The third-gen Mazda3 has surfaced for the second time on our sister classifieds site oto.my. This time, it’s the 2.0 SkyActiv sedan. The listing indicates a March 2014 launch, with deliveries to begin shortly after.
An unofficial price of RM135k is stated here. The previous ad for the hatchback, which we featured in August, listed RM153k, which many of us thought was rather a lot. That ad is no longer up, but could that price have been a typo then?
Numbers indicated in that ad include 155 hp at 6,000 rpm, 203 Nm of torque at 4,000 rpm, a combined fuel consumption of 6.9 litres per 100 km and a 210 km/h top speed. Transmission is a six-speed auto.
Auto rain-sensing wipers, DRLs, 205/60 R16 tyres and four airbags were amongst the equipment mentioned, but remember, all this isn’t official until the car is launched.
The third-gen Mazda3 is currently on sale in the US and Japan. The US gets 155 hp/203 Nm 2.0 litre (i-Eloop optional as part of package) and 184 hp/250 Nm 2.5 litre (i-Eloop standard) SkyActiv-G engines.
Japan’s Axela gets a 99 hp/150 Nm 1.5 litre SkyActiv-G, a 2.0 litre SkyActiv-G in 118 hp/210 Nm and 163 hp/210 Nm states of tune (the latter with i-Eloop), a 148 hp/380 Nm 2.2 litre twin-turbo SkyActiv-D and a hybrid variant. Europe will mirror Japan’s engines, minus the hybrid.
Click to view the listing: Mazda 3 2.0 SkyActiv on oto.my.
Why hybrid when you can have Skyactiv? LOL…
Tax exemption you understand?
everyone understands what I said except u, lol
Many of the people complaining about the over pricing for this C Segment car. Remember, the RM is dropping and shrinking, there is nothing much you can choose for the C segment cars nowadays around RM130k. Korean car is so scare to put the same pricing with Japanese car but in fact the price is going up gradually. The selling price of the D segment will also increase if the RM keep on shrinking.
Proton also got high taxed. Still csn offer competitive price. Not only in malaysia but in thai and indonesia. It’s social responsibility despite a private company. Others are eyeing for money only.
Mazfa and other japs companies have been here for long time. They have sent millions to their homeland. They should’ve absorb the currency shrinkage and offer better prices.
Lol…the last 4-5 yrs RM is bet RM3.30-3.10 per unit USD..from 1998-2009 RM is bet RM3.80-3.40…currently bet RM3.15-3.18 per USD..suppose it costlier yesteryear than today
When it is 3.8 vs USD and 5 vs Euro, and drop to 3.1 vs USD and 4 vs Euro, there is no car price drop! What you are talking about.
The price is slightly steep for a C-Seg car. Should under 130K to compete better.
When new altis came out, all bashed altis kosong, honda came out, all bashed honda not worth it, kia came out, all bashed kia no resale vaue, mazda came out all bashed overpriced…sure got something to bash on every cars…lol
Huh? Why you don’t join them to bash? Oh ok you are proton basher, no wonder, lol
Because every car has it’s weak point. Where can you find a perfect car?
Wait for CKD, the price will go down below 130K….but quality wise….Kulim….sorry…
Walao the price.
omg!!! is it me or is all the 2.0 c segment cars are getting more and more expensive. usually it is about 128k to 130k…but nw every car is priced 130k above!!!!!! it is like they are setting new standard?!
hello bro, MYR has shrunken. Roti canai kosong is RM1.50 per piece. It was 20 sen not too long ago….lol
roti canai : perodua kancil (1994)
rm0.20 : rm21k
that means….
roti canai : perodua kancil : mazda3 (2013)
rm1.50 : rm157.5k : rm135k
xXx is trying to say that coti canai price directly indicates our economy status… lol…
Lol 1994 where got 0.20 roti canai.
oh, I meant 1980…lol
seriously…roti canai kosong price is a good indicator…lol
Last decade RM hovering bet RM3.80-3.40 per unit USD…
Cheapest c segment car is Peugeot 408 2.0 at only 109,888 with 5 years warranty and free service
Forte is cheaper, correct?
135k? No no no no no no no
if this is the price.
Will have a lot ppl go for D-segment cars.
I agree with u,same as the new altis
Fully loaded CBU 2.0L skyactif with sunroof, the price is ok.
CKD will be significantly cheaper, unlike the Altis.
Remember, this is just RM4K below Accord, therefore, everything must be there.
