The Perodua Bezza, the company’s first ever sedan that was officially launched yesterday night, is off to a flying start. So far, the Rawang-based carmaker has received 5,000 bookings for the new model, with 500 units on track to be delivered to early birds today. Order books opened on July 16.
As of yesterday noon, the booking figure was just over 4,000 units, and out of that total, 50% of the names were in for the top-spec 1.3 Advance variant, slightly above Perodua’s projection of 40%, although the company believes that it will moderate to the expected slice of the Bezza pie. The projection of 15% for the 1.0 Standard G (MT and AT) proved to be accurate.
It looks like unexpected and new-to-Perodua features such as Vehicle Stability Control, Eco Idle auto start-stop and keyless entry with push start button – all exclusive to the range-topping RM50,800 1.3 Advance – are winning over the early birds.
Meanwhile, Bank Rakyat is offering up to 100% financing for the Perodua vehicles, especially for Bezza customers, with a tenure of nine years. The bank is also offering a 0% instalment scheme to its credit card customers for the downpayment of Perodua vehicles.
We’ve covered the Bezza from shark fin antenna to unique low rolling resistance tyres, culminating in the live streaming of yesterday’s launch event. Check out our launch report, walk-around video, interview with the Bezza’s chief engineer and first impressions test drive report of the new entry. Also check out CarBase.my for spec and feature comparison between the five variants.
GALLERY: Perodua Bezza 1.3 Advance
Congratulations Perodua
They deserved a pat on the back for their effort
95% local content FTW
A small step ahead but a stable one nonetheless
hello Proton, you guys tak malu ke? A younger company like Perodua can sell in 1 week 5000 cars, which is more than what you sell in a month?
Don’t you feel ashamed? Not only your sales are so bad, you are losing RM4 million per day. That is a lot of money for a day. You might as well close Proton down for good and maintain your 12,000 workers and pay them the RM4 million daily.
I feel very sad that to maintain a loss making company of 12,000 employees, 30 million people have to suffer. Adding to the daily losses of RM4 million per day, every year you ask billions in RM.
According to official figures, Government has given already RM20 billion of our money just to keep Proton alive. Those are official figures. Unofficial is probably 5 times that amount cause when Tun M was PM, he took any amount freely from Petronas and gave it to Proton. Any amount I mean billions each time.
Do us a favour Proton, look at Perodua. Try to be like them. Trim you staff of 12,000. Half of them are dead wood. You need about 6000 only to run your company.
Also, make sure your directors and CEO take a pay cut. You guys ask RM1.5 bil from us, but your directors and CEO still get 6 figure salary per month. They still have luxury cars and drivers and all sorts of benefits ie club membership etc, allowances etc.
In overseas, if a company is doing badly, the management will themselves offer a pay cut. In Malaysia, pandai beg for RM1.5 bil but sendiri don’t want to give up your 6 figure salary per month and all your luxuries.
The work culture in Proton is like MAS. They believe in sleeping during work hours. Like MAS, the staff is overbloated. 10 people do 1 persons work. So, they got lots of free time to sleep.
This is why Perkasa and MAS Union said, it is our culture to sleep during office hours.
Until Proton cuts its deadwood, the company is going to be losing money daily and it will never come close to Perodua. Bravo Perodua! Bravo. 5000 units sold so far. Bravo!
Proton, please, taubat lah. Ubah.
You are.just a slave. So act loke one..Other wise your master will chain you again.
Kuntak , if your car is so good , no need to badmouth proton here. You only upgrade your talibarutness, lol
Calling all Bezzarian Familia! Membership registration is open for Kelab Bezzarian Familia. Only RM100 per year. We race at Duke highway every week.
shut up, just lets the proton fade away already. This article is about perodua, lets cheers more about pperodua.. Leave the loser Proton alone.
