Malaysians have not seen a low-end to mid-range stationwagon since the days of the Nissan AD Resort. We do have station wagons, but they are in the form of the Volvo XCC (XC70) and the Volvo V40. Hicomobile plans to reintroduce the station wagon with the Chevrolet Optra Estate.
The Chevrolet Optra Estate would be the third variant of the Chevrolet Optra here in Malaysia, with the first being the sedan and the second one being the 5-door hatchback Chevrolet Optra5. A report by MotorTrader states the Chevrolet Optra Estate will only be available as a 1.6 litre automatic here. No higher 1.8 litre trim level for the station wagon as sales figures for the Optra Sedan state consumer preference for the 1.6 litre. The engine is the same Daewoo E-TEC II DOHC as the one found in the Chevrolet Optra Sedan, making 107bhp at 5800rpm and 150Nm of torque at 4000rpm. This is mated to a 4-speed automatic transmission powering the front wheels.
Like the sedan, it will be imported in CBU form from GM’s production facility in Thailand. Hicomobil Sdn Bhd says the Chevrolet Optra Estate is due the first quarter this year, but that statement was made early this year. As Q1 is coming to an end soon, we’ll most likely see it in Q2 2006 instead.
After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
Not really a fan of the estate but cool..!!
This will be one hot seller. People nowdays are looking into wagons to bring their IKEA stuff home
IKEA got free delivery maa…
engine only 1.6? sure very slow pickup
hmmm… quite nice… if the price is right I might get it as long as its overall performance especially the internal is up to par… that's include the pri$e of cource
driven the sedan 1.6, power wise… ofcourse less than the 1.8 but resonable to complete the Waja Campro 1.6. Now this has become a stationwagon, not bad… quite an amount of comsumer were looking for these. The figure, u figure. Wonder if Proton is coming with any Waja Estate ?
cratzelogy, I think paul mentioned once that Proton was going to have a Waja estate
btw, I think this estate looks quite nice, not overdone… very european in styling
i feel it looks like naza citra…..hehe, maybe sumthg wrong with my eyes…….
anyway,, it look nice but the 1.6 cc is a big nono for a heavy body like this.
i love station wagons… but doubt this will be within my range…
its actually a korean daewoo, hence the daewoo engine.. rebadged as a chevy here. maybe thats why it looks like the citra, which is a korean kia. wonder whats the pricing like?
not enuf grunt, but looks pretty decent.
chevrolet cars dont sel in big numbers here..very hard to sell…n thy r nt cheap…dont really worth the money for wat u get..spare parts costs like bmw parts..really expensive..nt sure y anybody wd buy thm n venture into the unknown…