I tested the car this morning. Just a short drive around Jalan Ampang and Duke highway. My impression is that the car feels like other new Mazda with skyactiv. Feels light and sprightly and easily get to highway speed. Ride is a bit firm, but could be due to overinflated tyre, typical of showroom car. NVH is class average. The head-up display is very useful, becoz there is not analog speedometer, only small readout below the rev counter.

The interior has good space the front for me. Steering is from expensive Mazda, and your knee rest on soft leather ( or vinyl I dont know). The dashboard has good ergonomics, with not many switches, aircond control within reach. But the Mazda Commander control is a bit too far behind the natural position of my hand. Rear seat has some legroom, but cramped on the head. The width also will limit it to 2 adult only.

Seats are leather with fabric insert. Feels quite hard wearing type, not the plush soft type. Seat back is thin, to give good legroom at the back seat.

Boot for the hatchback is very casual. Average volume, made less accessible by high boot sill.

Exterior is awesome, even in other color than soul red. Two tone rims is nice. Just slack the headlight is yellow bulb type like the Mazda6 2.0.

It is hard plastic everywhere no doubt. But there's plenty of texturing and trimming that Toyota and Honda designer still probably dreaming ( together with accountant). For example, look at the aircond vent on the side, circular type with silver and high gloss black, surrounded by 3D-like texturing around the outlet housing. The dashboard in front of the passe ger is multiple surface, with soft leather ( or vinyl ) with real stitching.

NVH hard to determine with short test drive. Need variety of road surfaces to decide.

More straightfwd about the back space. Lets just say vios and city is FAR MORE spacious. But one can argue do we need excessive legroom at the back seat?