Much ado about nothing, as it turns out. The supposed Perodua Jaguh brochure leak going around the past couple of days may have caused a lot of hullabaloo, but it turns out that the entire thing is nothing more than a ruse – the Jaguh doesn’t exist, and this has been confirmed by the person who came up with the whole thing.
Rendering wiz Theophilus Chin came clean earlier today on what he says was “an elaborate hoax” with the Jaguh renderings. As he puts it:
“There’s no such model (yet) by Perodua. Though Perodua did say they are mulling the possibility of producing sedan cars. But no one knows if the Perodua sedan is going to be a rebadge of existing Toyota/Daihatsu model, a sedan variant of the Myvi (engineering cost will be too high for this), or more ambitiously, a total Perodua self-design car (perhaps a productionised version of the Bezza concept).
So in preparing this fake brochure, as many of you have spotted when the “spy picture” first went viral, was that I referred heavily to the Alza brochure. All the Toyota badges were replaced with Perodua’s, including the badges in the interior pictures.
As for the car’s exterior, I moved the side indicator to the mirror housing, and also gave the Jaguh door handles from the Myvi. I reshaped the rear lights, trunk and bumper slightly for a less slabby look. At the front, I gave the Jaguh slimmer lights, a more rounded bumper and most obviously, the smaller grille. On the side, the Jaguh gained some side skirting and again from the Alza, the wheels.”
We’d caught more than a few anomalies with the leaked pix, more so when the purportedly complete set came about. The initial front shot showed a lightly-modified Toyota Etios sedan with a Perodua face, and the slimmer front grille, Myvi-style pull-type door handles and Alza-sourced alloy wheels were noticed. The MyVAP rating and sliding second-row seats mention didn’t help.
The surfacing of the rear shot (and interior) made the argument that it was all faked even more convincing. Giveaway points were the manual shifter, non-studio shots and the model grades in the brochure, more Toyota-esque than Perodua. The chosen name was another – Modenas already has the name ‘assigned’ to its 175 cc two-wheeled cruiser.
Whatever the case, the ruse worked a charm, enough for it to be reported in the mainstream news and for Perodua to have had to respond to the matter with statements. We were told by the automaker that “a feasibility study has been completed for a sedan. Just come to KLIMS 2013,” which suggests that a concept should break cover at the show.
We’ve been told that a Perodua sedan is very real indeed, as company officials have previously said that they’re studying the idea of going down the sedan route.
Right, that should put an end to all things Jaguh for now, you think? And yes, very nice try, Theo.
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tak cantik langsung…….belakang paling teruk…..!!!
indian mah
HEY THEO…
With such talent, why don’t u go out & get a real job???
I do have a real job.
Realllly?? Don’t look it…
Besides its just simple photoshop, even my granny could come up with this…
your granny know how to do it…. but too bad you cant…shame on you
Hope Perodua will put some efforts in redesigning the ugly. From what I see, they did a good job redesigning the bland Passo and Passo Sette in to the MyVi and Alza respectively.
Still a better rendition than his stupid Proton Perdana Accord pictures
it is a hoax idiot..read it before posting coment.
not sure if you’re stupid or just retarded.
keyword: rendition
The most ugly sedan ever!
at least nissan almari got black goat to compare hahaha
Why not change to animal name like Perodua utan,
the whole car look like orang utan
lepas ni suruh perodua amik kau jadi designer diorang lah senang, hehe. lawa la nanti jadinya
memang x cantik.. ianya bukan keluaran Perodua.. read article till finish. :)
yeah.. yeah… all this while the phrase “www.theophiluschin.com” on some of the photos of the fake brochures prove to be the clue that this is the work of TC…
Ouchhhh. Too ugly!!
Haha the person doing this is pretty Jaguh…So Perodua…now you know what our taste like for your next sedan…don’t screw it…
very ugly car!
Jaguh means FAIL !
remember Mondenas Jaguh?
Better than Juara la.
Slow news week indeed.
even paultan get prank…gud job theopilus…keh3
So, are we gonna see Perodua take action against Theo for all the extra work they had to do because of this hoax?
Front view look like the current Vios
Side view look like proton saga
Rear view copy Chrysler .
