No it won't. The 70mpg figure is from the Japanese test. The Mazda release said the car would achieve 70 miles per gallon, but that number was based on the J

No it won't. The 70mpg figure is from the Japanese test. The Mazda release said the car would achieve 70 miles per gallon, but that number was based on the Japanese test cycle, meaning American mileage would be lower. A 15 percent increase from the existing Mazda 2 would result in a combined 37 m.p.g. (For comparison, the Toyota Prius, which gets a combined 50 m.p.g. from the Environmental Protection Agency, achieves 89 m.p.g. in the Japanese test.) More accurate article here: http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/21/mazda-next-generation-mazda-2-will-get-70-m-p-g/ http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/21/mazda-next-genera...