Yesterday, we saw it on a north-bound transporter, opening the question as to whether it would be also in the showrooms. Turns out it is – the 2014 Mazda 3 you see here is on display in Glenmarie, and offers the first comprehensive take of the Malaysian-spec CBU unit.
Nothing different than what was previously reported, when pricing and details emerged earlier in the month on the spec-level we’d be getting. Kit on the RM138,935 sedan includes auto air-conditioning, fabric seats, bi-xenons, a leather-wrapped steering, sunroof, reverse sensors and 18-inch alloys wrapped with 215/45 Dunlop SP Sport Maxx rubbers.
There’s also keyless entry/push-start ignition, a MZD Connect infotainment TFT colour display with GPS, a six-speaker audio system, i-Stop auto start/stop, i-Eloop regenerative braking and an adaptive front-lighting system.
It’ll be a while longer before the car is officially launched, but the thing is, you can now get up and close with it if you’re keen on one. If you’re heading to Glenmarie to check it out, a point to note – the particular 3 in the showroom has GPS, but the map hasn’t been installed yet, we’re told.
We’ve driven the 2014 Mazda 3 – read our Australian test drive report on the Mazda 3.
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haha…finall here!
How come the headlights so sepet one…can see properly or not…later cannot see properly will complain this complain that…hehe
are you trying to say that chinese are bad drivers because they’re sepet. this is so racist. it’s not their fault!
Why r u so sensitive…nothing to do with ur own race….not everything in this world revolves around the chinese…grow up and stop whining…
cannot blame them. Their vision is hindered because sepet. It is true.
The Mazda3 logo look senget to me…
Why does the large top area of the dashboard at passenger side look uneven/lumpy?
OMG…nice car with ugly pricing…
138k?? id rather buy accord than this
True same price almost ,but one size up D segment vs C segment
wat u know about accord?
The Mazda 3 has better handling and 41 more horses than the base spec Accord 2.0 yo. Weight your preferences, a bigger safety featured car or a smaller, cozier, better handling car.
Coming Accordana is more powerful, turbocharged summore, lol
Did you mean 4 more horses than Accord? Lol.
Mazda 3 2.0 has 153hp, the 2.0 accord has only 114hp. Go and get your sources right, mate.
It is 155hp laaa…. Check ur facts please. 114 is kw
Bro, you must be extremely ignorant to condemn me for getting my sources wrong. Go back to kindergarten please, which honda accord 2.0 on earth has only 114hp? It’s 114KW for god sake dumbo. Go and get your sources right for chris sake! Having little knowledge about automotive doesn’t make you sound stupid, but condemning others when you’re wrong make you sound stupid.
I had to login n comment you ….. STUPID haha
Accord at RM140k range.
With heavy weight, same 2000cc, less powerfull compared to C-segment 2000cc..
& Less Safety features too.
To get best out of D-segment.. it’s above RM170k.
What u get is a bigger size and comfort.
It’s your choice.
Fabric seats? 18′ is an overkill….but looks nice…overpriced bt beter reason to wait for da ckd like da previous gen thn becomes more realistic price..
hot and spicy!
Too expesive
This is one great Japanese car. Definitely better than the not so great Corolla Altis. This Mazda 3 is finally on par with korean made car.
No Avatar means imposter
You doesnt sound like real sam loo….
Don’t u know yet? Sam and hilux and maserati is same person. And he is solely alone in down thumbing all bad comments to umw with 100s of thumbs each time. I wonder why Paultan has not banned his ip range but instead make jokes of him in video.
I guess every website needs a shameless joker..
Thats true. Is a same jery junior sales man who has no integrity and an all time liar. He used to be my colleague, he is arrogant, talk coxk all the time but still think that he is smart. I quit the job becuase the pay is really bad. SAM as a junior sales man is still driving old car. So u know how poor he is
But he talk like big boss all the time. I am wondering.