Proton don’t want to leave us alone, keep on sucking the rakyat’s money. After suck for 30 years still want another RM1.5B
MY pipu should not buy this car. Tak tulen buatan Malaysia. Baik beli Proton. Buat apa kami memperbesarkan Jepunis overlords?
Terimakasih Proton dan terimakasih BN kerana prihatin beri kereta Proton yang berkualiti tinggi.
Jangan jadi macam Dear Leader, Albert, Samy, Kuntilanak yang suka persoal keprihatinan kerajaan!
BN is the best! Oh Wai!
Loss 4million per day you picked up from sky?
Oh John, please don’t even use the internet. If it is not Japan made, it’s China or US made. None from local. Go back to your cave.
Seeing is believing… it’s Overpriced small horsepower torque Milo tin $-CAP… 95% local developed parts within a year siti-aminah will kencing u FOC radio FM Tikus Bunyi
Kunta
The delivery boy delivered a parcel to PROTON TOP GUNS.
They opened up…omg…. dozens and dozens of PANADOL and PONSTAN.
Every other day,they have EMERGENCY MEETINGS on how to combat the BLOCKBUSTER Myvi,Axia,and now Bezza.
They know,one fine day,a further RM1.5 Billion may be diverted to another mega project.The mus got word,they need to abandon a sinking TITANIC called Proton.
Slandering slandering..and your work culture is badmouthing other brands to get sales. Shame
I really hope proton and perodua shut down so we can buy luxury car but cheaper…
OMG…well done Perodua… I expect highest record sales this year. And also the worst sales for Proton. Hi proton, where ur new Saga or Persona? Bezza started to delivered to client…ur 1 where? still wanna spyshotssss….hehehe
More sales more bankcruptcy with 100% loan
OMG….not afford to own a new car, buy 2nd hand P.saga….Don’t trouble urself into bankruptcy. No 1 force to buy new car with 100% loan. Know carefully ur financial status.
OMG habis la p2 sales goes to bank not pipu.
Jepunis ovelord cars no need testing, if quality bad cannot persoal!
Yesterday in JB i stood outside a Perodua branch near a traffic light junction. There was a single Bezza on display outside. I observed a lot of motorists slowed down to have a look. In fact there were some minor accidenta as drivers stared so long they bumped into the cars in front.
Meanwhile, at proton showrooms, just emptiness in all senses of the word.
Only window shopping not booking
OMG…damn good news and the Bezza 1.3 advance will sell like hot cakes….Kiss Boodbye to Proton…
Goodbye old proton saga persona, welcome new ones!
WARNING … Position/angle of back seat and steering wheel very uncomfortable especially outstation trips
Something is not right, people actually have to take high percentage of loans for new cars and the government is very supportive of this. Take 100% loan, bankrupt-kan the country!
Even bank gip 100% loan! U see! Cuz they have confidence in us! Just like they oso gip 100% loan to buy P1, but bashers bash this tactic. Oh wait, forget that but anyways pipu oso have confidence in us becoz we have so much confidence in this car that we dun need to test on the road b4 we sell. Our P2 even better than Mesidis, BMW, Hyundai, Honda, and some say Rolls Royce too, cuz all of them no confidence in their new car thats why need to camo test kau kau. We have so much confidence in our jepunis overlords, thats why dun need to test kau like them.
U see us so confident, straight from prototype to showroom. Kalahkan even our big brother toyota. Right now my bos got transfer applications by toyota salesmen Albert and Sammy. U see how confident toyota salesman on our untested car. They willing to ditch their godcar for our untested car.
So I say again, have confidence. Buy Bisa from me and I will intro u my fren from Nirvana. We will gip u best package. Early afterlife adopters will get early bird package, special from me!
Again john, talking rubbish. You don’t feel shy?
Friday is my favourite night
So your jepunis overlord teaches you to sell cars with badmouthing culture?
You know it yourself when you do like this it won’t go far, dun ever dream to mass export this junks to developed countries. Only Bangla, Jamaica, India, Indon can accept this kind of quality.
