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The base-model Mazda 2 has been axed, despite accounting for 45 per cent of sales – alongside new features and price rises for the remaining variants.
The Mazda 2 model grade that accounted for nearly one in two sales has been dropped from the line-up, pushing the price of the cheapest model up by $4120 – or 18 per cent – alongside new features.
A 2025 update for the Mazda 2 will see the entry-level Pure grade dropped – despite accounting for 45 per cent of sales, more than any other variant – alongside the Pure SP 'black edition'.
It will leave the Evolve as the new entry-level version of Mazda's smallest car, priced from $26,990 plus on-road costs – $4120 more than the Pure manual, and $2120 more than the Pure auto.
The Evolve is $620 dearer for 2025 to account for additional equipment, while the top-of-the-range GT – which is unchanged, in hatch and sedan bodies – has received a $120 price bump.
Drive-away prices are yet to be confirmed, but it is expected the Evolve – now Mazda's most affordable new car – will now be priced above the $30,000 drive-away mark in all states and territories bar one.
All remaining variants are six-speed automatic only, with the deletion of the base Pure manual – leaving the MX-5 as Mazda's last new car with a manual transmission.
New for the 2025 Mazda 2 Evolve are 16-inch black alloy wheels, adaptive cruise control, and a higher speed range for the autonomous emergency braking (AEB) system – the latter two previously exclusive to the GT grade.
Australian models miss out on a new-generation 8.8-inch infotainment screen running updated Mazda Connect software recently introduced to the Mazda 2 in Japan.
Examples sold locally will instead continue with older MZD Connect software – which was offered in the current-generation Mazda 2 at launch in 2014 – running on a 7.0-inch touchscreen.
Powering the Mazda 2 range is an 81kW/142Nm 1.5-litre non-turbo four-cylinder petrol engine, matched with a six-speed automatic transmission and front-wheel drive.
Fuel consumption is rated at 5.0 litres per 100 kilometres for the line-up, irrespective of body style.
Orders are open now for the revised 2025 Mazda 2 range, ahead of first deliveries due in the first quarter of next year (January to March).
Almost 5000 Mazda 2 hatchbacks and sedans have been reported as sold so far this year, the third-best seller in the 'light car' market segment as classified by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries, behind the MG 3 and Suzuki Swift.
2025 Mazda 2 price in Australia
Note: All prices above exclude on-road costs.
2025 Mazda 2 G15 Evolve standard features:
2025 Mazda 2 G15 GT adds (over G15 Evolve):
Alex Misoyannis has been writing about cars since 2017, when he started his own website, Redline. He contributed for Drive in 2018, before joining CarAdvice in 2019, becoming a regular contributing journalist within the news team in 2020. Cars have played a central role throughout Alex’s life, from flicking through car magazines at a young age, to growing up around performance vehicles in a car-loving family. Highly Commended - Young Writer of the Year 2024 (Under 30) Rising Star Journalist, 2024 Winner Scoop of The Year - 2024 Winner
