Quote Originally Posted by jut703 View Post
Mazdas and Subarus always win COTY awards because the criteria doesn't include aftersales support, resale value, long-term reliability, and so on.

Just purely driving dynamics, features, and subjective opinions of test drivers. Which is why there's a disconnect between what wins in magazine comparos and what wins in the sales charts.

Case in point - Mazda 2. Drives great, looks great, has nice features, priced reasonably. But the Vios outsells it several hundred-fold.

In TG's PPV comparo, the MUX ranked dead last because it wasn't as advanced or as powerful as the others. But it costs several hundred thousand pesos cheaper, and that matters more than whether your truck can do 0-100 under 10 seconds.

To be fair, this disconnect is not limited to local car magazines. It's a worldwide phenomenon, because car magazines are for car enthusiasts, but car buying is for everyone (with enough money).


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Hey, if they asked us to grade them on "Which one would you buy", I would have put the MU-X first. Proven platform. Proven reliability. And it's good at doing the family thing even if it isn't the most glamorous or high tech.

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Car of the Year and Comparos are beauty contests. "Who would you most like to have a one night stand with?"

Car buying... that's like picking your husband/wife. Alcoholic party-crazy male/female models need not apply.