There's no comparison, I had a Rex for 1 year and sold it in Feb this year for my dream car, the Zed. Yes, the Rex looks great but feels tacky and hollow inside with no character, it say's a lot that the steering wheel is standard to Mazda and nearly all cars are fitted with it including the 1.6. The power dissapointed me, with nothing there unless you gave it a good thrash. And's what with this oil thing, having to check it every couple of weeks. I took it off my slanted drive one day to check the oil and then put it straight back on, the next morning for work the damn thing was flooded so had to call the AA out. A lot of flaws with the Rex that you should not have with an expensive sports car. On the other hand, I've now owned my Zed for 4 months and can't stop smiling every time I start her, the torque you get is brill and pulling off in 4th only doing 20mph is not something the Rex can offer. I,m also getting 28.5 per gallon compared to 26 with the Rex, go for the Zed everytime.