Just had a test drive with my family of 7. Surprising last row was not that bumpy. Placed 1k for booking. The salesman told me can get before CNY. I booked the white color.

How come you can get test drive one, I called most dealer theydon allowed.

Tell them you're a serious buyer. My test drive was pre-arranged.
They drove out from showroom just to let me test drive.

Too late...
I booked serena.....
Cos mazda's stupid salemen, my wife damn frust with them telling no car for test drive but there's one in showroom!!
Somemore have to wait till next year march or longer...

Congratulation!

How's the performance, would you feel underpowered? I have tested Serena, off Eco mode, still underpowered for me, maybe because I use to drive 2.4 engine.

I'm changing it for my wife, if this car won't be so underpowered, will consider this over Serena due to the interior is more luxury than Serena.

Pls advise.

Ooophs, forgot about the Biante. So that makes my plus point comment on the Serena thread about 150k for 8 seater MPV a little moot.

Anyway in all honesty, if you've tasted a 2.4L engine, then you will find the Biante with the SkyActive 2.0L still lacking. Yes, same engine as on the CX5. Some people say ok, some say not.

But why worry... There's always the paddle shifters (yes, that's right) for that occasional zoom zoom spirited drive. And top speed is limited to 176km/hr. Listed consumption is 11.6 km/l for city drive and 14.9 km/l for highway.

I like the Biante interior color, paddle shift, audio control sterling, but the seats configuration not as flexi as Serena.

FC is fine, I trust the Skyactiv will do it best.

Anyone know which showroom has a Biante show unit

I also booked one For my wife. Was told can take delivery 2nd week of April, but who knows !! I still feel Mazda need to get their act together with sales and tell customer the truth and not some bullshit to get the sales. Anyway, I hope I won't be dissappointed!

Compared to mazda, nissan sales are much reliable and efficient. I got ny serena within two weeks after booking.
I believe mazda may have limited stock available which causing long waiting queue for most of their cars.

This post has been edited by sianglee: Mar 17 2014, 07:36 AM

Placed booking for Biante on 2nd week March. SA informed me yesterday that the next batch will arrive in May.

Interested in this car as well....any idea when the road show will come to penang? Want to hands-on first before placing any booking... can the middle and back rows be folded down to form a flat surface to put furniture/etc. ?


and do most mazda dealers accept trade ins?

Other than the outlook and the skyactive engine, what other major difference between this model and the mazda 5?

Had a look at Toyota Previa last week, omgosh, the seat configurawtion is horrendus...none of the seats can be folded down

This post has been edited by SnoWFisH: Apr 13 2014, 09:16 PM

I believe the Biante cannot have the seats folded flat to the floor. At least from the pics I see.



The Mazda5 can have the middle and back rows folded flat to the floor so that you can carry long stuff.

But for the purpose of transporting people, the Biante does it better and has more head room.

Have you thought about Mazda8? Only thing is it's not SkyActive yet. Still using the old 2.3L engine.

Hmmm. After seeing the pics from paultan.org, it seems you can lay the seats flat. But kind of dangerous to support furniture on your tender seats.

See config #6.

I only suggested Mazda8 because you looked at the tin kosong overpriced Toyota Previa (as in Toyota Estima launched by UMW?).

Yeah I had a look at it cuz Toyota had a roadshow last week around my place...and it was the only MPV there...I was very disappointed due to its impractical values despite its price. You are right its really a tin kosong. Rather buy Avanza than Previa =.=.

Biante and Mazda should qualify as EEV rite? Any futher discounts on that?

If I'm not wrong, EEV benefits only applies to CKD cars.

Oh...biante and mazda 5 are CBU right? Googled online so far, can't really find any finalized exemptions/discounts as a reuslt of EEV.

Hmmm....bummer biante doesnt have cruise control

This post has been edited by SnoWFisH: Apr 14 2014, 05:39 PM