BUT… for Sylphy case..I like everything, but I very dissappointed in one thing the HP on this car is “too low”! My first impression was the HP on the car must be least above 180, but 133 is kind of a bit lame..The speedo meter only reaches till 180kmh, but why it must be on the 2.0 then? Perdana goes till 260 kmh speedometer, but yet 180 kmh? What a joke?

Of course you can never argue about the price of the car (I would definitely sign to buy the car immediately though), but having to know the horsepower is low- WHAT A UNDERPOWER ENGINE! If you were to install a turbo house in it plus install UNICHIP and dyno tuning it..how much will you get? Now even pass above 190 I guess?

Now, I heard about the Nissans’ Impuls thing, but if only for exterior, then I’m more dissappointed unless someone can tell me that you can turn Sylphy into a “really mean machine”!

Anyway its my opinion though..but the for the rest of it..I’m impress!

Dislike :
-15″ Rim ( but think of it, cheaper tyre to change next time lor haha….suit my tigh pocket lor, or can get 15″ ultra performance tyre instead of 16″ normal tyre )
-Drum Brake ( surpricingly, done emergency brake at 100km/h and the car can stop very well wor…impress me…don konw shud happy or not haha using this drum brake )
-The front outlook a bit..hmmm…ah pek lar…haha The rest is just good and beautiful to me…..i think i’ve poisoned by nissan liao….might give it a try man…. : )

I like Civic .. but not the latest big butt, big meter console, big radio buttons and where everything is big (like we are blind to see them all, OR like an old old person .. huh )

I think slyphy looks better than civic … altis better … but the new civic is hideous ….

Altis 1.8, Civic 1.8 or Sylphy 2.0????

Very difficult to decide…..

I owned a Sylphy and love every minute driving the car. For a salon price range, this is a value for money car. Smooth ride (Xtronic CVT) power when needed, handling and braking is good (ABS,BDS,BA)(Electric power steering)and no complains in regards to the performance of this car. (used to drive the 1st generation Camry)

The only setback is the petrol tank. Although the fuel consumption is low (11km to a liter, tested it myself)50 liter tank is abit too small for a 2000cc car.

The looks may not be that fantastic, but driving in it, is something else.

You have to test drive the Sylphy to love it.

Innova which also has drum brake rear. 100k plus.

Stream which also has drum brake rear. 150k plus

i think it’s strictly based on market requirements.

disc or drum, as long as it stops good and well, i don’t care.

heck, even if the brakes were made from foam and stops well, i won’t even care.

alas, the buyer mentality here is just too simple.

they measure it by calculating wing mirror to wing mirror. not seat to seat as opposed to other car makers. so make sure your eyes are peeled when looking at their brochure.

as for the gearbox, i think Honda’s gearbox and Nissan’s gearbox are different engineering one is pure japanese, the other has french blood/oil. i still think Nissan more reliable than Honda.

Good: 1- 2 litre at Altis price, (Altis is only a 1.8)
2-Back leg room rather luxurios even when I pushed the front seat all the way to the back.
3-Claims of good fuel efficiency.
4……. errrrr, ran outta good things to say.

Now for some bad stuff, BAD
1-It’s competing with Altis, Altis is a Toyota, HEAPS BETTER RESALE VALUE.
2-While the leg room is admirable, the width is pathetic, I’m a big guy, but not Shaquille O’neal big, just kinda big for a M’sian, 2 of me in the front seat, and our shoulders ACTUALLY RUB. So, NO GOOD.
3- They claim HUGE boot space, with technical jargon of how many hundred litres, heck, did anyone notice the access space to the boot is small. If you have a big luggage or KINDA BIG box, you aint getting it in the boot. Kinda like Proton Persona’s boot, big but useless. The opening is not big enough!!
4-Interior color is pathetic. They have this huge (5.7litres space) space at the handbrake console to “put” handbag and stuff, I think it’s odd and a dust collector. The arm rest at the handbrake console WREAKS CHEAP AND FLIMSY, well still better than Proton. The dashboard design is cheap and ugly with a big center piece empty (where GPS unit usually located).
5-Rear brakes are drums, I thought with over Rm110k, they can afford to provide disc brakes all round. Geez, even Persona high-line provides that.

All in all, I’d say if I wanna spring that kinda money, it has gotta be an Altis or a Civic, OR a Lancer.

This MODEL WILL FAIL MISERABLY, then they’d give discounts by over pricing your trade-in’s, afterwhich, the Silphy will be as forgettable as the Latio. Only, when you try to sell it say 4-5 years later, it’ll probably only fetch you less than 50k.

i have been waiting this for a long time now, but after the add, i dont dare to drive it out as the idea is for auntie only.. uncle not allowed.. also not for young ppl.. if u are 50 and above with menopause probably will look good on you, and must be lan si as well. then can drive this car..

but i check the singapore one, so different. in features.. sad sad,, well latio still a better choice for me. either the sports or 1.8 ti version…
probably the wait was too long now sien already….

Oh ya, Anna the Slyphy suits you! Take all you want. After watching the ad, it really gives me an idea that if you’re old, single, menopaused; drive a Slyphy.

kind of like a proton or impreza hatch. every morning u wake up to go to work and when u see the car it makes u vomit.

one of the worse advertisements ive seen. ever. like someone said…you just want to punch her in the face. ugly women deserve ugly cars. thats the message i got. oh…and ugly women prefer black cars.

The high tax is required for the GOVT to splurge on their….”expedition” – Astronaut programme, mega projects white elephant developments, big-fat-cat cars, holidays, etc…..–Hint-hint–

2. when will proton come up with a higher-end cars (rm100,000-150,000)?

3. why do we still have the ~300% tax on the imported cars? its just insane, the price of a BMW here in USA is $35,000 = rm112,000 while it is almost rm300,000 in Malaysia.

our local Slyphy is the same USA new Sentra?

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North American Sentra is different. Its a tough sell for the Sentra there as well. The Versa (Latio here) is just too good and is about the same size but much cheaper.

It wouldn’t have been that bad if the Versa/Latio wasn’t larger than the average in its class.