I owned it sometimes back....consumption not bad but i would prefer if you dont go mashinani with it. Too light you hit a pothole it swerves too much. Speed not bad but as usual in spare part you pay through ur noses

i went to zambia/zimbabwe a while ago and mazdas are very popular there.The kenyan craze with toyos is largely a perception.Doesnt mean there are no other good cars

We noticed long BEFORE you became a wazuan! See this RINK: http://www.wazua.co.ke/f...spx?g=posts&t=20363

We concluded that the popularity is all about the purchase price.

Few shops stock Mazda spares because few Mazda owners ever need spares! Apart from the usual consumables like oil and air filters, brake pads and spark plugs, you will drive a Mazda for 5 years and never change anything else!

That's why people say the parts are expensive... but you never need them anyway!

Obiero,before u upgraded to what? Lol hahaha.with your name no need to say more

You know, we Kenyans like two things. No.1 we like showing off our little wealth, so rather than buy an old Toy 100, we buy a "new" used colt, cube, Note or the Mazda you mention. No.2, we like cheap things hence the Mazdas, Proboxes, BB etc. I suspect cars which are bought really new from the factory/dealers are less than 10% on Kenyan roads. The rest were imported as "new" used cars.

second hand 2001 BMW 320i. dnt forget that !

without mitumba's many folks would not have achieved one of their desires, to own a car. Affordable is what we need in kenya. The price of showroom cars is prohibitive in kenya as opposed to other countries. For instance an NZE costs more than 2.4M in Kenya but in SA goes for 1.3M. Jamani mitumba imetusaidia.

on a different note i visited GM and they informed me that more than 90% of their isuzu truck sales are on loan. I suspect that most of the 10% owners of new showroom cars are also on loan.

You didn't mean to imply that Mazda is European, did you?

Word!

How Good/bad is the BMW 3 Series kama hio ya @obiero.