Greetings from Jakarta, where the press day of the 2014 Indonesia International Motor Show (IIMS) kicked off earlier today. The annual show in this sprawling capital is as vibrant as the Indonesian car market itself, which is set to overtake Thailand as the largest in ASEAN. It’s still held at the JI Expo in Kemayoran, but the show is fast outgrowing the venue.
Daihatsu, a big player in Indonesia, has one of the biggest stands in JI Expo, and the small car expert is showing a couple of concept cars here, some of which are pretty large in size. We start off with the Daihatsu UFC-3 Concept, mid-size three-row MPV around the size of a Perodua Alza.
If the name sounds familiar, the UFC-3 is a development of the UFC-2 Concept that was on show at last year’s IIMS. The original UFC made its debut here in 2012. Compared to the UFC-2, the third concept looks immediately more feasible and less experimental. There’s still plenty of showcar bling, but it’s now possible to envisage a production version of the UFC. By the way, UFC stands for Ultra Function Compact.
The showcar was locked but we managed to snap some pics of the cabin, which like the exterior, has showcar gloss over a production-looking basic design. The gear knob is located on the centre console, Perodua-style, while the head unit has the “floating” effect that’s in vogue now.
The local word is that the UFC-3 previews an upcoming “adik Xenia”. The Xenia is a Daihatsu badged Toyota Avanza, the leader in the Low MPV segment that also counts the Suzuki Ertiga, Chevrolet Spin and latest Honda Mobilio as members.
If Daihatsu is indeed planning a cheaper MPV below the Xenia, the UFC could be a Low Cost Green Car (LCGC) budget-MPV rival to the Datsun GO+ Panca, launched earlier this year with prices starting from 85 million Rupiah (RM23,885). Could it also form the basis of the next Perodua Alza? Like what you see?
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Purely ugly car… trying too hard to copy hyundai elentra. Yuck!!!
Better than Proton Exora.
i love this lively interior.
Not gonna happen , this is a concept car.
If Avanza wanna be,
its budget gonna be so tight
If happen, the price gonna be sky high
also the interior with white colour trim/ cream coloured not gonna be a good MPV.
Family with small child moving around, eating here and there, the white coloured trim not gonna stay white that long ;D
Dont mind the ugly look if for RM23k
Still have the radio
bbtree – read properly. RM23k mentioned above for price of Datsun GO.
seriously ? look at the rear…
what the….
tail lamp so hideous,
without the upper rear lamp, its almost look like Kia Optima..
Is this a MPV ? look at the last rear picture,
a sedan , then put on a box ..
u wrong, this crap cannot compete with Exora. The LH interior better than this crap
Better? I dun think so
As long as it is cheap and reliable, it will be sold like hot cakes.
yeahhh we love indonesian made… enough with UMW malaysia taik made
last time vios launching time u oso said like this
ppl smart orediii
Toyota not cheap yet not safe compared to other car brand nowadays.
Its reliability also not as good as before.
pls make cheap,reliable,safer car ..
also make it good looking ;)
Yep. Ppl smart dy..
They stop buying plotong.
macai p2 stop buying proton bciz cannot afford real jdm
niw rakyat stop buying p2/ umw bcoz rakyat smart oredi
There are many Preve on the road,very few New Vios, ppl smart ady. They stop buying Toyolto
motorbart
sam lor selling UMW product… not a toyota product
peyno 6 years in japan fell insulted when ppl generalise umw product avanza, inser, vios , camry umw made same as real toyota JDM
pls stop it
we rakyat together unite n call them UMW salesman
Price will be 110k
interior look nice..simple n look spacious.
I do like the odometer..
Agree. I don’t like it even a bit!
What so good with Korean ?
Stupid.