No Avatar means imposter
Not really, sumtimes it’s problem with the system
On par with a korean car. Wow your standards are really low. Please don’t insult Mazda or Toyota.
great car. but with that price tag together with the features being omitted, competition will be very close between the altis and civic. most probably the ckd jetta will also be priced around 139k myr..
wait for CKD to come, better equipped
no auto cruise…
Altis can bungkus already,kosong spec yet overpriced.
Even Cerato 1.6 and sushi Civic 1.8 better than junk Altis that never have VSC as standard.
YOu want VSC have to pay more
the multimedia interface looks like a cross between BMW’s iDrive, VW & Mercedes.
It looks too cheap to compare with those cars
The interior looks like a cheaper Audi A3…like 99% alike
The designers have to be trained again so can produce fresh ideas, not copy others
To expensive for a small car
Fabric seats and no cruise control at this price is unacceptable and there’s no front corner sensors too and they didn’t include electric seats either.
Hopefully the stuff mentioned above will be included at a reasonable price in the future.
I prefer leather seats over sunroof anytime of the day. Get your priorities right la Mazda.
Malaysia weather is too hot for leather seats, after your pussy get burn.
Agree that Mazda Malaysia couldn’t get their priorities right. I was really looking forward to the Mazda3 launch, until I see the middle meter is a speedometer instead of a rev counter. Turned me off. Different from the one displayed in 1U few months back. But knowing Mazda, few months later, they will launch the CKD. And then a year later, they will launch the CBU 2.5 (just like the CX-5). Bottomline, Mazda is a good car, but because it is run by Bermaz here, so you should abstain from buying this car. Because u will rugi bersih, because of Vincent Tan.
Too many specs have been omitted. Proper dual zone climate control system, HUD, leather seats, LDW, BSM, auto headlights, auto wiper, to name a few. The cheap climate control system offered here is pathetic. Relations are forced to pay premium prices for half baked specs. Disappointing!
Sorry typo error. I meant Malaysians are forced to pay premium prices for half baked specs.
does anyone else can see this car display at the showroom near your house instead of Glenmarie showroom
So do we have hatch back too? Im interested that hatch back version.
what’s the fuel consumption for the 2.0L model?
nice exterior, interior, good safety feature and great performance too. if have CKD might be less about RM20~30k and hope no changes/downgrade the specification.
Based on previous mazda cbu/ckd pricing, don’t expect to be that much different.. the most you can expect is lesser of about RM15K.. but if they add more specs to the CKD, that would be fine.
As the mazda hv been granted EEV, the new mazda 3 ckd should be sell lesser about rm23k-28k.
Baby brother Mazda 6. Hehe.
i bet it will reach the east msian shore faster than the suprima s. i’ve yet to see one of the suprima roaming otr here.
even the face-lifted vios which was launched last Oct have started to be multiply and gain popularity over here, regardless of it being under-equipped or over-equipped.
like it or not, we on the east have faith in the Japanese brands more than any other manufacturers.
Cheers…..
I don’t mind paying 139k for a ckd fully loaded 2.5 though. I mean since they are building the 2.5 cx5 locally anyway, why don’t they build a 2.5 mazda3 and market it as a sportier model.
it’s a shame not to have leather seats…i think kia cerato is much more better,,in terms of design and spec..the specs must b upadated for the ckd unit…better than toyota and honda which r still in their arrogant thinking,,,that they will b always at no 1 n 2, position…think…
139k.. janji dicapati…
Hmmmm…no dual zone air control huh? Too bad, ppl grab a proton accord rather tis chili paid.
It looks awesome. MZD connect seems quite pleasant to use. I suspect the 6 facelift will get it too….
Still no auto lights/wipers and iActiveSense, which is a bit of an oversight sadly. But I think I can make an exception cause it is the best looking C segment sedan below 150k, that is also well made and has 3 years of maintenance.
Time to take it for a ride!
