Apart of 206 , my family also owned Ria,Kancil and Volvo of which each is classified as different type of car behaviour/engine for different driving and purpose .

I also used to own Iswara, Waja and recently drove my friend’s Myvi. To relate the experience of driving those cars to 206, there are pro and cons.

-Myvi ;seating is poor. Just like driving a Vannette van and bumpy on pot holes. Maybe the car is light or suspension is so-so. On High Speed ,140km/h, might need four adults to give more downforce otherwise strong crosswind near airkeroh hway can blow the car off road. With 206 , kerb wt 1.2T, enough with single driver hitting 160km/h with much roadgrip. Strange enough, with 4adults in 206, you have better pick up /load adaptive downshift when do overtaking at 140Km/h. I mean gear change at this speed , engine feels v.light. Even , i cant recall Waja do downshift at this speed,it just starts to do gradual acceleration from 140 up to 170km/h max (i use to hit this speed with my old Waja) .That’s mean if you are on the outer lane overtaking some vehicles at this 140km/h then suddenly appear Merc on Beemer up to your ass blinking its eyes, you may feel the stress of pushing your steering and moving your body forward in order to make car moves faster.

-Iswara 1.3 and Waja 1.6 vs 206 : Iswara /Waja might be the winner on straight line /highway acceleration but 206 will shine most on tricky road condition (hills/ corners/traffics) with its quick -adaptive gear change ( Auto mode). As due to its size ,chassis and excellent suspension, 206 is far more than old Iswara/Saga/Waja.

-Waja 1.6 : I still luv Waja straight-line handling and driving position (206 has better bucket seat) . 3 years it took me to share love and hate with this car. However ,the build quality had actually let me down. I still remember to spend a lots on parts and services during that 3 years- commonly on absorbers (rears), engine mounting, broken rear stabilizer rod, cross-arms, etc etc.. opss all 4 power windows were broken and damn expensive to replace too.. .

Well back to 206, my car now has hit 15K Km . I hv not rotate my tyres yet ,as the rear and front still on even thread wear . This indicates something about the car suspension again as i usually drive hard when cornering. My friend New Vios (drove by his teacher’s wife) and another male friend of hard/fast type driver of Myvi (this guy previously own Satria upgarded Mits 1.8cc engine) had bad rear tyres worn out relative to front even at 10K Km. Just want to indicate how’s two individuals with different personality and cars (Jap/Jap’s rebrand) still suffer with performance (in this case tyres failure due to so-so suspension)

206’s quality wise – I wont deny it there is rattling rear sound when you drive at low (1st-2nd) gear.But wont hear it any more once gear up further. It didnt really bother me(individual perception). More important thing is now about the maintenance of conti car, service visit at 10K Km interval (on semi-syntheic oil) and so far cause me ~RM130.

Those of Jap, Korean or Jap’s derive car will usually @ 5K Km on Std oil or 10K Km on fully syn. Much calculated cost of workmanship and part / year I reckon.
My wife’s Korean Ria (130K Km), has service interval at 10K Km too but that runs on Fully syn and it takes golds to pay for its maintenance so at the end she run her Kancil to works leaving Ria for balik kampung trips only (we boths from Eastcoat). My kids love this bus coz they can run in it. My other conti. ,Volvo , is another tougher , which I only change oil and filter at every10K Km even using Std/normal fully hydrocarbon oil. Conti Absorber can last 5 years before ‘kong’ vs Jap/Korea of 1.5-2 yrs. Of course, some people who drive Jap/korea/msia car never change absorver also up to 5-6 years but the car if follow from behind look like sampan kat laut la…

Conclusion is , conti based car still cheaper to run in long terms( i compare this vs NazaRia). Certain Parts are normally more expensive as they are frm Europe (currency conversion) but we rarely replacing them than Japs/Jap’s rebrand/korean/korean rebrand .

