Mazda bites back with the all-new 2012 Mazda 3

[jut703]

Wala talagang ilalaban ang new MZ3 sa 9th gen Civic dahil luma kc powertrain nya. Kahit skyactive pa engine neto at 2.0L displacement, hindi pa rin masyado bebenta. Wala kasing 1.6 or 1.8L man lang na skyactive engines to look forward to. tsk, tsk. Mas mabenta pa daw CX-5. Bread and butter pa naman na model ng Mazda Philippines ang MZ3

I can't imagined my 2008 MZ3 has the same old engine with the 2012 MZ3.

Pero in fairness ganda ng design external and internal. Nawala na rin obvious smiley face nya kahit paano.

Let's wait na lang for the new Mazda 6, baka may laban pa to sa Sonata.

Eh? Yung current Honda Civic din naman same engine as the 2006 Civic ah. Same transmission too.

The current Mazda 3 at least gets a tranny update (imagine a 1.3M sedan with a 4-AT hahahaha). I'd take the Mazda 3's engine over the Civic 1.8 EXi's anytime. Walang ka-hatak hatak yung R18A kumpara sa 2.0 MZR nung Mz3.

For the 2-liter version, presyo lang talaga problema. OK naman specs eh, at par with the competition. Personally ayoko rin ng kotseng masyado maraming toys pero mas mahal ng 100k sa competition, so I'd rather they lower the price to 1.1-1.2M than add more features and keep it at 1.3M.

[lamborghinione]

Eh? Yung current Honda Civic din naman same engine as the 2006 Civic ah. Same transmission too.

The current Mazda 3 at least gets a tranny update (imagine a 1.3M sedan with a 4-AT hahahaha). I'd take the Mazda 3's engine over the Civic 1.8 EXi's anytime. Walang ka-hatak hatak yung R18A kumpara sa 2.0 MZR nung Mz3.

For the 2-liter version, presyo lang talaga problema. OK naman specs eh, at par with the competition. Personally ayoko rin ng kotseng masyado maraming toys pero mas mahal ng 100k sa competition, so I'd rather they lower the price to 1.1-1.2M than add more features and keep it at 1.3M.

what i meant is kung i ko compare mo yung MZ3 1.6 vs Civic 1.8 and both of their 2.0L models, panalo pa rin Civic IMHO.

[jut703]

1.6 vs 1.8? Definitely the Civic. And this is because the 1.6 was never a spectacular engine, and the 1.6 Mz3s are actually pretty bare.

2.0 vs 2.0? Assuming price isn't a factor (since we have no idea about the pricing of the 2.0 FB yet), I'd get the Mz3. The FB doesn't handle anywhere as well as the Mz3. The 5-AT of the Mz3 is more responsive than the 5-AT of the FD Civic, which was simply carried over to the FB. The Mz3 looks better too. Toys? The Mz3 2.0 has enough for me.