► New Mazda supermini concept revealed
► Vision X-Compact previews future 2 hatch
► It’s designed to be ‘much like a friend’
Prettiest car at the 2025 Japan Mobility Show? This Mazda Vision X-Compact concept car surely has a podium position at the very least.
The new concept car, which has been unveiled alongside the Vision X-Coupe, is certainly a glamorous yet oh-so-clean bit of design – something Mazda has always been known for. Given its shape and silhouette, this likely previews a future Mazda 2 supermini.
As well as very clean surfacing, a bold red colour and some cute but purposeful design cues outside, the interior is meant to be as clean and simple. Like the bigger concept, there are proper dials for instruments that look hewn out of solid metal, and there’s a fixed spot for your phone.
This is, however, peak 2025 concept car. Mazda throws an endless barrage of buzzwords in the press bumph about this thing, saying it is designed to ‘deepen the bond between people through the fusion of a human sensory digital model and empathetic AI.’ Whatever that nonsense means.
There is a little bit of clarity, though, that adds weight to our suspicion that this is a thinly-veiled look at the next 2 supermini: ‘this represents Mazda’s vision for the future of smart mobility.’ And then it goes all corny again by saying the concept is for a world ‘where vehicles and people form an emotional connection, much like a friend.’
Aside from all the Black Mirror and Christine vibes we’re getting from the press release, in short – we like this. Get building, Mazda – your current 2 supermini is so old now it likely qualifies for a pension.
Jake has been an automotive journalist since 2015, joining CAR as Staff Writer in 2017. With a decade of car news and reviews writing under his belt, he became CAR's Deputy News Editor in 2020 and then News Editor in 2025. Jake's day-to-day role includes co-ordinating CAR's news content across its print, digital and social media channels. When he's not out interviewing an executive, driving a new car for review or on a photoshoot for a CAR feature, he's usually found geeking out on the latest video game, buying yet another pair of wildly-coloured trainers or figuring out where he can put another car-shaped Lego set in his already-full house.
By Jake Groves
CAR's news editor; gamer, trainer freak and serial Lego-ist