No suggestion for Civic coupe below, and no suggestion for Altis. Telinga kuali.
hahaha…when preve or other c segment cars launched…then those joker will say aiya..buy wat rubbish la..wait for mazda3 better…but when mazda3 launch..all cannot afford..HAHAHHA
Wait for the 1.5 and let’s see how it price, Hope can under 100K for a CKD unit.
hey guys! save all your money and get ready to cure our cancer symptoms! everyone got cancer rite? lol
hahah..hope hope hope…dream on la…work harder earn more money la boy..lulz
work harder earn more money and go for donation la boy!
CKD no quality maa better buy CBU…said by paultanian
u must b one of them
lol
after mazda3 launch… then can’t afford. need to wait again and again. wait until old no need to buy. walking better :D
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I betet get a jetta with a 1.4 tsi….almost similar price
Why buy Jetta when can get something nicer with cheaper price. What so good about Jetta?
Because it has legendary DSG (Drivetrain Selalu Gagal)
Blame it on garbage Cerato for jacking up the price.
yeah.
damn korens except for GG and hyuna
Of course this is estimated pricing. But im not surprised by the pricing. The Mazda6 is easily more expensive than Camry & Accord. So, this price makes sense. One has to consider that the 3 will be most probably imported from Japan, and will all the Skyactiv tech (which the “garden variety” Civic & upcoming Altis do not have), surely will push up the price further. At the end of the day, you get what you pay for. If you want all the tech goodies, plus a sweet looking & sweet handling ride, its the price you have to pay for it. Plus, Mazda is not a volume seller, so not expecting them to outsell Civic & Altis. Im sure even Hyundai & Kia can sell more.
But why only 2.0? If the 2.5 comes here too, can scare off some Merc A250 drivers. Of course, the price for a Mazda3 2.5 will be amazingly high (for a Japanese C segment), but still lower than the A250 (which is slightly smaller).
Comparing mazda 3 with Merc A250 is a joke of the day.
A250 is turbocharged. It would be hard to match. Even a200 would be a challenge. On the highway it might be a different story as hp rules but on a twisty track no way. The power from a200 comes too early. But with a skilled driver and possibly manual transmission, anything is possible.
however the mazda 3 with 2.5 skyactive would be a riot to drive man. I am still waiting for cx5 with 2.5 skyactive. Again I will not entertain troll with comments regarding affordability. U don even know me.
Jap cars handling is rubbish. Proton/conti is much much better
better get k5 with this price tag. more space, better specs and most important, the best looking car on the road
nope, K5 not the best looking car at all…in fact it looks kind of overdone …and like fashion, the design get outdated fast..
Yeah.. a bit more add n u get a nicer more spacious well spec d segment.. totally agreed.. n with alot lower price u can get alot more of mazda 3.. same segment as well..
Common sense……….gov is committed to reduce the car’s price to 30%……if I’m a seller, I jack up the price 30% more before gov implemented it…by hook or crook, I will be laughing all the way to the bank…….or..
The gov asked/push the seller to jack up first 30%…then announce it ‘we asked them to reduce 30%’suddenly everything reduced to 30%(to the actuall normal price)……both Gov and seller laughing all the way to the bank…..
or…
I just dreaming all of these two theories
if the government has the power to do it. why not
we yang suffer pula
this is what i thought of… gradually increase the price for the next few years… so don’t be surprise to see a B segment car to be priced more than 100k… then suddenly announce car reduction by 30%… actually the price never changed… nice tactics by our stupid monkey politicians… INGAT SAYA BODOH KE?
Mazda3 2.0 prices have always been the highest among most of the Japanese C-Segments. So this is kinda acceptable I guess.
Most of you feel that it is expensive is probably because you are comparing it with the CKD 1.6/2.0 Mazda3 with this new model, which is totally inappropriate.
Not to forget, EEV incentive to bring the price down..
just wondering
what do they mean by soft launch of the car?
anyone?
Mazda 3
6 speed
6.6l /100km
Altis
7 speed
5.5l /100km
Mazda’s torque converter automatic tranny.
Altis’ CVT.
What are you trying to point out here ? both gearboxs are totally different types..
It’s hype after all. See the Vios FC test in PT
Overpriced.Yet small canin among its class,a lot of car range for 135k budget. Sorry, i hv to stop pursue Mazda 3.
Better wait for the ckd version.price will drop tremendously
Beware of our car roadtax. Going to be increase soon. don’t believe? wait and see…. i’m sure most of you Dislike me.
135K? No thank you.
At 135k, its one of the best deals of the year.
Think about it, the only competitor for this in its class is 230k A4, 240k 3 series and C Class. Even these German cars do not have the same reliability of Mazda, so at 100k cheaper, Mazda 3 is definitely the cheapest and best car.
