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Perodua’s Myvi replacement might have a higher price

February 15, 2011 at 6:52 pm By Paul Tan Filed Under 2011 Perodua Myvi, Cars, Local News, Perodua

Perodua unveiled at a Chinese New Year media luncheon this week that its next car – likely to be the Myvi replacement that we’ve been sighting lately – could very well carry a higher price tag thanks to higher import costs, but will also have new features. One such new feature is speculated to be a larger engine like the one in the 1.5 litre Perodua Alza.

According to Perodua managing director Datuk Aminar Rashid Salleh, a stronger Yen to Ringgit exchange rate has affected the price of components from Japan. Perodua however knows that it is in a segment that is price-sensitive and will try to keep its cars affordable for the common people.

While a lot of Perodua parts have been localized, there are still some components that are imported from Japan. The Perodua Myvi currently has a local content of 80%, and the latest Perodua Alza has the highest localization rate so far of nearly 90% local content.

I am guessing the price point of the various top of the line Myvis especially the ones with the larger 1.5 litre engines will definitely move upwards, but the baseline and medium line models should remain largely about the same price as the current Myvi perhaps with a RM1,000 to RM1,500 price difference. The new car should be launched this year.

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Next generation Perodua Myvi spotted on test drive in convoy with JDM Toyota Passo

February 1, 2011 at 2:09 pm By Paul Tan Filed Under 2011 Perodua Myvi, Cars, Malaysian Makes, Perodua, Spyshots

Reader Piji spotted these two heavily taped up hatchbacks on test en route back to his kampung earlier today. It seems to be like both the original Toyota Passo/Daihatsu Boon as well as the Perodua version (next generation Perodua Myvi) are on test together.

The picture above with the number plate B1322A is certainly the new Myvi on test – compared to the original Boon/Passo, the number plate has been moved up to the hatchlid instead of positioned on the bumper, and the tail lamps have a more vertical shape compared to the smaller Passo tail lamps.

This baby looks like the original Toyota/Daihatsu vehicle, with the trade plate B1331A. Notice the smaller and bulgier tail lamps, the rear number plate on the bumper, and a handle to open the hatch exposed. The smaller tail lamps give the Japanese market look a cuter and more bulbous appearance compared to Perodua’s take on the styling.

Even though the next generation Perodua Myvi is disguised quite heavily in these set of pics, we previously posted another set which features very minimal disguise on the rear of the car, you can check them out here, or in a gallery after the jump.

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No forced merger between Proton and Perodua, says G’ovt

January 25, 2011 at 7:27 pm By Anthony Lim Filed Under Local News, Malaysian Makes, Perodua, Proton

Despite having signalled the need for a merger in the automotive industry – essentially between Proton and Perodua – sometime back, the government will not force both companies to merge, according to Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed, the Minister of International Trade and Industry.

In a Bernama report, Mustapa told reporters today that any solution or proposal would have to be agreed to by both stakeholders, saying that the government cannot force the companies to make a decision, given the long spectrum involved.

“At one end is loose cooperation and at the other, a merger, which has yet to be decided,” the Minister said today, adding that “it’s a major collaboration and cooperation between Proton and Perodua and not a straightforward process.”

He said that the government would encourage and have talks with both companies, adding that in reality, it made sense for the two companies to collaborate and make the automotive industry competitive.

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Perodua achieves record sales in 2010: 5-year old Myvi is still Malaysia’s best selling car, Alza leads the MPV charts

January 12, 2011 at 2:12 pm By Danny Tan Filed Under Cars, Local News, Malaysian Makes, Perodua


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We just got back from Perodua’s headquarters in Sg Choh, where the carmaker released its sales figures for 2010. And it comes as no surprise that Perodua has ended last year as Malaysia’s best selling brand, something it has achieved for five consecutive years. The 188,600 vehicles sold in 2010 breaks the company’s all-time record of 167,400 units from 2008.

To cap off a great year, the Myvi, in its fifth and possibly last full year in service, ended 2010 as the best selling car in Malaysia. Perodua’s MD Datuk Aminar Rashid Salleh was in good spirits as he unveiled the figures, but wasn’t keen on revealing when the “new Myvi” was going to debut, although he did say that a new model will be launched this year, following Perodua’s trend of one new model every two years. The Alza was launched in late 2009.

Perodua shifted over 77,000 units of the Myvi in 2010, and amazingly against the usual trend, registrations peaked in the last quarter of the year. The B-segment hatchback contributed 41.2% of Perodua’s total sales. With 69,000 units sold, the Viva was responsible for 36.6% of the pie. The rest of it belongs to the Alza, which found nearly 42,000 buyers to be Malaysia’s best selling MPV.

“We broke two records in 2010, the first with the highest ever yearly registered sales. Last December, Perodua also achieved its highest monthly sales registration of 19,400 units, beating our previous record of 18,500 units achieved in March 2010,” Aminar revealed.


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Perodua’s market share of the Malaysian auto market stands at 31.2% of a forecasted total industry volume of 605,000 units. The company’s TIV prediction for 2011 is 610,000 units, and it wants to sell 4% more cars, or 195,000 units. This year’s market share target is 32%.

