This is why I agree that diesel isn’t really valuable in USA. Here in the Philippines, diesel is cheaper than gas, and electricity costs a fortune. We also have no incentives for buying hybrid vehicles, and the traffic here is beyond terrible. That’s the reason why diesel is selling well here, despite costing more to…

I actually thought Mazda’s interior is quite good, especially compared to their Japanese counterparts, but then the Honda CR-V showed another good interior with the interior space to boot. When it comes to the 3-row crossovers, though, my standards for a mainstream crossover interior and value were changed when the…

Here’s the problem here: It’s not made for the American market, and hence Mazda didn’t need to bring it there. It’s selling quite ok here in the Philippines (though a far distant from our diesel-powered CR-V) because it ticks the right boxes for a diesel vehicle here: