You do know that most public think the brand "Toyota/Honda" worth a lot more. Why, it is because of the Brand. These 2 brands in local are popular, and up until today, I have yet to see a TV ads about Mazda3 & 6. I have seen city/vios, Accord, Camry. but Not cars from Mazda even the ads in newspaper are fall lesser than Honda/Toyota. Bermaz Marketing people are sleeping.

I am a Mazda6 owner, if not because of the roadshow @ Berjaya Times Square last time. I wouldnt even know Mazda6 got a new car. You can imaging how bad their marketing is.

It is true that the spec is decent, but 130K on a not so popular brand in Malaysia seems to hard to justify for average driver(who dont give a damn about those features). If Mazda really want to capture the local market share, they really should have selling @ the same price or close to Honda/Toyota, plus a little bit more of advertising. Right now they are increasing the price which just killing themselves.

The sudden high demand of Mazda3 ending up waiting 3/4 months is just temp after that it is cool down. Because these early bird group people are smart enough to notice the different Mazda between Honda/Toyota, and pick the car of their choice. Lets see how mazda3 do in another 6-9months.

Facelifts in general happen 2-3 yrs into a car model's life.

New facelifted Camry has already been launched and supposed to land on our shores possibly by late Oct, but most likely November.