yup agree on the review.. even change to silent tyre still cannot solve as it NVH not that good.. only slightly reduce, i've change to Pirelli Scorpion Verde All Season at rm650/pc.. same size as original tyre..

I-Stop got its own problems too.

Read this article

finally decided to buy cx5 GL spec instead, got a pretty good discount. hope that it really is better than HR-V. should be picking up the car next week or so.

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.

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).

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 

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

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