Why so expensive? Is it this baby gets eev inisiative recently released by our beloved gohmen? Why bermaz still rip our hard earn money….should be 120k only and it will diff story…
If you want one, get one now. Do not compare. Once the CKD comes in, hey’ll throw things away, off goes the sunroof, i-eloop and so on as whats happening these days…
If that is the case, Mazda 3 should not be on anyone’s shopping list anymore. No matter how good the online review from other country is, if the price here in Malaysia is crazy without the full specs, then we might as well look at other alternatives.
I hate people who like to say do not compare. If you would, please put it like ‘compare correctly’. Do not compare stand for those who are chicken enough to upgrade and stays under their tempurung forever.
this will only make Kia Cerato more worth to buy. ya , i know u going to say kimchi car no second hand value, high maintenance, high fuel consumption, lousy, sucks…. kimchi car is just….yucksss… but is still value for money.
you are right…Kimchi car worth the value for money as they look forward on European side, building better quality car slowly, adapt design and tech from them rather than the Japanese. And its cheaper though.
If provided spec just like shown at 1 u. I think would be a lot people to take it. Because im the one also order too. But now with this spec…..forged it already
this car is totally overprice..
paying 139k and even dont have leather seat…
better go to other option…cerato maybe…
or add about 10k++ and get a d sgmen car like new accord….or if u are a bezmeZ lover..get the 2.0 m6…at least got leather seat n larger cabin…just my 2cent..
Overpriced ! With tat price I would rather get vw jetta rather than the overpriced mazda 3 anytime. TSI + DSG ! 5 years unlimited milagage warranty ! german tech ! Sweet !!!
Just gotta be careful on the fine prints on the 3 year warranty because the local dealer is Berjaya Group
This car going to kill my Altis like shit. I better look for job a Kia. Rm1.8K pay per month is good enough for me…shit..better act fast..
Better wait for CKD laa…
oh mak guard! aircond dial same like preve!!
Mazda3 SKYACTIV-HYBRID
FC: 30.8 km/liter (JC08 test)
but this is not a hybrid.
Yup. For the time being, skyactiv-hybrid is available for their own rakyat (japanese).
Unlike proton whose give their best spec to other rakyat (Aussie) but no its own rakyat.
Thats the difference between japanese carmaker and malaysia carmaker.
Go out from cave, preve and suprima now are already equipped with 6 airbags. Electric and hybrid are not yet launched.
I still got internet even i live in the cave.
Proton put ESC in Exora and Saga for Australia matket, but doesnt bother to offer the same spec to malaysian. With a slight price increase, they should.
I really consider Exora but the lack of ESC pissed me off. I dont mind paying a little more for ESC, but it just doesnt exist here. Japanese offer the best for their own rakyat, but Proton?
I just wonder, that many people still doesnt realize the different spec between ours and Aussies market for Saga and Exora.
Besides that.
Preve @ Australia = 5 years free Service, since the launching.
Malaysia dont have.
Read more, Exora and Saga were launched before preve. It’s called improving. The upcoming GSC and exora replacement sure have those features.
Bermaz has been success with CX5 and then Mazda6 and get their head big…
138k? for new car, i will get an Accord for sure, and for the same price, I will go get a 3 years old e90, which is still a nice BMW anyhow :)
Stay away from Bermaz share for sure…LOL, trading of car company you believe can last long?
no leather seats
no cruise control, no leather seats…even ford focus launched more than a year ago has better specs than this!
picanto has better accs
Got the chance to see in flesh. Muscular car. Letdown only by fabric seats and cramp rear seats. The rests are superb.
no leather seats, no cruise control…even ford focus launched more than a yr ago has a better spec than this…
For RM138K Mazda3 I was hoping for full specs like other countries are getting. And to show Toyota and Honda what ripping off means and that Malaysians are not stupid and know what full spec means. But Bermaz is trying to get on the bandwagon also, hahaha. A**ho**s, the whole lot.
138k but no auto head lamp, no auto wiper, no auto window for other doors, no dual zone aircond, no paddle shift, but more expensive than ford focus mk3?? aiyoooo
No auto-dimming rear view mirror too…which is quite a basic item nowadays especially at this price range
Cool.
cool until noone buys. if hot everybody wants lololol
fabric seat better than Golf GTI kain pelikat seat
Kain pelikat is better because you can actually wear it
Had look at it, extremely underwhelmed for the price. Ended up being pretty interested with the Mazda6 tho lol, that 3 made the 6 look really good..