Besides the new model launch, 2011 will see Perodua open a new E-AT (electronic automatic transmission) plant that will churn out automatic gearboxes. A ground breaking ceremony will happen in March or April, and the RM250 million plant is expected to start operating next year. Initially, it will churn out 130,000 units per year before achieving 200,000 units annually. With this, Perodua will not need to import gearboxes from Japan anymore, and exports are likely.

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Disguised 2011 Perodua Myvi spotted en route to Malacca

December 21, 2010 at 4:40 pm By Paul Tan Filed Under 2011 Perodua Myvi, Cars, Local News, Malaysian Makes, Perodua, Spyshots

This taped up white Perodua Myvi was spotted by Farizul Jaafar on the way to Malacca just last month. At first glance you might think it’s just another regular Myvi but one driving around with a trade plate and some light taping compels you to take a second look and what we can see is what looks like a slightly different boot lid on the Myvi.

Earlier this year, Perodua’s new managing director Datuk Aminar Rashid Salleh told Utusan Malaysia that Malaysian motorists could expect a new Myvi somewhere in April 2011, with a new Myvi SE coming soon after in June 2011. He also revealed that Perodua would probably be offering a Myvi with a 1.5 litre engine capacity – the Myvi is currently only available as a 1.0 and a 1.3.

The Daihatsu Boon/Toyota Passo has already been updated in February this year and the JDM models’ design cues have taken a clear shift to a more feminine side of things, probably to suit the car’s target market in Japan.

In Malaysia, the Myvi is more of a unisex model, with many of the luckier fresh grads or even college students who are better off than those who have to get a Viva or a second hand car choosing to get a Perodua Myvi as their first car.

Perodua’s take on a second generation Myvi would most likely bring further design differentiation between the Myvi and its Japanese cousins than with the first generation model. Perodua’s version has to look unisex, and the SE has to usually look sportier and more aggressive.

Look after the jump to look at a gallery of the spyshot images as well as a full photo gallery of the new Boon/Passo that was launched in Japan earlier this year.
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Perodua to develop a 2-cyl direct injection turbo engine – plans to produce electronic-automatic transmission locally

December 6, 2010 at 1:05 pm By Anthony Lim Filed Under 2010 KL International Motor Show, Cars, Local News, Perodua

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Perodua is certainly ramping things up, by the looks of it – besides the Bezza concept car, the company presented a glimpse into its technology plans for the coming future at KLIMS, with an engine development road map working towards the eventual introduction of a Precious Metal-free Liquid-feed Fuel Cell-based vehicle.

The company says that for the immediate term things will be based along internal combustion engine lines, which of course it will be working on with its technical partner Daihatsu.

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“As a compact car manufacturer, we choose this path as the internal combustion engine still has a lot of life in it and we believe that the reduction of our carbon emission by producing more efficient engines that will be more cost effective and will leave a smaller carbon footprint to the environment,” Perodua’s managing director Datuk Aminar Rashid Salleh said.

“In order to provide compact cars that are affordable by the next generation, we are pursuing the ultimate of conventional technologies rather than hybrid technologies that tend to be too expensive for the average motorists,” he added.

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With the first stage being mass-produced engines with DVVT, the second stage is where it gets interesting – the next generation eco-engine that it is planning will be a 660cc inline two-cylinder turbocharged engine with direct fuel injection, offering 63 hp at 4,500 rpm and 100 Nm of torque at 1,500 to 4,000 rpm, and P2 says that this one will offer a 30% improvement in fuel efficiency over a current similar displacement block. The engine is something that Daihatsu has announced before, so I suppose this confirms that it will eventually trickle down to Perodua usage.

It will also feature ultra high-volume exhaust gas recirculation as well as a new active ignition system, the latter having an ignition plug with high-frequency, plasma-assisted voltage to strengthen the first electric discharge. The company says that the new block will offer three major advantages – improved combustion, reduced power loss and a flat, high torque curve.

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Further away in the distance, the final destination of this green engine roadmap is the Precious Metal-free Liquid-feed Fuel Cell, which the company says is the best alternative for the internal combustion engine as it does not use precious metals and produces zero carbon emissions.

Meanwhile, on the drivetrain front, the company also announced that production of its electronic automatic transmission (E-AT) system locally is targeted to start in the next couple of years. “While the technology is not something new, we will be the first in Malaysia to produce the E-AT system,” Aminar said. The E-AT transmission is currently incorporated in the Myvi and Alza. It’s basically the 4-speed gearbox.

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Perodua Bezza concept – a peek into the P2 future?

December 2, 2010 at 12:26 pm By Anthony Lim Filed Under 2010 KL International Motor Show, Cars, Local News, Perodua

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Perodua has unveiled a next-generation prototype model called the Bezza at KLIMS. The sleek concept is tagged as the sort of vehicle that’s ideal for the future Gen-Y crowd looking for something bigger to efficiently traverse the concrete jungle as well as for longer journeys.

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Penned 100% by Malaysian designers (totalling 53 in all, including those from private learning institutions) led by P2′s chief designer Muhammad Zamren Musa, and fabricated in Thailand, the four metre-long B-pillarless vehicle is the company’s vision of what a compact car is – a vehicle that maximises the interior with a minimised exterior.

