There’s always plenty to look forward to in December – year-end car sales, and the holidays. But for me personally, as someone in the internet business, I always eagerly await Google’s Zeitgeist Malaysia 2012, which reveals the search patterns of Malaysians using the Google search engine.
Lucky for us car enthusiasts, Google knows Malaysia is a car-loving nation, so our very own customised Zeitgeist list has a list of trending car model searches. So here’s the top trending car models searched by Malaysians on Google this year, according to Google.
- Nissan Almera
- Toyota 86
- Proton Prevé
- Hyundai Elantra
- Mitsubishi Mirage
- Toyota Prius c
- Mazda CX-5
- Toyota Avanza
- Honda Civic
- Proton Exora Bold
Yes, the new Nissan Almera B-segment sedan tops the list. Note this list is for the top trending car models. A brief explanation on what trending means – according to Google it means search queries with the highest amount of traffic over a sustained period in 2012 as compared to 2011. It does not mean the search queries with the largest volume of searches. So naturally a lot of new models will appear in this list.
There seems to be an anomaly with the results though. The Almera is number 1 under the Car Models category with the Proton Prevé coming in at third place, but in the top overall trending searches category, Proton Preve (without the stylised é) comes in at number four, with no other car appearing in the top overall trending searches category. It probably means Google is counting the terms Proton Preve and Proton Prevé separately, and somehow did not identify the Preve as a car.
But it looks like between the battle of the non-national new models, the Almera wins. We think the factors that contributed to this is a well-executed pre-launch teaser campaign that started earlier in the year to get people curious about the car, thus prolonging the timespan in which people were looking for info about the car, as well as an affordable price to appeal to the mass market.
Certain cars in there like the Mirage are affordable too but since it’s hype only started late Q3 2012, there was less time for the Mirage to register a higher increase in search query volume over the time span measured.
Read the full Google Malaysia Zeitgeist 2012.
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r u kidding or blind?..almera are so ugly, it’s like vios tapi x jadi..
that’s why it is oppa uncle style… almari…
sgt setuju. i don’t see any beauty in Almera’s design. paling tak tahan bila tgk rear lights yang mcm ‘meleleh’ ke depan. haha
wei aku bli almera…ok ja…
vios pun ak ada G limited xp kualiti teruk la…
i guess you’re the one kidding. you have no rights to say what it looks like. Can you design a car? Don’t be such a busy body O.K ?
agreed with hate you.
your eye got problem i think..or your brain failed to process data correctly
almera exterior: with impul mod would be sporty and nice!! interior: yucks! Proton Preve is better overall…hehehe
Both r ugly but Almera is normal looking…
better check your eyes..
In terms of look between almera and preve…..i prefer preve….
but preve rear light is so ugly…..almera better…
Malaysian people will overlook brand 1st before the looks, even preve apperance are 100% beuti dan uncle look almera.
The Preve may be better looking than the Almera, but compare it with some Koreans or Europeans B/C-segments, and you will realise is not ‘100%’beuti.
The Preve to me looks like an half-done job, The front end looks like a proper designed car but the rear looks like the design team just rushed over it so they can have an early dinner.
BTW, I’ve seen the Almera recently next to the Vios and a Preve ,because it was from a distance, it looks like a whole bigger car. Maybe it’s the perspective but can anyone comment on this?
An honor goes to Exora Bold as its the eldest model of other cars in the list but still there. Still in a list of choice.
preve still the best..
OMG…Vios better than it.
Vios mahal lah….preve aren’t foreign car….almera is the BEST!!!
How to type the stylized e?
Prevé é – Press Alt+130(on keypad)
If local car got the quality to compete with foreign car, why don’t the government lower down the tax on foreign car to where its equal with the local car?
Almera from US if convert directly its lower than RM40k.
If lets say this 2 car is from a same company, the price wold be reasonable. RM40k below for a car with almera spec, and Preve with its price.
We can even harshly saw a Singaporean driving a Malaysia car on the road. Its not about the look or what.. Its about the worth of money.
If local car company was not protected as what we see today, I believe that they would be doing better than today trying to be better in order to compete with foreign company.
