1M peso cars belongs to the economy class now. And tbh bakit mo hahanapan pa ng magandang fascia ang mga economy cars. If you want something decent nowadays u need to step up to 2M-3M. In fact sa sub 2M ang papangit rin ng fascia to include mazda 3, so recycled and overused, even the civic toyota 86/brz ang papangit ng fascia so dull and boring.

At 1M = wag ka na magexpect ng anything glorious. Theyre lowest in class. Theyre meant for fuel economy, taxi purposes, for practicality, for people who doesnt care about the looks.

At 1.5M it starts to get a little bit better.

2M bracket dito mejo madami ka na pagpipilian.

>2.5M this is where its at. Dito magiistart ang magagandang fascia na hinahanap mo. Ung tipong hnd na ricey.

Of all the cars in the 1m-2m range, you picknit on a mazda 3. A Mazda 3 2.0 Speed variant in its full soul red crystal will blow you away. It's called a corporate design language, even cars in the 4m-8m price range such as Audis, BMW's,etc have sa the same grille that you call disgusting due to being overused.

He was triggering mazda fanboys guess he caught you hahaha

BMW, Lexus, Audi and other premium brands can get away with the corporate styling because they're rare, they have the prestige, and people have common knowledge that these cars are expensive and somewhat exotic. Mazda on the other hand is a mass market brand. They sell econo shitboxes like the rest of mass market companies, that's why they can't get away with overusing their corprate look. They are not a luxury brand kaya wag mag-feeling.

That's not a valid reason. Really? They can "get away" just because of the prestige? Um nope, when a friend asked how much is my Mazda 3, he was shocked to know that it was just around 1.3m, he thought that it is around 2m due to its looks and presentation inside and out. It's not a cheap vios or a city you know. How can you say that a CX-5 or a Mazda 6 is a shitbox? Have you ever inspected an Audi or a Maserati? In some areas, there are cheap materials in those luxury brands and on the base models, a Mazda CX5 AWD Sport for example surpasses an Porsche Macan in terms of equipment. The supposedly "premium" Macan isn't even equipped with LED headlights, LED foglights, HUD, Sunroof, etc. Things that the Mazda offers at less than half the cost. It's a mockery to the so called "premium" moniker.

From your usage of words, it seems that you can't even afford a car above 1m or any car at all. Have you experienced owning a Mazda or an Audi? If not, keep your ignorant mouth shut. It seems that you are one of those ignorant people who are awed by the badge and do not look at a car's real worth, same with the people who buy iphones due to the brand but can't really afford it.

The so called mass market car brands are getting better year by year and are slowly catching up to these overpriced luxury cars.

Actually, Mazda has mentioned countless of times that they're not anymore going to be engaged in the rat race for market share anymore.

They want to be a premium-mainstream brand and design plays a part in this. The fact that majority of their sales are driven by mid to high-end trims says something about this.

The family look that you seem to have a distaste over is something we see in all carmakers, only the level of integration varies.

For example...have you noticed that Toyota is now unifying their look for the entire SUV and passenger car line? Corolla, Camry, Avalon--they're starting to use a strong corporate design language while the 4Runner, RAV4, etc. does the same. Ditto with Honda, Subaru, etc.

The advantage (or perhaps disadvantage as you put it) with Mazda is that their line-up is fairly limited. It makes it easier for them to unify their designs quicker compared to other brands like Honda and Toyota which would have products designed specifically for one region such as the BR-V or WR-V. Same with Innova, Rush, etc.

Bottom line though is that they're doing the same thing as well.

Honda's really going head to head with the Dzire here, even dropping the other name Brio (to Dzire's Swift) as well.

The engine though - isn't it the 1.2 i-DTEC?

It should be good if they can bring this diesel in as the Indians and Koreans have the mass-market disel car segment to themselves.

1.2 gasoline and 1.5 diesel. That's the initial indications for now. All the details will be revealed next month.

@anon 3:10PM

I can only theorize that your friend either:

1. Is dumb as a rock and does not know jack s*** about cars.

2. He mistook your mazda 3 as a mazda 6 since they basically look the same.

3. He said that your car looked expensive so you would stop pestering him with your beloved mazda 3, and he can finally go on about with his day.

Oh my God! this cracked me up ahahaha

LMAO! Time and again, this proves Mazda fanboys as Obnoxious ones.

Originality ng honda yan. Naglitawan nanaman mga magagaling na bugok. Bakit mas matalino kpa sa engineer na nag design?

If this is a diesel, the price will be high or equipment will be strip due to the engine's higher cost.

Yep that's what it looks like to me - a Daihatsu Bezza