owned a biante for 2 years now, good car.

my average fuel consumption is 9.35l/100km.

the good:
- spacious, 80% of the time i use as 5 seater, thus the extra leg room in row 2 really good
- comfort, ride and handling is good (obviously can't compare with sedan)
- power is ok since i'm not heavy footed (though i admit sometimes i wished i had more power just for that zoom-zoom feel)
- love the large space between front row and 2nd row (after sacrificing the 3rd row)

the bad:
- beige interior is really a pain-in-the-[ahem] especially with young kids
- the mazda malaysia headrest with LCD is LOUSY! the headrest is not standard mazda CBU so you can notice the cloth cover material is not the same as the rest of the seat. the driver and front passenger can never rest their head on it because it's not designed properly. it's because of the headrest LCD. now i know headrest LCD is a big no no for the car.
- the cabin noise intrusion in my opinion is kind of high. the road noise is quite loud inside the cabin.
- no much storage space in car
- no cruise-control
- i wish there are more options to lock the slide of the 2nd and 3rd row

conclusion:
overall nice car. the bad points above can be rectified with after-market solutions except for last 2 points, but it'll cost you time and money to get it done.

Nice experience sharing.

i think 9.35l on 100km is city run 80% up ?

this car is in my wish list now =)

Decide removed it out from the list after saw this news.
http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/...out-of-minivans

CBU without ease of available spare part are pained.

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