So guys, please don’t look too much in the increase of 10-20k from the previous generation. In fact, if you look at it carefully the 10-20k is damn worth it
unlike Cerato increase price from Forte, paying more for a junk.
This will drive better, handles better and runs better than the silly k3. Quality wise will be in Audi/Merc segment while consumption from latest tech skyactiv is as good as a hybrid! With the amount of torque on such small nimble aerodynamic car, the acceleration will give the over rated VW Golf GTi or Focus ST a run for their money.. all in all can’t wait for this Mazda.
Instead of trying to fully understand what you’re trying to say, I’ll just dislike =)
Mazda3 quality is like Audi/Merc? That’s joke of the year in PT!
Handling wise even shitty proton can beat. Acceleration is so-so due to auto trans, max torque at high RPM means it’ll take some time to reach.
I dislike every time Maserati comments…because you know its BS….
Dont do this Mazda, too expensive! The price must bellow 130K!
135K??? better get CX-5 at 137K. at least CX-5 comparable to D-Segment cars and priced about the same/more expensive than Mazda 6 in other countries.
Considering the fact that a top spec Altis is RM137K I’d say the price is par for the course
Wow at the price. I thought our G in their manifesto mentioned: – Revamping the National Automative Policy to gradually reduce car prices by 20-30% & increasing the competitiveness of our national cars? Where is that beloved G? And when is that going to happen?
NAP? I m thinking the might increase the price of P2 or P1. in a stupid way, the price of the car has reduced since the differences is not narrower.
Mazda must be joking with that price..
C’mon, that’s out range for a C-seg. Japanese made..
I agree with you man but both 2.0 top spec 2014 altis and current civic navi also priced around rm137k.
A 137K Thai made vs 135K Made in Japan? Mazda all the way.
Dun blame mazda, blame bermaz.
At RM135k I might be tempted but ONLY IF it comes in 6 speed M/T. It so hard these days to get a good handling and adequate performance 4-door car with M/T. Not everyone can afford or live with a Megane RS or Focus ST.
with new tech its not surprising that the price will go up. but we have to remember that if manufacturer increase their car prices by RM10k, the equivalent increase here is RM20k due to the excise duty etc. so its double whammy here.
wow the C-segment cars are getting real pricey with 2.0litre engine ! Is it necessary ?? 1.6 or 1.8 would be more than sufficient for normal aspirated engines …. for this price range Altis 2.0 Civic 2.0 and Mazda 2.0 is quite ridiculous …. almost the pricing for D-segment entry level Accord, Teana or even the Camry 2.0E or the Kimchis Sonata or K5 !
overpriced & underpowered C segment…sigh
so many post on the car being overpriced..hahaha….what do you expect?…price it at 70k and go against preve?…dream on la brader
RM1700 per month? Cisin! If really this, then no wonder Malaysians work for car!
When Altis comes out, everybody complaint it’s overprice and better choose Mazda 3. Now, almost same price, everybody quiet. I booked the Mazda 3 earlier. The full spec is RM145k estimate.
full spec RM145? I rather pay more RM10k to get 2.0 D-segment car. Maybe not full spec as 2.4, but majority of the spec is there.
or get a CX-5. much better for a family man in denial of getting old
Guerilla marketing?
Rm135k is reasonable to me. Since i’m proton basher, i’m willing to pay the monthly installment.
Overpriced. I rather wait for Civic facelift.
when is it coming?
Soon.
when civic facelift comes out…u will say wait for mazda3 facelift..hahahha…go ride ur ex5 la
when kuga came out, its price was cheaper than the model it replaced. don’t always accept prices of cars must go up 10k everytime a new model is out. we should be having better quality cars for the price we are paying. Malaysia is ranked as the second most expensive place to buy a car in the world, right behind Singapore, in an article, The 10 Most Expensive Places To Buy A Car, on the popular car news portal, Jalopnik, recently.
Read more: ‘Time to drive car prices down’ – General – New Straits Times http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/time-to-drive-car-prices-down-1.370222#ixzz2jrsS0h6j
I like to read 2-3 para at the end fr ur link
foo yo, dam a lot of Kaya man here leh, all can afford to pay cars more than 135K. sommore installment about RM 1700 sommore. plus house RM 2000, plus baby RM1500 plus makan RM 2000, plus other groceries, RM 1000. All in all a person has to make RM8200 per month, that after the tax if before tax mean income for someone to pay for house and car is at least RM10,000, must be dam a lot of great job outside there that pays more than 10K a month.