More visit to see ‘foreman’ ,more upah la ! and more parts replacement la!

jeff1122,

just send yr to the service center. they will reset it for you. Not to worry. i drive my car with the service icon light on until 10K. They reset it after the 1st service.

Took pix in front of house? Aiyo…people give you a nice car to review, and you took pictures of the car in front of your house?

And you call yourself a motoring journalist?

Dude, you have no idea what is journalisme. its not as simple as opening a blog. If it is that easy, everybody should open a blog and request cars rom the car companies!

even the original 206 is far from it.

its underpowered

and i think the FC would be better if its 1.6L

1.4L (75hp/120Nm) dragging a car weighted around 1200kg is a little bit too much

But was curious on getting another car.. and then this salesman made sense.. he said in order for NAza to drop their pricing like that , and the rebadging of it, a car would HAVE to at least have 70% local parts and 30% foreign.
or was it the other way around..? haha.

But anyways.. if that is true.. so why is Naza or rather the salesperson selling the Bestari , telling us.. that this car is CBU. ?? already , the alarm is local, the rear sensor is local, the headrest is local, what else.? ?

BTW i am a great fan of the PUGs esp the 206, But when this salesperson told me this.. It got me thinking alot..

U add one more for yourself. I promise you I’ll get one ASAP.

how the car handle all the zig-zag and steep uphill road?

can ahh the engine?

or is it barely make it to the top while le engine whining loudly especially on the few last hundred meter where zig-zag & steep are crazy?

believe this is important info as going genting uphill is like ‘the’ standard benchmark of any car performance.

i remember giving an “F” to hyundai getz (auto, don’t remember the cc) a few years back. i like that car. simple, practical and euro design.

hoho.. just a while the saleperson gone back ( i’ve ask him to come to my office).. i’ve booked a black vios 1.5G for my wife
so no 206 .. no city loh..
haha.. i think have to ‘lupus’ one of my car… no point so many, not like i’ve so many wife… hahaha
bro.. i’ll wait 4 u to have 1 first b-4 considering adding another wife…

p/s: sunday kay… probably morning..

I missed out something….. About this weekend, keep me updated ok!

Yes, its design is a bit off. But other than that, its a fine little fuel sipper.

By comparing raw h/p can be a bit misleading especially when power loss thru torque convertor, steering, not taken into account.

However VIOS DOHC engine do match City VTEC in power but hit the upper limit, u will notice VTEC still going strong while VIOS DOHC might not keep maintaining the high rpm probably due to its lower usable h/p. iDSI trumped both greatly in FC.

Thats beside, iDSI is a full spec latest engine car with unmatchable FC in this class along with 2 airbags and ABS while Vios E spec has only 1 airbag and no ABS to boot thus the cheaper pricing with discount to boot. Btw. VIOS cost abt 20% less to produce than City higher tech costing.

As for mechanical performance, drive them both frequently and u will notice the differences in smooth driving is quite drastic due to the City CVT function.

maybe she’ll love it…. i think vios & city mechanical performance more less the same but i hate that city big ugly rear/boot design…
but then.. those vios boot really small…

p/s:
r u on this weekend?

City got CVT remember? Your wife will loved it.

offroader,
i’m not angry lah.
just urging forummer to be more ‘ilmiah’. only then we’ll have a higher standard forum.

rosdi,
handling of 206 way better than savvy (206 – 4 years olds – savvy >1 year old).. based on wide experience driving both cars. the savvy front suspension slightly soft on winding road (when you negotiate corners after corners).

but .. but..having said that, savvy handling is fun. for that price, you have to puas hati. neo can’t comment.

on paper 206 (ori 1.6L) and neo (1.6L) have the same bhp and torque. it’s great if neo handling is at par wif 206. baru la tak sia-sia ada lotus.

city DSI 88ps, vios E 109ps & much cheaper.. look for cash discount some more.. my vios did 630km.. (1 tank, jalan kampung) recently…

Hmm… kinda like vios more than city.. well.. let me evaluate more.. my wife can wait