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Branded as a ‘mobile living space,’ with all the mod cons expected in the digital age (communications, infotainment), the study is set to become a blueprint for the company’s future models, P2 says, even though the Bezza doesn’t feature any powertrain/drivetrain – the focus of the concept is on styling studies, that of design cues and character. Perodua says that if interest in the design is high, plans to develop the particular design further into a working unit may be pursued.

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The five-seater concept, which uncannily contains traces of the Prius in its exterior lines, features sliding rear doors and swivel front seats for easy ingress and egress, along with a distinctly agressive headlamp design.

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The clean-looking interior features a cockpit layout dashboard, with the instrument panel designed for the driver’s visual ease, and the floating centre console is shaped to provide additional legroom for both driver and front passenger, with a large luggage storage area part of the design brief as well.

Update: New photos added to the live gallery, including interior shots, with some revisions to the story as well.
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Perodua sales grow in East Malaysia, 35% market share

November 26, 2010 at 3:20 pm By Danny Tan Filed Under Cars, Local News, Malaysian Makes, Perodua

Perodua launched the Viva Elite Exclusive Edition in Sabah yesterday following the Peninsular launch two weeks ago, adding sales momentum to its best seller in East Malaysia. The small car maker aims to sell 600 units of the RM42,000 leather equipped Exclusive Edition per month.

According to Perodua MD Datuk Aminar Rashid Salleh, a total of 240,000 Vivas have been sold since it was launched in 2007 and the high spec Viva Elite is the best selling variant of the range from January to October this year, accounting for 41.4% or 24,000 units from a total of 58,000 units.

In East Malaysia, Aminar said that the Viva is the company’s best selling model at nearly 50% of total sales. “Of the 21,300 vehicles sold in East Malaysia, Sabah contributes 46% to our sales in this region and I believe this market still has a lot of room to grow,” Aminar told Bernama.

The firm has high hopes on East Malaysia. “Sabah and Sarawak are our fastest growing regions with nearly 14% contribution or 21,300 vehicles to our overall sales so far this year. We aim to increase sales contribution from this region from its current to 20% within five years,” he added. Perodua is the market leader in East Malaysia with nearly 35% of total industry volume.

Click here to view details and images of the Viva Elite Exclusive Edition from our previous post.

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Perodua Viva Elite Exclusive Edition – RM42,000

November 13, 2010 at 3:06 pm By Paul Tan Filed Under Cars, Local News, Malaysian Makes, Perodua

The Perodua Viva Elite Exclusive Edition is the latest edition to Perodua’s Viva model line-up. It adds a few new features to the existing Perodua Viva Elite model, which so happens to be the best selling Viva variant so far (41.4% of total Viva sales) since it was launched.

The new Exclusive Edition is available in a new colour – Classy Purple, in addition to two other colours – Midnight Blue and Ivory White.

Other changes include custom colored alloy wheels, new combination leather seats, and Exclusive Edition trim level badging.

The leather seats are made out of smooth leather for the main body, while the darker bits you see above are suede velour leather. The Viva Elite Exclusive Edition is priced at RM42,000 on the road.

Perodua aims to sell 600 units of the Viva Elite Exclusive Edition every month. The car was launched at Perodua’s new Puchong 3S center, which now combines the sales branch and the service center in a single location. The old service center has been moved to the site of the current sales center for better customer convenience and now includes 16 bays with 14 of them having hoists.

Look after the jump for embedded brochures as well as a detailed photo gallery including live, exterior and interior photos.
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Euro 5 Perodua Myvi Sport and SE launched in UK

October 12, 2010 at 5:20 pm By Danny Tan Filed Under Cars, Malaysian Makes, Perodua

Perodua has introduced two new variants to its UK Myvi line up: the Myvi SE and the Myvi Sport. The Malaysian car maker also announced that the Myvi range, which also includes the manual SXi and automatic EZi, is now Euro 5 compliant.

The Myvi Sport gets a body kit consisting of front, side and rear skirts including “imitation quad exhausts” (yes, that’s the exact phrase used in the press release). Colour coded side mouldings with chrome ‘Myvi’ motifs, chrome door handles and different alloys are the other changes. No rear spoiler, though. Inside, mock carbon fibre inserts are fitted to the instrument panel and door panel switch. Only available with a manual gearbox, the Sport is priced at £7,799 (price includes £1,000 swappage allowance offer).

The Myvi SE is the “luxury model” fitted with dark grey leather. The centre panels of the seats are made from perforated leather, with matching door inserts. Available in manual or auto form, the Myvi SE is priced from £8,399 including the £1,000 trade in deal, which lasts till 31st October. The Myvi is a fair bit cheaper than mainstream superminis in the UK – B-segment car for A-segment money, although the brand counts against it.

The UK spec Myvi is also powered by the K3-VE 1.3-litre engine with 86 hp and 116 Nm of torque. There’s no mention of different figures for the Euro 5 versions. I didn’t know that Perodua is still exporting pre-facelift Myvis until now.

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