Ok, went to C&C and did the booking for the Mazda. Here it is - platinum silver (although they had ready stock of a silver one - we decided to wait - since it's not like we buy a car every other day!!!).
Actually went to Naza over the weekend - Krystal's friend's suggestions since there was a newspaper ad promotion. At Naza, they actually had the Wish and the 5 side by side!!! Best opportunity to compare.
So what's the verdict? Well...
Looks - The 5 wins since we both agree that the design is pretty new and modern, while the Wish has been around for a while.
Space - Hard to say. Was expecting the Mazda to be better - but upon side-by-side comparison, the rear cabin in the Wish actually felt more spacious. Also the 3rd row seats in the back were actually more comfortable in the Wish!! Turns out the cool but slightly useless kara-kuri seats thingi has a big negative point - the box to hold the seat/compartment is almost as low as the floor and restricts your feet from sliding under the seats in front of you. i.e. if you sit in the last row... the 2nd row seats MUST be moved forward (unless your feet can turn 90 degrees!!! haha). In the Wish, this was not the case and the 2nd row seats didn't have to be moved forward as much.
Check out the cool but slightly useless feature here.
In the end, we decided that since neither of us are really going to sit in the 3rd row - it'll be mostly for the maid/kids, so we let it pass.
By the way, this pic always made me feel like the car was very spacious. However, upon sitting inside, it's not really possible to move from the 3rd row to the 2nd without some serious contortions.
1stly, the armrest (folding sideways) still takes up quite a bit of room. 2ndly, there isn't much room in between in the first place!!!! (But I consoled myself that without getting a full sized MPV such as an Estima or otherwise, this was just not possible anyways).
Drive - felt somehow that the Mazda has slightly smoother and had less engine noise from the test drive (even though the Toyota seemed to have better paper specs). Pretty even though.
Servicing - This is one factor as well - Toyota seems to have followed the crazy Proton philosphy of asking owners to service their vehicles every 5,000 km. Come on!! that's ridiculuous, not when my car can do 25,000 per service (although 20,000 seems a bit safer ;)) At least Mazda is a bit better with 10k mileage service intervals. Personally, I think 5k service intervals are just a con.... in the end, they cost you as much as/more than a BMW (RM2-300 x 4-5 per year). Of course, when the Beemer breaks down/gets problems (such as the case now!!) you can cry about major replacements lah.
Overall.... took the Mazda lah. Delivery expected in early August (pending salesman's typical overly optimistic timelines).
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