Mazda 2 Hybrid - real-life consumption test done by a professional ecodriver 

Helmut, great video. The Mazda 2 hybrid is not available here in the U.S. or the Toyota counterpart. Fantastic MPG given the wet road conditions as well. This car would sell like crazy here in the U.S. if it was available. Mpg like that beats even most motorcycles.

Impressive! Thanks for the video!

On long decent you should use B mode as it’s designed to protect battery and breaks. Once battery is full you have a problem as you need to use breaks a lot and can overheat them. B mode engages engine more so this way it protects other components.

Thats incredible economy. Im in the UK, not the cheapest fuel. I run a Subaru and although I love the car, its not cheap to run and maintain. This car is very appealing. Cheers for the road test.

Awesome video as per usual, thank you! The difference in relation to Yaris could be also attributed to the smaller tires, don't you think?

19:17 good tip. I drove a corolla using cruise control most of the time, so this trick didn’t apply. Although I was still getting upper 65mpgUK on average. I sometimes wished it had a slightly bigger battery. As you point out, when going downhill, the battery becomes full very quickly. Also the BMS never lets the battery go to 100% and

I drove one of these today at my local dealership and managed 0.34 on a roughly 35 minute drive spanning around 40 kilometers overall. The car was brand new and thus consumes a bit more than it would when broken in. There was also a lot of uneven driving due to other drivers on the road. I'm far from an eco-driver, traffic conditions were pretty calm, but I did a mix of 100km/h and 90km/h motorway, 30km/h villa areas, and 40-and 50km/h urban areas with more traffic. In a broken in car and knowing my commute to work and overall driving habits, I'm pretty sure I can consistently drive this at around 0.33-0.35 on average, which is crazy. Especially adding in actually getting to know the car and mild hybrid systems overall (never owned or driven one before). I was also pleasantly surprised about space up front, I'm 193 centimeters tall and around 110-|112 kilos and had no issues with space. Told my contact at the dealership to keep her eyes out for upcoming deals on a top-spec version!

Could you explain what is NEPD? Just shortly, I haven't found anything online.

Have you tried the Yaris without hybrid, how much worse is it?

That's really impressive. I wonder what those numbers will be when Toyota upgrades Yaris to 5th. gen. of their hybrids. Kinda shame this one does not have the efficient range like Prius that suggest at what throttle it will be, most likely, efficient the most.

please,review the Kona hybrid 1.6

Does the wheel rim size affect consumption in these hybrid cars?

In your tests i understand that you rely on the consumption figure the car tells you. My 2008 Prius was pretty accurate but almost always a little optimistic about fuel consumed. My 2012 Prius plus was more optimistic, upwards of 10% which i didn’t care for much. Few people seem to check the accuracy of their cars consumption values and trust it or wants to trust it so there seems to be an incentive for manufacturers to fudge this number. What are your experience in this matter with different makes and models?

write "pulse and glide" on youtube and watch samo videos. It is very informative...for hybrid it is not good to drive constant speed

The Yaris comes with 16 inch wheels. The Mazda 2 comes with 15 inch.. There is quite a difference in consumption if you check out the official figures

looking at the specs online (uk websites so WLTP) i see that the mazda2 hybrid quotes 74.3mpg and yaris 68.8mpg so maybe it is just tweaked somehow for mazda to be more efficient. strange that the 0-62mph stats are identical though. that suggest either better tech for the 2 (unlikely toyota would do that) or maybe mazda took some weight out. i can't find the unlayden weight for the mazda to compare. maybe it's less refined in some way. took out some sound insulation or something like that.

A stunningly attractive car but I've rejected it because (a) unforgivably, even the topspec version comes sans satnav -and, no, I refuse to have to fiddle around with a phone connection alternative - (b) too many reviewers complain about intrusive wind noise and tyre roar on the motorway (c) it's more expensive than its Toyota sibling. For all their seductive qualities these twins fail to prise the wonga from my wallet.