Honda quality (now) vs Mazda quality no fight at all. due to cost cutting, honda quality really down the drain. Many ppl i know who have bought honda recently will not buy honda again including me.

to be honest, not only it doesn't have rear air conditioning i feel that even the front air cond vents are not positioned well to direct the air flow to the rear. the center vents are below the headunit so the position is lower.

but strangely so far my mother in law who sits at the back haven't been complaning. She is always complaining about my previous car aircond but this car dunno why she nvr complain.

btw i haven't tint my car yet. just some additonal info, the windows seems to have a light tinted color on it and it looks like it already have been tinted.

the tyre really noisy ... thats for sure. they are a lot quieter on newly paved roads tho, but on usual malaysian roads man the noise level is high. i lazy go and change tyre, so i just jack up the music volume.

tell me about it, my previous city gave me so much headaches. a bunch of my friend recently bought the new city and they all tell me the quality is good. maybe its me being bad luck.

Taking delivery of CX5 AWD CBU today.

Here's how I felt after after trying out the following cars.

HR-V - no powah and feels a spec lower - not a fair comparison against CX-5
CR-V - good car dated looks, older transmission.
Ford Ecosport - love the looks, smallish interior and hated the dashboard.
Subaru XV - beautiful engine and love the way it drives. Equipment and trim is sorely lacking.
Subaru Forrester - damn it's huge and expensive.

CX-5 wins in terms of overall technology, safety and fuel economy, love the modern and nicer looking interior.

Some of the other cars tested may be ahead in certain areas, overall the Mazda is a better package.

Didn't manage to test the new Nissan X-Trail

This post has been edited by aaronpang: Sep 2 2015, 10:09 AM

Another good choice will be the new xtrail

It's an AGM battery and not considered special or new technology.

BMW's and Merc owners have had AGM batteries for decades already

http://www.bmw.com.my/com/en/owners/parts/...tery_AGM_EN.pdf

I've used AGM batteries in solar installations and AGM batteries have a very long service life.

Agreed. People still buy Honda due to Japanese reliability, other than the cars which look rather nice and sporty on the outside, in this case the HRV. It sure looks quite nice and classy on the exterior, but when you step into the car, the interior of the car is poor, looks like a Proton Saga. No offense. The interior dashboard layout and quality of materials on the dashboard and door panels etc. look cheap. On the other hand, with the Mazda(CX5 or any other model), exterior looks good and interior quality looks much nicer and higher quality than the Honda. It's not only the HRV but the City and CRV as well - the interior dashboard and door panel looked cheap in the layout and quality.

Only the Honda Accord's interior looked acceptable. All other lower-range Honda cars, the exterior of the car may look nice but the interior of the car is of sub-par quality at Proton's level (though reliability-wise the Honda should do a lot better than the Proton).

This post has been edited by SportyHandling: Sep 2 2015, 10:52 AM

One of my colleagues took delivery of the Ford Ecosport in white colour. It looks nice on the outside. Dashboard is a bit funky though. One thing I noticed is the sound of the Ecosport's engine is rather loud even if standing outside next to the car. Maybe the car wasn't run-in yet.

Subaru XV is also a nice car on the exterior.

whats your say on the x-trail's cvt transmission?

this is the new facelift?

Yup facelift with the new grill and lights etc...

CX-5 facelifted model with 19" rims would be looking very nice.
And reclineable rear seats please.

19" rims are surely nice. Though the corresponding tyres would cost quite a bit more than the 18" ones, averaging RM1200-1300/piece for a decent one.

This is really 👍👍👍

2.5 somemore

Go compare the interior... CX5 wins all. Rubberish dashboard eliminiates most squeaking noises found in most car. Even CBU car too

True. The first time I sat in a CRV I was shocked at so much plastic. This isn't a cheap car but everything from the dashboard to central console to door panels are made of hard plastic.

No experience with the new X-trail. However, based on my 5-year ownership with the Nissan Sylphy's CVT, I can say it is reliable, super-smooth and quiet.

To me it is grossly overpriced. For the price you are paying, and you get this sort of quality it's not worth it, the CRV. The low-spec CRV is almost RM150k and the high spec model is even costlier.

I can understand people will still choose the HRV (despite its cheap interior) not only for its beautiful looks on the exterior but also the rather affordable price, closer to RM100k. But the hard-plasticky CRV for RM150k+ is just too much. Even the high-spec Perodua Alza at less than RM70k looks better (in the interior) than the CRV. As usual horses for courses.

The FL CR-V has soft touch door panels on both front doors and hard plastic on both rear doors. I find this ridiculous and why on earth did HM plan as such ?