Jaguh = Jagong + Jaguar
walao, used as teksi can lar.
who wan drive this car out. better drive saga 90″
fake facts!
fail design!
fool name!
aduhh…awat lagu nih design dia..patut lg uptodated weii..
oit.. ni fake brochure lah.. P2 x design keta sedan lagi pun..
nice job TC. you have fooled everyone…
ha..ha..ha….P2 should hire you as part of their designer team…
Goes to show that Toyota/Daihatsu/Perodua designs are pretty poor or uncharacterful to begin with, that even an average rendering artist can fool the masses – mind you he does not design cars for a living.
So we should gather everybody with pitchforks, hunt down Theo and hack him to pieces for giving us false hope?
the jaguh is not a beauty in any way. neither is the hoax. but hat’s off to Theo’s rendering work. in any case – ugly or masterpiece, that’s up to each individuals taste. to me, some actual ‘ugly’ cars in my eyes, surprisingly still make way into some or plenty of home and garages, here and anywhere in the world – so its more than meets the eye. say, fiat multipla, or renault kangoo, or even p2 kenari.
Praise the lord it’s a hoax… coz that thang be fugly yo!
Anyway, Nice and PRO Photoshop.. Anyway,joke of the MONTH….
the objective of this hoax is?
a. showcase theo’s photoshop rendering skills to future employers (P1/P2..get the drift?)
b. give netizens something to talk about
c. just for fun
anyway, theo’s skill is better than P1’s R&D design team IMO.
What is Theo’s day job anyway?
I’m a graphic designer with a charity organisation.
never mind about the fake, what if p2 really want to sell sedan to compete the b segment, im 199% sure buyers of proton blm will terminate their orders even they have paid the deposhit.
haha this is fake la.. try search Toyota Etios..
Luckily this is a hoax, i can imagine seeing this ugly car on our road
Hahahaha Theo totally trolled us all ! xD
i believe majority knows it’s a rendering. but still people will give comments, either it’s real or hoax. there is no hard feeling here, they just love to give comments, that’s all.
design belakang mck bontot lori je..huhu
what’s the point of theo’s renderings again?
Theo,
Go get a real job at Perodua :)
cuba perodua buat kereta 4 wheel mcm navara n hilux ke, ni x asyik2 upgrade myvi je
I dont know how lifeless is the person who actually spread this false rumour. On the bright side, this car is ugly and thank god it is not real
Front like old Saga BLM while rear like old pickup lorry..
Looks like a bloody Chinese car. Effin UGLY
slogan says,time to move up to the next level.I rather move down and buy a viva or kapcai instead
ugly car!!!dont like it!!
What is this oddly- looking thing? It looks like some kind of a machine to me.
Fugly
so many Haters … well haters gonna hate …
fuuh! luckily is a fake news. Please perodua, focus on what u do best – rebadging
Who the hell design this car….look like shit and sounds like shit…redesign it lah….and give a nicer name for it…..dun put a name that sound like lousy car…the design should put LED head lamp and the body should look like sporty sedan…some more I think perodua should use a more powerful engine and a harder body…coz safety is more important ..I’m sure that this product will be hot selling in malaysia……try to make is more like Japanese car or Europe car….
The rear side look very HODOH. Hodoh drp Proton Saga. Perodua pls redesign la.
tampar laju2 je org yg design kete ni. hehehe
better dont lounch ..very ugle rear face..lampu belakang 3 segi.. hahahahahha
doesn’t look like a Perodua items for me.. better not be..
jaguh, sama nama macam modenas.. bentuk.. nampak gaya servis kereta sama harga dgn toyota.. lagi cantik kalau mavy baru dan viva disedankan,,
adoi.. sape la punye design cmni? kete cm org tua. x updated langsung. dpn blkg huduh. kemon la produa, buat la design yg up to date skit.
Kereta org dah jual murah pun kau org nak bnyak songeh nti dah keluar kmu yg bnyak songeh jg berebut rebut nak beli…..so listen carefully to me…..stop complaining…..understood …..ur all not baby ok……..hiks3…..
Stop complaining ok…..harga dah murah pun nak bnyak songeh lg……ur all not baby ok……
The rendering is just for fun and hobby , I think. No point to pin point. Complaining is always easier than doing it
Toyota production models :
Etios – Toyota India
Vios – Toyota Thailand
Innova – Toyota Astra (Indonesia)
Avanza – Perodua Malaysia and Toyota Astra
So now I know Toyota isn’t 100% Japanese carmaker anymore.