Front copy PROTON IRIZ! lel
Neh…nowaday car design is like that..car trend now. look ok to me.
yeah, because its Toyota/Daihatsu ..
if it is Proton’s , people gonna say the otherwise
Gambar atas adalah tidak halal. Gambar yang tunjuk buah dada wanita itu adalah haram dan tidak sesuai untuk kalangan rakyat Malaysia
kita tengok keretalah! you je tengok benda lain
Kalau macam itu tak payah tengok TV, tak payah pakai internet, duduk kat rumah tengok cermin cukup ;)
mana ada buah dada yang nampak,cuma figure seorang wanita yang sihat,awak ni betul kena cuci otak
need to wait Cewek 2014 IIMS photo fest by paultan team.. But make sure HD picture.
axia steering wheel.. haha!
do you forget that p2 is majority own by daihatsu. obviously it look same.
btol2,,
lama2 tgok , mcm spender pun ade.. ;P
kikiki
Spender = Orang yang berbelanja.. I dont understand
U are saying the truth but still get lots dislike..
why ? ooo why ?
people having hard time to admit thats the truth ?
Dannny, as an ‘adik-Avanza’, this car is deemed to small (width) to be considered as the successor for Alza. Just look at the driver cockpit area, look very cramped.
Looks like upward trend of manufacturers coming out with A-segment based MPV (Mobilio/GO+ Panca). Too bad for average Malaysian consumers, they are not pretty suitable, as the B-segment MPVs (Alza/Livina) are quite cramped enough while C-segment MPVs (Exora) are quite scarce below RM100K range.
The front look ugly because it looks wannabe angry and aggresive while the rear view is good (Y)
it looks nice.
those exterior lines match the boxy-yet-fresh interior fittings.
replace the alza, give top-notch safety features & it’ll sell like pisang goreng panas!
Mana boleh! Nanti itu Penasihat marah, merajuk Exora tidak laku lagi.
Lu tengok dia sengaja pergi drive Iriz satu hari sebelum Axia keluar. Macam takut saja Iriz tidak laku.
bla bla bla
level macai p2 ni senang je nak kenal
kutuk2 proton skit… puji2 perodua skit.. pastu pretending macam kununnya p2 ni xde kena mengena dgn gomen dgn TUN dgn BN… kununnya mangsa NAP perasan cam pengeluar import
rakyat dah bijak
Macai P2 ni…
Janji dapat sales,
never care bout people’s safety .
pls put ABS on the 25k Axia first.
tgk gaya kutuk2 proton.. ni mesti set2 macai p2 ni
The interior looks pretty decent!
I admire the interior but the exterior resembles its code name Ugly F***ing Car.
Alza need a fresh new look..
Ppl smart dy.. they stop buying proton.
stop buying proton n buy p2: p2 macai n salesman
stop buying p2 n proton : real anti NaP n real import car owner
Exora Turbo FTW!!!!
just wait & see
Ppl smart dy..
stop buying plotong.. market shrink to 19%.
Smart ppl buy plodua because of support from Daihatsu.. market going up to 30%.
Insane ppl tak support plotong..
Hahaha. .
dulu boleh la be selindung diaebLik nam jepun… sekarang dah bau Indon dahh
level macai p2 ni senang je nak kenal
kutuk2 proton skit… puji2 perodua skit.. pastu pretending macam kununnya p2 ni xde kena mengena dgn gomen dgn TUN dgn BN… kununnya mangsa NAP perasan cam pengeluar import
rakyat dah bijak
As a possible deleveler (or maybe replacer) to Xenia or Avanza, UFC-3 already looked so decent. Never say it imitates Hyundai because the latter are so late about MPVs. Never said it also looked like Axia because Axia means Ayla or Agya in Indonesia and this car is based upon them so your arguments were quite invalid somehow.
The interior’s pretty good… until production time. But for a concept it suits. Big screen, integrated transmission… etc. Besides, eventhough the feature will be downgraded, don’t worry, because we had enough of it.
Even more fugly than dugong. My Eyes!!! Arggggh!!
Its like its trying sooooo hard thats it ends up looking weird….