There's never a 2.5T spec for the CX60. Only 2.5NA, 2.5 PHEV, and the rest are 3.3 inline 6 (petrol or diesel)

Yeah, they always have a weird way in marketing but that is OK because at the end of the day, they always come through. not this time.

Either way - not sure about others but they have certainly lost me as their customer and i'm not going back. I don't trust them anymore. Once i'm finished with with 5 years loan (and by that time, the streets should be flooded with Mazda3), i'll offload my Ignite and move on with Lexus.

Bermaz wanted to go "premium" but gets undone by their desperation. Foolish.
where did you received the news that the "feedback had been pretty ok"? for all i know, my SA told me that there's very little people who showed interest on the CX-60 and she even offered me a further special discount if i want it, delivery in September. Bermaz is not expecting to sell alot of CX-60 which is why they introduced the Mazda3 Rahmah simultaneously to cover up their sales figure.

There's no denying that car prices drop but what Bermaz did with the Mazda3 Rahmah is despicable. Let's assume that realistically, the Mazda3 Rahmah should at least be priced at RM149k since the High was sold at around that price for much lesser specifications - this would be a RM30k discount and it's a CBU, not a CKD. I was expecting a RM10k price cut across the range, not this.

I don't think either Toyota/Honda ever gave such a huge discount.

I don't feel bad, i just feel annoyed - i really liked Mazda as a brand, their visions, their principles and when Bermaz started marketing the Mazda3, they were bragging about it and how they are not interested in price wars and stuffs (they even repeated the same thing for XPENG). All these as a whole made me inclined towards them and maybe i am getting a little bit melancholic but this feels like betrayal to what the Bermaz stood for.

I'm probably guilty for being over-sentimental as i tend to attach myself emotionally to what i have (all my cars included) so this doesn't sit well with me.

i would flip in my grave if Rolex suddenly re-introduce my Rolex GMT for half the price.

Let's be real Mazda was never premium... those who said so really siok sendiri lah. Saying this as a Mazda lover as well.

Even in overseas market people are also not convinced. Affordable premium yes maybe but premium like Lexus, Merc or BMW? Nah. They really tried, its easy to make a premium car, but hard to convince the market and consumers that your brand is premium

Then it is the 2.5T.

with such specs and pricing, how are they gonna market the 2.0 H and H+? ridiculous man.

the 1.5 felt underpowered with the 16's, can only imagine how much more sluggish it is going to be with the 18's. imagine a weekend drive up to Genting with your buddies who are in Civic/Altis and when they finished dinner, you have just arrived 
the Mazda3 has been on torsion beam since 2019 - it was controversial back then but Mazda had to sacrifice that for the sake of cost controlling.  Vios/City is definitely the better (smarter) choice but sometimes pride/ego speaks louder - college kids / fresh grads would rather starved to death then to die in satiety caught in poor man's clothes.
expect a price cut also for the 2.0H/2.0H+ and will not be surprised if there's a RM10k discount to both of those variant.

i could squeeze about 430km ~ 450km from a full tank in the 1.5, very light footed, city drive with the usual office crawl. highway probably gets you better figures. as for the 2.0, i don't see a lot of difference in the range.

i suspect a reduction of probably 10km ~ 20km from a full tank due to the heavier 18" on the Mazda3 Rahmah. it's going to take more effort just to move those extra weight from standstill traffic.

Those of us here in the forums are more or less petrol heads or at least care about the nuts and bolts, will not respond to a 1.5L NA on a C-segment platform.

But, there are 10 times more people than us like Auntie, Jie Jie, ladies who really don't poke their right foot hard on the pedal. These are the targets of the Mazda 3 Rahmah. I can think of my sister who bought her Vios just last year and she would've jumped at this version of Mazda 3. My cubemate who is a lady is also going to take a look. Its a cute car at a cute price.

This is the same as Corolla Cross - People say its small, complaint the engine is lacklustre, complain against the CVT whatever but where I live, it outsells everything except for cheap chinese 2024 cars. The ownership demographics is wide, from young to old, man to woman, family to single, everyone.

I suspect this will be the same. Same as previous gen Nissan Almera. Same as the 2.0 CX-5 2024 KF.  As long as its Japanese, reliable, not too fussy, has some extra features like safety, people will jump on it.

just placed a booking

sales ask “sedan or hatchback?”

just put there anything. haha

way back in 2019, this was my dream car. watch every review read every article. “torsion beam in mazda is different. g vectoring. jinbai ittai”

2020 happen.  got baby got family. went for corolla cross. and think “maybe someday when my income is solid enough. can go for mazda 3”

boom. mazda 3 rahmah. 121k in sabah. 1.5L? non issue. cepat2 pun pain borneo belum siap.

if myvi 1.5 pun can cucuk land cruiser in kundasang

mazda 3 1.5 pun blh ba kalau kau

For me I don’t really bother.

I get my ignite, wife got a cx5, I agree on the price, I agree on the free service, I happy with the SC here. That’s it.

tbh after 100k, the warranty had ended so you are free to do what you want, and most suggest to change the ATF asap

for cars still under warranty, its totally up to you. If you want to change then you risk voiding the warranty. but if you don't and anything happens to the GB, just claim warranty

Mazdas have ATF filter to change as well, so i think better change 1 shot no? Then again, since Bermaz do not change ATF oil as part of 5 years service package , would it void warranty if we change it outside on our own?

Hi Guys, my Mazda 3 Skyactiv is now 10 years old and according to the owner's manual the radiator coolant should be changed at 200,000 km or 10 years. Mileage wise, I'm only at 105,000 km.

Is it really necessary to change the coolant at 10 years? This requires flushing the radiator and putting in Mazda long life coolant. I'm thinking of letting go of my car in another 2-3 years. I know many owners of cars older than 10 years don't bother to change the coolant and they are still driving happily.

Appreciate some advice here. Thanks guys.

Yes, most of the time parked in shade. Mine is only 4months old so still looks new. I will stick with 3M products. One is a cleaner and another is a protector.

Thick margin. If not because of competition we would continue to be fat waterfishes.

my ownership in 1.5 years

-not senior citizen friendly, not so family friendly.
-piano black center console easy scratch, meter panel SUPER easy to have micro scratches. i wash my car myself, it still scratches even if im super careful, but i dont bother about it already.
-ignite black rims are pain in the ass to clean.
-SC wise so far i claimed new water pump in less than 2 months of ownership, buzzing/frog sound. claimed without any hassle.