I'm planning to get one as a wife-mobile sometime middle of this year. I like the FD more but the Mazda 3 seems to be a more practical choice given it's lower re-sale value (lower entry price for me) and the slightly smaller engine. While on paper, the 1.8 should be eating up more fuel than the 1.6, I've heard a lot of comments about the 3 being matakaw sa gas and the 1.8 FD was being marketed as "2.0 power with 1.5 fuel efficiency".

Forget about all the other features since I like both cars and can live with either. It all boils down to fuel efficiency. So which is more fuel efficient? And how much is the margin?