The Perodua Bezza may just be over three years old, but during the time, over 184,000 units of the A-segment sedan have been sold, which is a testament to its popularity. For 2020, it gets quite a big revamp, from the aggressive new face to the improved Perodua Advanced Safety Assist (ASA) 2.0.
ASA 2.0 includes Pedestrian Detection up to 50 km/h, Pre-Collision Warning up to 100 km/h, Pre-Collision Braking up to 80 km/h, Front Departure Alert and Pedal Misoperation Control. The latest car to get ASA 2.0 before the Bezza was the Axia facelift in September 2019, making it the most affordable car in Malaysia with AEB, and the Bezza the most affordable sedan to be such equipped.
On the mechanical side of things, nothing has changed, so the existing 1.0 litre three-cylinder VVT-i engine making 67 hp and 91 Nm and the 1.3 litre four-cylinder Dual VVT-i engine with 94 hp and 121 Nm continue propulsion duties. The larger NR engine gets Eco Idle auto start-stop, which helps fuel efficiency go as high as a claimed 22 km/l – a strong point for the Bezza. The 1.0L can be had with a five-speed manual or four-speed auto, while the 1.3L is auto-only.
For pricing, the 2020 Perodua Bezza facelift is priced from RM34,580 for the 1.0L G Manual and RM36,580 for the 1.0L G Auto. The 1.3L X is yours for RM43,980, while the AV goes for RM49,980. Prices are slightly up from before, but equipment levels have gone up, too. Warranty is five years or 150,000 km. You can also read our full written review of the Bezza, here.
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Me: *grabs popcorn*
Habislah saga!
Thank you Paultan team for another review of this Perodua Bezza FL. Everyone knows that this new Game-Changing Bezza FL is simply the best sedan in it’s class. So no wonder Bezza FL will Game the Saga FL Over
“But when it came to sedans, there was no small sedan from Daihatsu for Perodua to copy from. So they had to make their own and they did it but of course there will always be a lot of haters saying that this is just a ‘rebadged Toyota Etios’. Even the new Myvi, some people was saying it is a ‘rebadged Corolla’. Both of that are not true obviously, they are both original Perodua design.” Hafriz has spoken, Thank you Hafriz for your Game-Changing statement to debunk any Game Over fake news that Bezza is just a rebadged Etios. Now everyone knows the truth
better buy proton X50, solid Volvo tech
The “rebadged Etios” claim was doubtful even from the beginning but I think some people are just trolling. However the case is, “they are both original Perodua design” and that’s that. Doesn’t qualify as a full-fledged carmaker yet. I think that was the argument from the beginning.
I remember Daihatsu Charade sedan car was sold here. Obviously Paul Tan didn’t know everything, neither did you realised Bezza is a rebadged Toyota Etios.
Everybody knows bezza is a rebadged etios. Deny all you want but the truth is the truth no matte how much you deny.
ha ha ha ha, everybody knows Proton cars got no RV
Buy 2020 Bezza for RM37k
Sell in 2022 your bezza for RM33k
Buy 2020 Saga for RM35k
Sell in 2022 your Saga for RM17k
Oh yeah, the Charade. How can Paul Tan crew missed that?
The last Charade Sedan, sold in Malaysia as the Ascend, ended production by the year 2000. Since then, Daihatsu made no small sedans other than rebadges of larger Toyota sedans.
As for the Bezza being based on the Etios, sorry, again, it’s a no. The Bezza shares the same Daihatsu Global A-Segment Platform with the Axia, while the Etios is built on a separate base called the Toyota EFC (Entry Family Car) designed for emerging markets such as India and Brazil. Their wheelbases are also different – Bezza 2,455 mm, Etios 2,550 mm – so again, no, they are not related.
So basically its still a rebadge eh? Nuff said
Thank you Hafriz. It’s about time these people stop making false statements about the Bezza.
Thanks Hafriz. You have clarified really well that Bezza is yet another rebadge. Very concise,loud and clear. I hope our P2 fanboys don’t come here anymore and claim Bezza is a own developed P2 car. Malu siot, got told off.
Habisla! P1 fanboys still couldn’t even understand Hafriz’s Game-Changing statement and still claim Bezza is an Etios rebadge
Habislah P2 fanboy Udang. Masih tak paham2 maksud Hafriz. Kena pakai otak baca maksud udang disebalik batu ayat2 Hafriz, tapi ko ni otak udang tak baca.
