Now I am faced with the dilemma of what to choose.

Anyone has any advice?

Thanks

i’m confused…

bought a 2006/2007 model SP23 and didnt get them with the car..that’s weird

this is the australian model btw

It’s really too bad we had to wait so long for the local launch. I still love the car, but the timing for C&C frankly couldn’t be any worse. The pricing puts it head-to-head with the Civic and Altis (both bigger, and the former is cheaper!), whereas its size puts it head-to-head with the City and Vios (both cheaper). Admittedly, the Vios is MUCH smaller, so the main rival is still the City, which is MUCH cheaper.

At the end of the day, its main strengths are its looks, which pretty much limits its appeal to the price-first, practicality-second, resale value-third, looks-way last average Malaysian. (I could have the order mixed up here… up to u to rearrange it!)

Still, I love this car, and it’s very high on my wishlist.

p.s. Nice touch with the Santa hat, Paul.
p.p.s. If I remember correctly, Naza was selling the Mazda3 as early as 2005 (at least, that’s when I first saw it in the showroom), under a different name and the sticker price was in the region of RM180K!!!

Looks like 10th Gen Corolla still a better choice. Although i like the new styling of mazda3. As someone has pointed out. Like a RX-8 Sedan

C&C gets their Mazdas from NZ Wheels, which is Naza. I test drove the 3 (both engine variants) yesterday afternoon and I saw the cargo manifest in one of the cars… NZ Wheels is the importer.

Don’t ask me why C&C don’t import the cars themselves… Honda M’sia used to rely on Weststar to import the CBU Thailand Hondas, but not anymore, Honda M’sia now imports their own cars.

sorry to say, these importer seem to get those Mazda2, Mazda3, Mazda5, Mazda6 earlier than the authorised importer…

not only Mazda, all makes also the same….

Just like we had Naza here to bring in earlier than the makers….

i was told by the sales guy that c&c brought in model cbu from japan and selling it at a bit lower than required price by mazda japan. but c&c need to sale a minimum qouta to maintain that price. if not they have to jackup the price..

the purpose and intention of bringing in cbu japan is to make it their sedan flagship model for m’sia sales.. since the 3 is such a hit worldwide…
hoping to get this car within this year… anyone interested to buy a city vtec from me? got full honda service history )

Hopefully some Mazda owners can share their experience of Mazda ownership (example spare parts, quality of services, reliability, any strange problem like cannot start in the morning.. etc)

This mazda?..HOT!. Thumbs up!

January 10, 2007 @ 5:51 pm

This car has been around since 2004. To compare with 2006 Civic will not do justice to Mazda. Anyway, in Boleh land this is as far as we can get…while people in other parts of the world are selling this as 2nd hand car, we are contemplating on spending absurd amount of money on dated technology…

i think every cars within this price range selling in malaysia r good. inorder 2 market it comprehensively 2 consumer over here is depend on how the dealership owner over here.

c&c should b reponsible 4 low well-knownness in boleh land. they have mercedec dealership in the past which dominated high end market & made them desolated mazda. well selling model like the fd rx7 & na, nb mx5 also absence or selling in low volume like they never exist. of cos grey imported not count. now they loose mercedese dealership & started 2 put more attention on mazda.

no dought the m3 design is very attractive, but what firdaus72 said is right, u never know when the brand new model is going 2 come out. civic could atleast last another 1 yr facelift & 2 more yrs b4 another new model come out. 4 those who really 1 2 consider new car in this price range should consider carefully b4 making any decision. yet better still new corolla & sentra is also going 2 launch this year i guess. atleast ur investment wont depreciate alot if u r in m3 situation.