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STYLE MEETS SUBSTANCE
Taken from Motor Trend
An agreement between Mazda and Toyota resulted in Scion gaining exclusive distribution rights for the Mazda2 sedan in North America. That is to say, the iA is a Mazda2 sedan with a Scion front fascia and Scion badges. From the side you can see the larger Mazda3 sedan in the swooping character lines. Walk around the rest of the car, and you can’t help but notice the Mazda family resemblance. The front end, however, with its tapering lines, frowning headlights, and angry mouth, really throws the iA off. We imagine after taking school pictures with the rest of the Toyota and Scion Class of 2016, the iA probably didn’t win the yearbook vote for “Best Teeth.” But, like the Mirai, it’s not for a lack of trying.
Mazda makes some of the most entertaining fuel-sippers in the compact segment, so we expected that the 2016 iA would have driving dynamics in the bag, but when we saw the spec sheet, our hearts dropped. Only 106 hp at 6,000 rpm from a diminutive 1.5-liter I-4? Just 103 lb-ft of torque and at 4,000 rpm? The Scion had underwhelming written across the spec chart. At least the EPA estimates were respectable at 31/41 mpg city/highway with the manual and 33/42 mpg with the automatic, both six-speed units.
Specifications here
But you have my vote for the interior and rest of the car 
