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Personally I dont think theres any competition, I looked at loads of cars (including Mazda) before going back to my original choice the civic, I dont think any car in it's class comes close to it on style and looks especially the interior / dash, theres nothing that looks remotely like it. However since you said the Mazda is "a more conventional design - perhaps easier to live with??" it seems you dont agree?
As everyone else says ultimately it's your choice it looks like you're leaning towards the Mazda from your pros and cons list, however dont let the common faults on the civics put you off, theres nothing to say you would experience any of these problems.
I think you need to test drive both in the same day and make your decision by that, other peoples opinions are ok but they can never give you an exact feel of what a car is really like!
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