Current competition is so handy-cap. Hope the government will realize that and doing better after the coming election.
Mind to share where you got that ‘RM40k’ figure? Pluck it from thin air kah?
WAU!!!it can compete with Saga FLX oredi…if that be real….it must the MOST famous car….even uncle or youth….
Will be the best value for money car if 70k with 2 airbags + ESP with almost the size of a Civic and it is from Japan.
Look at the front, preve is much more nicer than the almari.
Off corse, but u see the almera back is muck better than preve LOL….the tail light using the light like Proton Iswara 95 but not the popular LED….OMG
if wanna compare, lets wait for KIA K3…
(and don compare and never talk about the RV)
i like almera..super space,value 4 money,nice impul kit n….handsome onde road…ish3!!!
first drive the almera,
after that jump in the preve.
drive on the B road,
youll get answer
Preve looks premium if compare to Almera that looks ugly as dugong! or it could be Dugongs sister?
YUCK…The almera performance is better than Preve(coz it a foreign car)…preve is so disgusting….(Especially its back…)like a SH*T
Toyota Avanza at No.7? Can’t believe ppl are still into this junk! SMH
Isn’t it that Almera front look similar to vios? Such a shame. Especially the highest spec that looks like vios trd.
I would rather be seen driving a Preve rather than Almera…
Malaysian like dugong.
Even Google knows Malaysian have bad taste for cars.
Malaysian only search car model on the internet, not drive it?
Those who actually drive car do not bother to search, that’s why you see so few Almari on the road!
“Google… somehow did not identify the Preve as a car.”
Google is right. Preve is not a car but a product of jaguh kampung.
Almera is more for family oriented car while Preve combine it with a driver oriented, means more fun to the driver while tranporting passengers (wife n kids or even in laws). what i’m saying is Preve handles much better than Almera. I have tested both
why so
imagine Almera and Prevé with extra inches of black rims, base from the picture above, then you tell me which one looks more sportier.
not to be a pro-national car, but we have brain to think.
even preve price cheaper by rm10k± but:
1. almera cheaper maintenance cost
2. almera less fuel consumption l/100 km or more fuel economy mpg
3. nissan car slower depreciation rate than proton car or higher resale value (except for nissan teana very fast depreciation rate so very low resale value)
so in term of cost of ownership over its service life, almera is better
based on your comment , preve is cheaper somemore given better spec .Almera ‘s spec with just like nothing .
still too early to judge for almera RV… especially after what happen to Teana RV…
lol… almera ??? T_T
lol…the war of overpriced baselines…
best thing about ALMERA is that its steering is very very very light….Ladies will dump MyVi for this! Believe me!
Sure?
true,his correct,you can feel it when you have a test drive over almera
Honestly almeera is ugly car in the world.bad design inside n outside..not sporty….jika saya silap panndang tolong jgn perbetulkan sbb memang saya gak silap pandang pun.tiap Kali terpandang kereta ni hati says berkata own…ni la kereta antara yg terhodoh d dunia…huk huk
My sylphy is too many problem one by one after two year…now I now what a Nissan brand……indah kabar dari rupa…nyesal beli bro!!!!
Bolehland ppl are majoriti brand concious fagot, they really dont noe how to choose wisely and wiling to pay more for the thing that if you look closely is totally the same or worse hideous then the cheaper brands, u can aplly this fettish to all sort of thing that ppl buy ie cloth, Phone and etc etc, so if someone say that ooh proton car is junk etc etc etc, well he is just one of many many mindless brand concious fagot in this bolehland, so ppl stop taking words from other ppl, this no gud la, this one better la, cmon use your brain and compare. All the thing in avery aspect, and you Will end up buying goods worth every penny.
my almera odo 5000km was the ugliest car i ever had, handling lose to waja, but as i drove it day by day, i realise this car really a convenience, comfort creature for travelling, steering much lighter than myvi(old car) even camry (borrow fren),easy to manouver, parking, no engine sound at all inside cabin,no back ache after driving for 8 hours(not like waja),no rattling sound like myvi.
I must disagree with your parking statement.Its a long wheel based car,easy to park?not really.
Almera and Preve looks best in their own class. I will support proton and nissan.