New car: 2012 Focus or 2012 Mazda3

[KenC]

hyundai veloster 40 mpg highway 6 spd manual

sorry didnt take body pic but its nice, panoramic sunroof third door for rear passenger. around 20k not bad

Ugly. I hear resale on Hyundai's is great too.

['e30love']

hyundai veloster 40 mpg highway 6 spd manual

sorry didnt take body pic but its nice, panoramic sunroof third door for rear passenger. around 20k not bad

[pureaudio]

Ford hands down and I normally hate domestics. The only problem with the focus is the terrible back seat room but in your circumstance, that probably doesn't matter. The interior is what makes it for me, it is so so much better than the Mazda. The Mazda may be better handling but how many canyons do you have to drive through on your way to work in the morning?

[CorvallisBMW]

I am more of a import > domestic. I hate domestic cars.

The Focus is a global car, it's sold in the same form all over the world. It's more of an import than many BMWs which are made in SC heavily dumbed-down-for-Americans-specs

[Mercury[BKM]]

'merica!

[AsharC]

I am more of a import > domestic. I hate domestic cars.

[b*saint]

I prefer the Ford anyways. I rented a few.

[CorvallisBMW]

Civics are for gays and chicks. /discussion

[KenC]

Focus. You're in the cockpit 99% of the time and driving on a highway. The Mazda feels like a rental car inside.

[djjerme]

Sorta, they are all based on the C1 platform. The same platform as the Volvo C30. If you could get the 5 cylinder in the Focus, I would go with it.. After having test drove a Mazda3 (the new Focus wasn't out then) I thought it felt cheap, and not very durable. Hence why we went with an A3 (plus my wife wanted AWD, which is not available in either..)

[b*saint]

Aren't they the same car?

[325ix]

im a total mazda guy, im sure all of you know that.

but im going to go with the focus. it's essentially the same car, but better. ford spent more time and money on the interior and it shows.

I was going to say the same thing, pretty similar car, only with different badges.

[Mercury[BKM]]

why get an EK when you could get an EG?
ek's are like eg's retarded ugly beaten cousin.
if i needed a reliable good on fuel DD i would be all over a 5 speed EG hatch.
i love the body lines of that car.
but teh FWDz sucks.

i agree i love EG hatches too, the cars above are FWD as well that he is looking at, and didnt make sense in my head when he said that MPG was getting to him a bit since a car payment + close to the same MPG (still require premium fuel in the skyactiv) would most likely double or triple his monthly ownership costs.



EG civic for references

[Pantless Spency]

why get an EK when you could get an EG?
ek's are like eg's retarded ugly beaten cousin.
if i needed a reliable good on fuel DD i would be all over a 5 speed EG hatch.
i love the body lines of that car.
but teh FWDz sucks.

[Mercury[BKM]]

SkyActiv mazdaspeed3 manual when it is released, it shall be a very nice vehicle.

but fuel economy on these cars wont be much diff than what you're payingon the other car, PLUS its a car payment?

why not just get a nice EK Civic hatch for a few grand, or a Jetta TDI and rock 40mpg and not have a payment?

practical, fun, efficient lots of options, but you will end up paying more money per month on a new car by atleast double or triple over a nice EK civic hatch



plus they look better

just my 2 cents