If put 110k or below for cbu than later for ckd and eev lagi less. How can the pencapatis get fulus for their pocket? Lagi mau tanya ka?
it is just wrong with the spec and price…i dont find a reason why one should consider cx-5..
cx-5 has more accessories, more space but ckd.
and at accord price, this made the mazda 3 out of place..too bad, its a nice car but wrong distributor..
this car must be well specced at only 130k at most..otherwise, accord and cx-5 is value for money
soory didnt mention toyota bcos its a bland point a-b car..
Altis got 7 airbags lor you want 20?
build it yourself lor.
anyway, despite all of your comment,there will be people out there would purchase it.
bermaz=1 vs consumer=0
Should give the distributor rights to Naza, put Inokom badge become Inokom 3 LangitAktif sell at Rm100k. Like goreng pisang
Fantastic car in and out. Just look at that interior!! Oozes quality!!
Makes cerato n elantra look like junk!
Cant wait to see it on the road! Amazing car!
You forgot to mention altis also, this makes Altis looks even more junk. :)
I’m actually amazed and skeptical at the same time, at how Mazda have actually pushed the compression ratio further up since the introduction of SkyActive. The Biante has CR of 12:1, the CX-5 and Mazda6 has CR of 13:1. And now the new 3 has CR of 14:1! I’m not a Mazda owner but am wondering will this cause engine knocking on ron95 petrol? Perhaps mazda owners of the new models can share?
Also with such high CR, there is almost zero room for modding. And given the quality of m’sia petrol i can’t help feeling skeptical abt piston and engine related issues when mileage increases.
you want turbo you buy proton, pug or ford
With the same price or a little extra, can upgrade to an Accord.
Or, save many thousands to stay in C Segment by getting a Ford Focus.
I’ll do that with a 139K.
the sporty styling is no doubt- superb! but the spec is pathetic! the price is dedicated to mazda fan or thick pocket-empty header human species.
I’m Going to wait for the hatch Back to become available..
1) BERMAZ, UMW, TCHONG, DRBHCOM, all are public listed company. They are answerable to major shareholders about profit (sometimes shareholders are same across these company), hence is a ‘controlled’ market, on surface it ‘looks like’ there are competition…. but with all these pricing strategies going up, I doubt it…
2) According to Government, Proton is national pride. They need to be protected in order for them to grow slowly and baby sit them facing the real world competition, so Malaysian has to pay 100% patriotism tax for buying foreign car. Plus, the taxes can help Government fund many alibaba projects. Tax the rich and feed the poor??
Malaysia consumer always lose out….
This car in US, mid spec, is selling about US$19K (about RM60K++) and US Dealer still can make profit. With our patriotism tax, it should be priced at RM120K++, now it’s selling at RM139K, so profit margin is high for BERMAZ and Dealers, plus they take out some market standard spec like:
1) Cruise Control (Altis & Civic have it)
2) Leather seats (Altis & Civic have it)
3) Reverse Camera (Altis & Civic have it)
4) Auto Chromic Rearview Mirror (Altis has it)
5) Engine bonnet sound insulation (even 10+ years proton has it)
Just to name a few…if BERMAZ can put it back when they do the official launching in March, they will have good competition with others.
There are other very high tech accessories in higher spec of US Mazda 3, probably they will put them in 2.5L model with even higher price that same as D Segment car…..
It would be a BEST segment C car in 2014, easily out beat the rivals…..if, only if it price at RM120K ++ with all the 5 missing standard accessories restored. They can price it RM140K for another variant with the other high tech spec included. Dream…
why all these photos so ‘jerebu’ ?? pakai camera phone ke kawan??
when people talk about safety..how many of them are aware that the 6 or 7 air bags are helpless if the structure and design is bad?