I don’t know why you are so proud of your Perodua when they are just selling cheapened rebadged cars to the rakyat. Even that they had gone and removed all the safety features of the donor car and built it from rejected Milo tin metal.
And they do that with the aim to maximise profits that will be sent back to Japan. I don’t know whether Perodua staff should be ashamed for helping to enrich Japan further and not Malaysia. If I were working for Perodua like Mr P2, I too would be ashamed of their withholding all these technology from Perodua and only rely on outdated cars to sell.
Selling more Perodua cars don’t help Malaysia but only help Japan, and in return they only talk about giving us gamechanging hybrid and EV technology but since 2003 until today 17 years later, we only see them talking about this gamechanging technology which never comes. Perodua and their Japan bosses are only talk gamechanging but they are really gameover.
Habislah Saga tiada stok. Now 6 months waiting list extends to 9 months delivery. Anak saya delivery pun lagi cepat. Lagi baik beli Bezza, stok berlambak takde org mau.
habislah booking proton saga.
no car for Raya… take motorbike…
Takpe, tunggu je X50 keluar.
Well done Perodua……you did not need to sell your company to China like Prootn.
Lucky China came and helped Proton. Li Chunrong and Geely, within 6 months could identify all the leakages Proton had, what local CEOs could not identify in 30 years.
This is why we need more foreign CEOs from Mainland to come into Malaysia to help run our GLCs and even Putrajaya. We will see a 10 fold increase in productivity and we will become FIRST World soon.
Already 2020, our vision to be FIRST world tak jadi, nevermind, never too late to get brains and intelligence from Mainland to help us achieve this goal
Orang China dan Geely do all the work, and Proton fanboys claim the glamour and fame?
If someone sat an exam for me and got an A for me, i will be shy to tell the world I got an A for that paper because it is someone else who did all the hard work.
Well done P2
All the praises should go toward Toyota, Perodua only lazy goyang kaki tidur while claiming glamour from Toyota.
Copy paste: “Kesian. 30 years on and still Japan don’t allow Perodua to design their own cars. They don’t allow us to learn and ourselves so they can continue to keep us dumb and rip us off with outdated, overpriced but underspecced cars.”
I would be more shy if someone that I had laughed at, now fast catching up and soon will overtake me.
Remember the Hare and the Tortoise? Remember who won the race?
BTW so has our Kunta at last shown he was behind this fake Alan account? Indeed he did.
“If someone sat an exam for me and got an A for me, i will be shy to tell the world I got an A for that paper”
You are so right!!! Japan should be shy in telling the world they are successful because of others
https://paultan.org/2020/01/28/renault-nissan-to-revive-joint-rd-projects-report/
Japan should also feel shy for this
https://paultan.org/2020/01/24/toyota-gr-supra-instrument-cluster-from-bmw-report/
Drive this car can park in front of the kenduri house. Drive Proton, must park far away and walk. Malu
Kesian. Perodua again teaching their customers bad manners to park in front of host houses. Why is Proton teaching owners good manners not to bother the host but Perodua is telling new owners it is okay to be rude. I see the reason Perodua fanboys are just as rude while Proton fanboys are more civic minded. It all goes back to the brand values.
P2 drivers and bad manners berpisah tiada, now we know why
both Perodua and Proton are equally useless and produce poor quality cars
Proton Saga with Kia tranny way more superior.
2019 Proton Saga DOHC VVT engine paired to either to a Getrag(MagnaPT) 5-Speed Manual in Standard$32.8k or a HyundaiPowerTech 4-Speed Automatic in Standard$35.8k to Premium$39k. It is worth to note that Geely also uses this same transmission in some of their vehicles.
Now a S or Sport Mode exists with the automatic transmission.
Similar hardware to what’s primed in our favourite city supermini the Kia Picanto.
It sports different Programming and final gear ratio Calibrated by Proton Engineers.
It’s quieter whilst also being both smoother and peppier too
You see P1Geely being a global citizen by contributing to fight humanitarian crisis
https://paultan.org/2020/01/28/geely-establishes-rm117-million-coronavirus-fund-free-ride-hailing-and-50-mpvs-contributed-to-wuhan/
Why cant P2 do the same to helps fight our haze problem by giving hybrid & ev cars like they say they would? Toyota & Diehatsure has the tech but these Jepunis overlords so stingy dunwan gip becoz they continue to reap max profits from 240k bodohs who overpay over for dinosar polluting cars.
