re: Mazda vs Toyota/Honda

Mazda Quality

The ones from Japan are every hit as good or better.

I think the factory in Alabama produces both Mazadas and Toyotas under the same roof.

for an extra 25K

I test drive a Mazda every 10 years or so when shopping for a vehicle. Fun cars to drive. Much nicer driving than Toyota or Honda, but they don’t have much cargo space and golf clubs don’t fit well. Yes, I take golf clubs with me when car shopping.

But who buys a $50K Civic? Seriously. Its a Civic.

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Honda hasn’t slipped much. My brother got a new crv hybrid sport a few weeks ago. Very nice vehicle. My wife has previous generation CRV and is a very solid vehicle

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I bought a 2022 Honda Accord Hybrid Touring Edition back in July. That car is a very nice ride and enjoyable to drive. The only bad thing I have to say about it is that I've gotten no where to the MPG they advertise. I drive my car on eco mode all the time and the best I've gotten was 39.5 MPG.

I wish Mazda and Toyota would bring back these little gems:

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The two cars I'm considering are the Corolla or the Mazda 3

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Just test drive them and you will probably pick the Mazda. I chose it over the Corolla and Civic as it was simply more fun to drive. Its something Mazda's have had over the competition in the small car and sedan market for a while. I've owned two Mazda 3 and a 6 in the past 15 years and they have all been extremely reliable.

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Honda and Toyota are the best of the best. None of the others stack up. Period

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Honestly Mazda has been stepping up the game for a few years now. Their styling, performance and quality for your buck give Toyota and Honda a run for their money imo on every comparable model.

I've had 2 Mazdas that I bought for my kids. 2014 Mazda 3 and a 2013 CX-5. Both have been extremely reliable cars but the tech really seemed not very techy even when they were fairly new.

The MX6 I had was more fun to drive than the Camry's and the Civic I had. Bought it new in December of 1989 and drove it until December of 2002. Replaced the radiator twice and the transmission once before I got rid of it. It only had 198K miles on it.

In the last three or four years I had it, it ran hot sometimes in Dallas' 100 degree heat. I replaced all of the hoses, but it would run hot that afternoon. The mechanics told me the radiator was low grade plastic. Said replacing it might solve the problem, so we did that. After the same running hot problem started back a couple of years later, I replaced it and got rid of it. I liked it enough to put up with that in it's last days.

Here's an Motor Week video of a 1988 MX-6 when they introduced them (on YouTube)

Mine had a five speed manual transmission. I wanted a manual transmission because I was driving around all day, and didn't want to be waiting on a 4 cylinder engine to get going. With the manual transmission, I cold take off as fast, or as slow, as I wanted.