Proton basher said that one has to earn 10k and then they can buy Toyota. Then one said that proton is forpoorfag. I’d say they might not know turbo car likepreve has benefit of relaxing driving. Very goid amount of torque is available at early 2000 rpm and spreaded flat until 4000rpm. That’s much better than skyactive 2.0l engine that only reaches max torque at 6000rpm. That’s way long to reach with a foot and long journey might be more tiring needless to sat sliw pickup in city driving.
It is rather expensive for the anticipated price but still on par with the Corolla.
At least it is not a boring drive as the corolla.
Mazda will always deliver the zoom zoom motto, unlike T which is ‘moving backwards’ instead.
beautiful car from Mazda, I like it
Four airbags? Tolonglah jangan! Jatuh standard CBU kalo bagi kurang safety spec.
Not that I am Honda or Jap fans, but I would rather add a few thousand to get Accord instead of this…
Here you are proton bashers, please read this and get out from your dark cave:
“He said that car companies were also taking advantage of the public perception that car prices were expensive in Malaysia due to taxes and protectionist policies for Proton.
“It’s so easy to blame the government. Asians like to blame the government, but they seem to love the (car) companies. Despite whatever that has been done, they will criticise Proton and the government. The companies are taking advantage (of this).”
Sos kicap : NST
Don’t you know NST is also one of the government cronies? The news and critiques always being bias and untrue one. That’s why I have been stop reading NST and The Star for many years.
But…but….but that’s Top Gear Malaysia editor saying, not NST reporter.
the price should be around rm120k… love this car n hoping to buy it next year….
whichever car prices’ leaked/announced here sure all kena bashed kao kao.. haha..
in fact there are still ppl buying no matter what cars, what brands, what specs becoz they just feel like buying..
because alot Msians are basically rich already when they buy cars!
eg lets say Honda accord RM 135k vs RM 95k (langkawi price), ppl are already paying RM40k up front up front.. 40k is like annual tax for a 150k per year income earner..
if you are in the income bracket of taxable income 10k per year.. u already paid 4 years tax in advance..
thus, Msians all are basically rich already when they buy car… sumore bank can loan u 9 years to pay the tax plus car.. (blame ‘you know who’ not the dealers IMO who bring in more choices for Msians in the automotive industry)
So sad to see many malaysian suffering to pay for good quality & safe cars these days as car prices continue to spiral up & not down. Not to worry, I’m one of them but at least I know my car will be safer & better quality any day compared to our local junk cars & paying that bit more makes it all worth it until you have to sell & get a new car ;p Keeping on zooming mazda …that’s a really nice car !!
Excuse me, even new Honda Accord got 4 stars ANCAP safety rating while preve/suprima S got 5. You said foreign cars are safer? How about the amount of airbags which are reduced and VSC which are omitted for Malaysian market? Still you said it’s safer? LOL, Very FUNNY.
i heard a lot of review about this car that the rear sit is not as spacious as before.
it’s gonna be around that price, it’s too costly. that price is not too far from the new accord base model.
Paul and friend,
Can open up a tread to discuss about ： end of life vehicle policy , ELV? it worries me, going to be implemented in the NAP next month
Kill two birds with one stone but two engines. 2.0 SkyActiv if Mazda can priced it competitively against Corolla Altis 2014 RM137k or sub-RM110k for 1.5SkyActiv against Vios tak jimat minyak at 11.6km/l certainly will revive the Japanese brand.
If Mazda can offer Sub-RM100k then Vios a run for its money.
I dun think so because now the trend is the price difference is getting bigger between highest variant B segment car and lowest variant in C segment car.
When preve/suprima (C segment) was out people still said is expensive despite the price is similar with Japs B segment cars (such as vios/almera).
mazda has mazda 2 for a b-segment contender
Last time honda jazz petrol cbu cost 100++.ppl think its a premium car
Now when jazz petrol ckd cost 75k, ppl said it build up quality is not as good as other range
Its the mentality that needs to be corrected
Mazda spare part is more expensive compared to toyota @honda@nissan.theres no 3s service centre for mazda in malaysia
Toyota engine does not use turbocharge compared to other manufacturer.so engine will last longer
once and foremost, this car still fetches higher RV than rotten cabbages.
All the latest Mazda models are very good looking models, but sadly, here in East Malaysia, there is no dedicated Mazda service centre, I hardly see Mazda cars here, only a few, but there was a considerable growth in the number of CX-5s. Hope they will improve their customer service department. They have great potentials.
mazda is for rich person only!!
Are you poor? Cheapo preve has much better handling than previous Mazda3.
saw an ad for mazda, some promo at 1Utama. It says ‘new model’. Preview of mazda 3? :D
135K? I better go for Ford Focus with full spec only 120K now (after 6K discount)…