If P2 were more responsible, they shud gip hybrid & ev cars so that 240k owners cud have helps reduce haze problem, not just to maximise profits and send back to Jepun.
We shall thank the Japanese on our knees that they allow us to build such a beautiful car on their platform, with their engines and gearboxes under their management.
Kesian. 30 years on and still Japan don’t allow Perodua to design their own cars. They don’t allow us to learn and ourselves so they can continue to keep us dumb and rip us off with outdated, overpriced but underspecced cars.
Overpriced, expensive, low level design. Nvm, BTSH willing to pay.
I hope our Perodua fanboy don’t come to talk about Proton EV while his gamechanging Kenari Hybrid that was promised to come in 2003 is still nowhere to be seen after 17 years later. His gamechanging talk is gameover.
Wait, wasn’t a drive video done? So what is this, paid P2 ad?
https://paultan.org/2020/01/24/driven-2020-perodua-bezza-1-0g-and-1-3av-review/
The link you shared is of the written review. Perhaps watch the video first before commenting?
Haf bro. Theres too many similar drive, driven, and first drive reviews. Way to repetitive.
john! The first article is clearly a written review and this Game-Changing article is clearly about a video review. Paultan team already done it well, nothing repetitive
The Bezza FL is indeed a Game-Changing sedan. This is why Paultan Team wanted to show to us that the Bezza FL is very worth it by using multiple ways of review
Are you stupid or something? John is just pointing out there is too many similar overlapping article formats. This not only covers your game-over Bezza but other car launches as well.
Agree with ya brother john.
Spot on comment Hafriz! This Game Over P1 fanboy Darren are just scared to see another review about Perodua Bezza FL as it might affect their Saga FL sales
Copy paste: “Kunta, Stop it with your hatred against Proton. Everyone are already sick and tired of you”
Habislah saga!
New 4-speed automatic elevates the driving experience
Significantly improved build quality and perceived quality
Turn the cabin to a nightclub with the other-worldly 4speaker set up
a sense of Dynamic Sophistication that its rival just couldn’t demonstrate
Proton 3-Extra Value Packages:
Service Package with Free Labour Service three times/1Year Interest rate package with 2.98% per annum interest rate
Insurance Package with Waiver of Betterment charger up to 10 years,
AgreedValue Coverage up to 12 years,
keyCare Cover up to RM1,000,
Flood Relief allowance up to RM1,000,
Coverage for AllDrivers with no added cost, Personal Accident coverage for policy holder up to RM15,000
The fact that Proton is Listening to the consumers and Plan their products according to what kind of car the people want to buy vs a car that they want to sell proves that the company have Matured dramatically in terms of Product Planning.
Class leading A segment.
ASA 2.0 VSC, Leather Wrapped Steering.
175R15 like City mid high spec E spec
Supportive non slippery Luxurious leather with Alcantara-like fabric bits.
Compared to Mazda3, u get the better 2and row sofa I,e longer thigh support and more inclined seat.
Interior space as good as MK1 and MK2 City Jazz Vios
16to18km/L KL Subang drive, fuel saving from aluminium dual vvti E-AT and e-steering
Only USD13k in Malaysia.
Practical family sedan, keep it up.
You forgot to mention NA/NT
Well said. Spoken like a paid Grab driver. Even included KL Subang airport drive testimonial.
The only ones supporting Perodua Bezza are Grab drivers. You see 90% of Bezza on the road have Grab sticker, or call light or the usual handphone on mount. Bezza is nothing more than a taxi car to the car buyers. Most of them go for Saga as their own cars. You don’t see Grab stickers or Grab on Saga’s call light, or weirdly having a single passenger at the rear like many Bezza I seen.
That is so true… taken words from my mind
Even the grab driver pay more to own a bezza, it’s simply better and worth it.
Nope. Nearly all Grab are the bottom specced Bezza which is not nearly as overpriced as the AV variant.
It doesn’t matter if 90% of the Bezza on the road are Grab. What matters is that why is it more popular among Grab drivers compared to Saga?
