Still, the Honda will probably spank Mazda in the MPG department (something that Mazda just "does not get" IMHO - when my protege 5 gets worse mileage than my 2.5 liter Altima, something is wrong here + reading the threads on MP3 and Mazda 6 let alone RX-8 shows the same) and it has a CVT transmission. I for one will be following that one if it comes to US.
It is very unlikely they would bring it to the NA market though, as it could hurt CR-V sales.