Parents was looking for a replacement mid sized family car (one that I could share with my mum) and in the end, we also chose the Accord Euro. The main thing was the amount of features it has for the price, as well as adequate performance. Also, because my parents can't drive manual, the 5 speed auto is a bonus.

With the prices of the Accord Euro so similar to the Mazda 6, I see no reason why anyone wouldn't wanna get the Euro (a bit of bias here).

The biggest competitor to the Euro is probably the the Subaru Liberty. Not bad of a car, and also AWD. However, mods for it are pretty limited comapred to the Euro, and nobody want to develop kits and other performance mods for it.

So yeah, take the wise choice. Just get the Euro