Think about when Grab was starting to get popular.. and beating Uber.. It was right about the same time when the first gen Bezza were launched. Of course the 3rd Gen Saga was launched two months later but many people are still unconvinced since the Saga FLX was not really a good car. So Bezza had 2 months head-start in addition to unconvincing Saga. Some who wanted to be a Grab drivers preferred a car that can save fuel while having the extra boot space but their option before Bezza (well, at least for national cars) were either Axia (too compact, Myvi too) or Saga FLX (slightly unreliable) only. You can imagine whats the talk back then among Grab drivers and the introduction of Bezza is like an answer to their prayers.
Fast forward to current day, will Bezza still be the first choice of Grab drivers? Hard to tell especially with the e-hailing law in effect and the improved Saga; especially considering that the improvement comes with a reduced price. I personally own an Alza and a Bezza but I’m very much intrigued to get a feel of the new Saga and very excited with the upcoming D55L and X50. I’m a daily driver and I’m sure that many people like me can instantly tell the driving experience difference between cars.
So far I don’t have much complaint about Alza & Bezza that worth to mention; just some minor things that I can live with however the next agenda for me is to get an upgrade and this Bezza facelift, is not an upgrade for me or in general.
The answer is simple. If you ask around, Perodua was offering Grab drivers super low interest loans which is the main reason why it took off. Another is simply it has larger boot space which sacrificed passenger seating but you don’t see them complaining, they just want the larger boot. Which is also the reason why Bezza AV wasn’t as hot selling since for its price, the much larger Persona with a bigger boot will trump it. Indeed taxi drivers go for Persona over Bezza. There is a reason for it, think about it.
Meantime down south, this is what Grab are using https://paultan.org/2020/01/29/grab-hyundai-introduce-grabcar-elektrik-in-indonesia/
Not some cheap uber polluting Bezza.
RM49,980 is a bargain for those who now the salary of the hardworking japanese Management.
Is that the reason why so few top specced Perodua cars are on the road? Because nobody thought it was a bargain except the few fools?
few?? got a lot. especially for myvi.
Nope. It is easy to spot AV variant Myvi as the LSB camera is very obvious on the windscreen and so far I see very few of them on the road.
BTSH, a lot already in junkyard, few on th road.
Video review and written review. I like.
Why not combine both? All they need is just update the written reviews with the video review when available. Make things simpler.
To update readers that we now have a video review. Simple as that.
Thank you PT for updating the readers about your Game-Changing driven video of Bezza FL. Now readers, john as well as other P1 fanboys can watch this video after reading the previous written review
Mate, I have seen amateur sites that keeps articles simpler and not so click-baitey by updating their core postings with new content and placing them back up top with an ‘UPDATED’ in the title header. I am no doubt your professionally done website is easily able to do something similar unless your point is to keep the clicking trolls happy which imho is getting out of hand.
Neutralist and Unbiased Review.
“Love the Clear Pronounciations”.
PT Video’s Word for word Exactly similar to the written article earlier.
Nobody do that Though….
It’s a unique PT’s Tradition of producing both Written and Video Review for the same Article.
Since it’s on Youtube, you guys can go there to Post your POVs
Just becoz it is tradition doesnt mean it cant change friend. If following traditions we still be accessing PaulTan.org with Netscape browser on my Win98 PC.
Hopefully we’ll see Bezza song on paulta.org soon too!
Good Job PT team for reviewing the new bezza. Address alot of thing comparing this to new saga. I for one really dont like the uncomfortable back seat. Now that they improved it abit i might decide to buy it over saga. Too bad stil no DRL to follow the latest trend.
The price is also quite expensive for a level entry car but of course if you think the RV and the FC compare to saga it should worth the price i think. We all know how bad saga RV is, and it will not change overnight even with geely recent good management performance.
The only thing left me undecided is the saga more comfortable driving experience vs bezza (perodua) overall good 3S company performance…
No it won’t. No way in hell a price difference of RM10k will make up the difference with Saga, FC they are about comparable as Saga could achieve 20km/L in real world test (unlike Bezza which is merely a quoted figure). Talking about RV you have your RM10k RV going with Saga in your pocket, invest that and your returns will be higher than any RV you get with Bezza. If going by comfy, Saga wins handsdown go try and see yourself. You will agree too.
I test drive saga 1.3 4AT at pj showroom, I reset the meter, I get 10.2km/L test drive fuel consumption only. PJ drive, no speeding road lagi tu. Back to my Altis 1.8, I reset it, I could get 11.5km/L.
Prfft. My girl not happy with it.
You test a brand new, car that hasn’t gone thru its first maintenance against your daily ride? That is like comparing durians to apples. Totally incomparable.
