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Offering minimalist presence and maximum performance, the 2011 MAZDA2 brings new meaning to "zoom-zoom". Drive it once and you'll feel as though you're driving a sports car. You won't, however, have to pay the sports-car price.

You don't just have to take out word for it, either. Car and Driver named the MAZDA2 2011 Editor's Choice. Even more recently, Cars.com named the sporty compact the third least expensive new…

By 2013, Mazda wants to have the greenest engine around - and if all works out they will. Mazda's plan is to implement a 70 miles per gallon drivetrain into their upcoming MAZDA2. A Mazda spokesman clarified the 70 MPG result was from a Japanese test cycle. Fuel economy numbers will be lower in the United States, but still well above the competition's.

The official announcement is a "15 percent better gas mileage than…