-wheel-drive chassis with the forthcoming Ford Fiesta, made its world debut on the manufacturer's Geneva show stand to widespread acclaim. And its shape would easily lend itself to the muscular looks of a hot hatch variant. However, Mazda's European president, James Muir, told us that a sporting version was not planned for the foreseeable future, pointing out that the company's focus would be on producing more environmentally friendly and fuel-efficient editions of the 2 rather than pushing performance.

Accepting that the firm was at a high-performance crossroads, Muir admitted: "We need more than the MX-5 for the sports car market."

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