MAZDA BAGS THREE AWARDS FOR CIMB PREFERRED & GETACAR’S BEST CARS OF 2009

Best Cars of 2009 is a special award. For the first time in Malaysia comes an award ceremony that will be aired on television via our weekly television show, Getacar, starting this Wednesday the 19th of August on NTV7 at 7.30pm and lasting for 10 weeks, culminating in our season finale, which is a half an our special covering CIMB Preferred’s Best Cars of 2009. After driving countless cars between the months of August 2008-2009, two cars came up tops from Mazda.

Through months of toiling and numerous hard decisions, we came to the decision that these cars truly are the best in class. The Mazda RX8 is the Best Four Door Coupe for 2009 because, quite simply, there’s nothing in the world like it. A unique rotary engine, mated to a fantastic chassis and sporty gearing provides the driver with one of the best

driving experiences money can buy. The fact that the Mazda RX8 costs much less than other coupes in its class also helped it clinch the title. It’s a practical sports car with ample room for four and, partly caused by the facelift, still looks remarkably fresh.

As good as the RX8 is, the Mazda3 was even better. It was chosen as our Best Junior Sports Saloon and, after two days of testing, proudly came home with the most important trophy of all: the People’s Choice, beating everything else in all the competing categories. The special thing about the People’s Choice award is that, unlike the Performance Car award, this trophy is given based on an aggregate score of more than 150 guests and 9 professional judges. The Mazda 3 was, undoubtedly, the undisputed winner, beating cars in all the other categories which included the Audi A6, the Honda City, the Cayman S (which went home with the Performance Car trophy), the Peugeot 308 and 207CC and Ford Focus amongst others. When asked to sum up the Mazda3, most of our guests came up with a one word answer: ‘amazing.’ Small wonder then, why the Mazda3 was chosen as CIMB Preferred & Getacar’s People’s Choice for 2009.

In Brief:

Mazda 3 – CIMB Preferred & Getacar’s Best Junior Sports Saloon for 2009

 Mazda RX8 – CIMB Preferred and Getacar’s Best Four Door Coupe for 2009