It was also mentioned at the launch that Mazda, together with its Malaysian partners, is seriously considering a strategic initiative to start a local assembly programme in Malaysia to mirror the efforts of other Japanese car brands. Mazda recognises that the ASEAN region has vast growth potential for them and Malaysia has been identified as an important gateway into the market. If the plans do materialise, it would be particularly good news for Malaysian Mazda fans as prices could then be reduced, making the brand a more realistic alternative to other Japanese makes. Incidentally, Malaysia and Singapore are the first two countries to get the new Mazda3 Sport in this region.

will upload my car picture soon.mazda 3 look small but it has same length /width with civic .when i park between previous honda accord , surprisingly it almost same length.

by the way mazda 3 is more on driver side.leg room is cramp.but who  care , most of the time only 2 of us in the car