I wander whether the new FL can sell well with such a high pricing. Mazda has been increasing their price non stop since last year.

Malaysians don't buy car for their specs & proven specs.

Most of them buy due to brand & discounts.

If follow Malaysian mentality on discounts, maybe have to raise price by another RM 5k, and a few times a year give RM5k discounts to make Malaysians feel like they got a good deal.
I think the Mazda 3s are really good value for their money. At around RM 110k, it already has 6 airbags, rear seats can be folded down (unlike Honda Civic), and does not use a CVT (unlike Altis and Civic). There already a number of CVT issues popping up on Honda and Toyota forums internationally.

Can't be helped as getting a GOOD DEAL is the main priority. Getting bad service, non responsive SE doesn't seem to be a problem as long as the deal is good.

Furthermore, its norm that Good Service = Good Discount nowadays (irrespective of the SE service quality, responsiveness, resourcefulness) ... its a sad state at the moment for Car Sales Exec.

talking about this, Mazda sales agent really not bother about getting sales, reluctant to approach customer, or maybe because I am wearing short pants with t-shirt?

luckily I've made appoitment in advance, or else I will be lost in setia city mall and no one bother to guide me to the test drive counter at SCCC. There is no signboards also guiding ppl from the mall to test drive counter. Not very well organised.

having said that, after sales service is important, I hope I will not have problem with Mazda after sales service.

Lots of new Sales Exec nowadays are actually just order takers, and not the professional Car Sales exec.

I'm guessing in future, selling cars would be maybe like Air Asia. No Frills. Tick what you want for extra cost or Tick what you don't want for extra discounts.

Lots of new Sales Exec nowadays are actually just order takers, and not the professional Car Sales exec.

I'm guessing in future, selling cars would be maybe like Air Asia. No Frills. Tick what you want for extra cost or Tick what you don't want for extra discounts.

most of the sales people dont know what they talking about, nowadays there are tons of reviews and walkthrough in youtube for most of the car models, we can get most of the info from there

i visit showroom just to have an actual feel, dont bother with those explanation from them, actually they wont bother to attend to me in the first place which is a good thing for me since i can take my own sweet time without them annoying me

true, but I am expecting at least they will say something like: Mr you can have a look around and please look for me if you have any question. 

Have to agree with you on the comfort and ease of use of EPB. Furthermore it saves space plus other clever stuff like auto hill brake, auto release, etc etc etc that make driving much much easier. When I test-drove cars that have them, wowwwww veli nice 

I'm just not convinced yet with the reliability. I have family members and older friends with upscale German cars that had the EPBs suddenly rosak out of the blue.

However this is a move in the right direction for Mazda IMO. In 5-10 years it will probably become a standard feature. Just I don't trust the tech yet for at least 5 years. Same with GVC. Wait for the public 'beta testers' first for them to make the tech more reliable and more importantly, cheaper hehe

Hopefully I'm wrong about the EPB reliability (this is Mazda we're talking about, reliable brand)...we'll see.

too bad i dont look like a Mr. to them, they think i'm just a typical youngster who can afford a car, i like to dress casual with pasar malan T-shirt when go for roadshow

mostly they will just target those that come with family and kids, you will see them suddenly being very nice and provide world class sales service

I make sure I dress up myself when I go buy car.

My meaning of dressing up myself is as follow

1. Old Comfortable tee-shirts
2. Shorts / Bermudas
3. Slippers

for sure H & M SA won't even look at me! 

As far as i know.. GVC is a software, not a tech.. As long as the software has been written well, it will be fine..

Are you sure it's merely a software? I thought the hardware would be integrated with it like a firmware.

Are you sure it's merely a software? I thought the hardware would be integrated with it like a firmware.

just test driven the new m3 gvc, for those who get the non-gvc version there is nothing to feel regret, the GVC give very subtle changes, the driving dynamics remain the same for GVC and non-GVC, but the colored HUD is nicer, and steering is more comfortable to hold though