Perodua is a company that moves silently, but swiftly as well. Usually, we only know of the market leader’s impending new model launch shortly before the car is ready to roll out, with very little in the form of spyshots or leaks from Sg Choh. Even when there are mystery mules doing road testing, great care goes into masking the actual vehicle.
Contrast this with the approach taken by local rival Proton. Remember all the X70 drama before the car was launched? Also, the “Proton X50” has been hyped for some time now, and we’re nowhere near to the Geely Binyue-based SUV being launched. On the other hand, if the upcoming Perodua D55L compact SUV wasn’t shared with Daihatsu and Toyota, my guess is that we wouldn’t know about P2’s plans for such a model till the last minute.
We reckon that Perodua’s version of the Daihatsu Rocky and Toyota Raize will debut sometime next year, and there are also rumours of the Bezza getting a facelift in 2020. That fits in with P2’s statement that it is capable of introducing one full model change (all-new model) and one minor model change (facelift) per year, which happened this year as well with the Aruz and Axia facelift.
What’s coming in 2021 then? Well, the Perodua Alza is seriously long in the tooth – in a couple of days, it will have been 10 years since the MPV was launched in Malaysia. Yup, a full decade. Should Perodua want to continue to have a presence in the budget MPV segment, a replacement is needed, and our regular collaborator Theophilus Chin has cooked one up here.
Our vision of the 2021 Perodua Alza D27A is based on the Daihatsu DN Multisix concept car that made two motor show appearances in 2017 – first at the Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show, and then the Tokyo Motor Show two months later. At TMS 2017, the Multisix sat alongside the DN Trec showcar, which has morphed into today’s production Daihatsu Rocky. The MPV’s turn next?
The Multisix concept was 4,310 mm long, 1,720 mm wide and 1,695 mm tall, with a wheelbase of 2,620 mm and a high 250 mm ground clearance. That’s larger in every way compared to the Alza’s 4,220 length, 1,695 mm width and 1,620 mm height. While the Alza started life as a Japanese Domestic Market product (Toyota Passo Sette, Daihatsu Boon Luminas), the next one is sure to be customised for Daihatsu’s overseas markets, which is us and Indonesia. Would it be a sister of the next-gen Toyota Avanza?
There’s not much to work on here, so Theo layered on some trends and cues from existing products. The Multisix front has been “productionised” with more realistic lighting, and given a grille from the Aruz. There’s a strong “X” theme to the face, which is what we can expect from future Peroduas, according to P2 chief designer Muhamad Zamuren.
The sides of the concept car has been given production parts such as conventional wing mirrors, realistic two-tone alloys and regular door handles, but the character line and surfacing are intact. This Alza’s rear end is a bit more blocky than the concept car’s, and Theo has included influences from the Rocky. Our man has done something unique here by stamping the Alza name into the rear hatch. What do you think?
In the real world, Perodua was recently caught testing the a Mitsubishi Xpander, a Suzuki Ertiga and a funny looking Toyota Avanza with a Genting Highlands climb.
An all-new Alza could very well share a platform with the next Avanza, as Daihatsu in Indonesia and Perodua in Malaysia are all part of the greater Toyota family. Indeed, Perodua produces certain T-badged models, and the NR engine it makes in Negeri Sembilan is supplied to Toyota as well.
It’s pretty much the same in Indonesia, where Astra Daihatsu Motor (ADM) takes the development lead in joint Daihatsu-Toyota models (Ayla-Agya, Sigra-Calya and Terios-Rush) and manufactures the budget Toyotas as well.
A new Alza going the shared underpinnings with ADM route also follows the trend where Perodua no longer bases its core models on JDM cars, but shares underpinnings with its Indonesian counterpart while developing an in-house top hat upper body design plus interior. The current Myvi is the best example of P2’s R&D capabilities – the hatchback is unique to Malaysia and isn’t a restyled Daihatsu. We could be looking at more integration, and the next Alza could be a mainstream Low MPV contender instead of a JDM oddity. We’ll see.
GALLERY: Daihatsu DN Multisix at Tokyo 2017
GALLERY: Daihatsu DN Multisix at GIIAS 2017
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“Perodua is a company that moves silently, but swiftly as well. ” This game changing statement by Paul Tan is absolutely correct as proven by Perodua that likes to secretly test their prototype before launch. Once the car is launched, sales will be booming and easily become the market leader. Unlike Proton, before launching a car always makes a lot of noise, huhuhaha and hypes everywhere but in the end of the year, Perodua sales is always 4X more than Proton
Proton fanboys will not like your comment! :o
Even us Perodua team, don’t welcome such stupid fanboyism and blind praising.
I am still waiting for Perodua game changing car but until today I still see more X70 than Aruz. When is Perodua going to ever come out with a car that really wows the public?
Waste of time playing hide & seek, tease here, tease there. Just launch it alrdy lah! We all know what it looks like because the car alrdy selling in other markets. Why need to do this “accidental” spyshot striptease? Why are they so selow and inefficient?
So silently until it seem like Perodua never do any test at all. There, fixed it for you.
When I read this news
https://paultan.org/2019/11/21/toyota-rav4-prime-plug-in-hybrid-suv-with-302-hp/
I know Perodua is still holding out on us from getting world class SUVs. We are still being shortchanged & cheated by Perodua.
“Initial investigation, the Kia sedan passed the above location and wanted to surpass the Proton Exora in front of the car. After the collision, it went out of control and entered the opposite lane.”
The statement said that the Kia sedan entered the opposite lane and slammed into the oncoming Myvi, causing the Chinese driver of the Myvi to die on the spot.
“After the accident, a pair of children aged 10 and 13 years old in the Myvi and drivers of the Kia sedan were injured and then taken to hospital for treatment. The malay-women driver of the Proton Exora was not injured. ”
Nice Rim. Hopefully new Alza get a standard R17 Rim/Tyre choice available from Turanza/Primacy for better comfort.
I am not expectating able to fit 215/R17 Aruz/Rush’s Brst Alenza Premium tyre though.
Malaysia AUNTY & MAKCIK like this car so much.
Everyone like this car. Uncle, adik, brother and sister too. .
Those uncle, adik, brother u mentioned all look like aunty or sister…
That Toyota Race/Rocky rear boot looks very good here.
Stamping added taste of futuristics.
Hope there is a Hybrid model.
Steady.
Perodua will change the alza with redesign Toyota Calya…
FN2R head…
I think Perodua must improved the ride and handling of the vehicle first.. The engine is good and must add a new technology like D-4S system engine from Toyota.. The ride and handling can cooperate with Lotus technology ride and handling..
Lotus ride & handling cannot help with the soft milo tin body that has unstable driving characteristics typical of Toyota cars.
you idiotic keyboard warriors ever drive the latest toyota cars? the recent toyota cars have superb handling and performance
P2 use myvi platform as based je la. cost saving, cheaper parts and accessories.
Very ugly. Beside why always choose to copycat from import brand?? Can’t you really create or invent from your own imagination?? Typical perodua… Worst when the original came along into malaysia market then they will be two identical car just different badge!
Replace Alza with something like Caldina or Stream ..
wider than the current Alza, more power, low center of gravity and cooler looking mpv .. range them around 65k-80k ..