I prefer to trust real life reported results over someones statement that cannot be verified
https://paultan.org/2019/09/18/proton-1-tank-adventure-drivers-complete-650-km-route-best-iriz-and-saga-breached-20-km-l-mark/
^^ I have to respectfully disagree with that. My current Saga 2015 gets me 15-16km per liter on mixed road conditions. The showroom Saga is way too new to make a fair comparison.
The top FC figures, verified by scrutineers from the Malaysia Speed Festival (MSF), were 4.98 litres per 100 km (20.1 km/l) for the Saga, 5.43 litres per 100 km (18.4 km/l) for the Persona and an event best 4.94 litres per 100 km (20.2 km/l) for the Iriz.
Hafriz said “Personally, I’ve already done the 1-Tank Adventure last year, so the fuel consumption part is not new to me. What is a genuine surprise however, is the 2019 Saga’s improved comfort and refinement qualities. It far exceeded my own expectations of what an affordable entry-level car can be”.
A total of 60 participants in 30 cars comprising of the 2019 Proton Iriz, Persona and Saga set off on a route that covered 650 km from Proton’s Centre Of Excellence HQ in Shah Alam to Johor Bahru and back.
All cars managed to complete the 650 km fuel economy challenge portion of the event. The best theoretical maximum range achieved, based on the 40 litre fuel tank size of the Protons, was 809 km
https://paultan.org/2019/09/18/proton-1-tank-adventure-drivers-complete-650-km-route-best-iriz-and-saga-breached-20-km-l-mark
The rear bumper looks ridiculous
Useless asa 2.0…..langgar moto aku…..keta ni test x ?
Ada test. Testing kat kitaorg underground SHIELD testing track. Testing kau-kau tu dgn keta-keta baharu utk Avenger movies akan dtg.
the rattling of the 1.0 Bezza is like a Ogawa massage chair. if you want a built in massage chair without the option of turning it off, get the 1.0 Bezza.
This is probably the Global Class Leading A-segment.
1. Class Leading, 5stars Ancap, ASA 2.0- AEB, VSC, ABS, LED Front and Rears, Hill Start Assist, Folding Mirrors,
Nice Leather Seats and Steerings, Center HUD, Toyota Engines and Gearbox, Cheap Maintenance and Class Leading Boot space, with Optional Armrest add in.
2. I still cannot brain it’s achieved in USD13k. So practical for city drive, in fact, Paultan Enthusiastic VBloggers and YS Khong 4xRally Championship Driver has confirmed it’s cornering performance and braking performance through Genting road thanks to Good brake calibration and Bridgestone Ecopia Rubbers for R15 Sport Rims.
3. Rivalling to Mitsubishi Attrage, Honda Amaze, Proton Savvy Sedan and even laughing at space and features in MK1, MK2 and Honda City Jazz, Vios and Yaris. Except ongoing MK3 and coming soon MK4.
4. Car enthusiastic knows what to do with this Toyota drivetrain. Grab Drivers are acknowledged – They willingly spend more limited hard earned money for a Better Bezza, to travel further, safer and save more money on maintenance and fuel.
1. Is that trustworthy? Perodua was caught sending an unknown G-spec Aruz for that MIROS NCAP test. If you can’t buy that G-spec car, how are you assured you’re getting the same safety level? Ditto for other Perodua cars.
2. They achieved that by removing pretty much all the other essentials like replacing higher strength steel with milotin quality body.
3. Talk about rivaling it has neither the drive nor refinement of those cars you mentioned.
4. Why is that a Toyota drivetrain and not a Perodua? Because its simply a rebadged Toyota car. And no point to lie here when we know Bezza maintenance cost is much higher even compared to Persona and yet cannot hope savings will come from the rated FC as nobody can achieved it. Except for the Saga.
And all that for a bargain price of RM49,890
I wonder why Axia with 260L > Iriz 215L
but still able to fit in 175R14 spare tyre but not a Proton Iriz nor a Saga.
Everybody want to knows i got a punctured tyre for using 155R13 space saver. prfft. everytime my neighbour doing renovation sure my tyre punctured.
Who ask you to continuously drive using a spacesaver emergency tyre anyways? Its called EMERGENCY for a reason and not a spare.
adding a boot to Axia will not make this a proper/safe car, perodua cars should be banned from public road
perodua the producer of poor quality cars
Ade x Bezza second