Help please.... Thinking of upgrading to a bigger vehicle and have narrowed down the choices to these 2.

Honda CRV 2.0S Thailand PRO's
1. Good interior finish - feels more refined
2. Tried and tested Honda reliability
3. Proven after-sales support
4. Longer Maintenance interval (need to visit CASA every 6 months lang).
5. New body

Cons
1, Fuel Consumption
2. Maintenance Costs (every 6 months or 10k km whichever comes first)
3. Back portion does not look good.

Mitsu Montero Sport GLX PROs
1. Diesel - lower fuel costs
2. Maintenance - visit CASA every 5k km - actual consumption not like Honda which has time limit and km

Cons
1. Not sure about quality of service in CASA (based on feedback from TSIKOT Montero thread).
- no uniform standard from CASAs on what type of oil to be used/service policies etc.
2. Body has been there for quite a number of years
3. Interior not as refined as the CRV.


My family has been loyal to Honda, having gone thru the CRV 1st gen - 3rd gen and also thru the CIvics (from ESI to the FD). Had the boxtype Lancer for 11 years and we were quite happy with it, although had some bad experience with 2000 Galant.

Appreciate your advise/inputs.

Thanks