Yes, you’re right. Proton junk with jepunis platform in Indo will soon export to Malaysia
john oh john, using so many dupes. now you are using “inyourdream”
Don’t give up to take medicine..
Rest more and don’t think too much.. lol
I bet you are too lazy to know details and just blindly bashing. This car is being tested again and again within their new test roads that have all kinds of condition that is similar to our road conditions. Furthermore this car is being tested in Japan. I feel funny that you believe a company allows untested product to be on sale.
Time to improve your, don’t give up… and most importantly don’t be lazy!
It is tested in Japan, you idiot. Of course, your hatred towards the Japanese only makes you sound stupid. Btw, is the new Perdana tested in ANCAP? I guess Proton got confidence to send people to Nirvana and you’re one of their salesman?
John….. ooh john… tired with ur comments… why r ur comments all so negatives….. is it about ur real life living so worst? Becarefull what u said daily, % happen to urself is higher… pls lah… Move on….
It is ok to badmouth sand slander proton but perodua
Topkek
No bezza testing seen. Sked quality end up like takata airbags
P1 testing until faraway sweden oso PT can catch in action. ini pulak tetiba lahir dari entah mana. Was it testing in toyota underground secret SHIELD test track ke?
P1 like to heboh here, heboh there. Even test on Mars also people know lah
We got spyshots of many brands from all over the world here, problem?
bezza engine use timing belt or timing chain?
Timing chain
The speedometer why so ugly mah?
hoped Perodua bezza changed its name to Daihatsu in Indonesia. Like Myvi which turned into a Daihatsu Sirion
That’s why I hate malaysian products. all lousy stuff produce by lazy malaysian. like to sleep only. Buy Malaysian Last!
This is the great car for the starters will consider one instead of axia for my daughter. Affordable and great fuel efficiency I bet.
Congratulations to the future owner of advance variant.. High safety features will save your life..
Kenapa la ada lagi malaysian suka kena conned dgn p2. They ought to own at much much lower cost. P2 are smiling now. 8 months bonus dis year?
1 year bonus + Holiday to Japan with family for 1 week…
Bank Rakyat offer Full Financing. Not Full Loan. Please amend.
Soft loan 1.5 bil is not a bailout.
Was thinking of buying the new vios, but after looking at this car.. I feel stupid paying extra 40k for a slight bigger car, slight bigger engine and slight status. I dont mind saving 40k and use this instead. Haha
Not bad choice if u looking for moving deathtraps. But for 40k u can do much much better.
My colleagues are selling their junk proton….and will buy P2.
They said their proton is crappy in a aspect….hopeless and dissapointing most of the time.
The end is near for Proton. I suppose Proton is in ICU fore many years and soon will be taken out of life support…
PM me. I will gip ur kolik best package all in one together with my fren from Nirvana. Dun forget ya! Offer is limited now!
Keep your nirwana package for you and your family. You need it more.
BTW, keep on the topic.
Work hard and buy a Bufori.
This car look so dumb ..Prefer 316i over this crap.
Why no one talk about car loan turn into bad loan? 100% loan and nine years period are no-no.
This is definitely a great car to buy whether it is your first or second car.
Like this if you’re working for GE or PWC and parking in Bank Rakyat LOLOL
100%loan for this car=more bankrupts ,more jams,more fatalities on road n lists would never be finished.
if proton preve same pricing with this bezza it will be a game changer. lol
Correct. If all Proton models placed their pricing correctly, ie. halved their price now, confirm Proton game changer.
Suprima under 40k – confirm 90% market share.
Good looking. For me the 1.3L should make a nice spare car in the house. I would ditch those wheels for an aftermarket set which is one size larger.
As above
Indeed will be a reliable everday car. It is cheap and naturally looks cheap as well. Will sell like hot cakes for sure. It will not ride like Iriz though. Bravo for being 5-star NCAP.
As above
From the comments here, perhaps Perodua should take over Proton and make positive changes in Proton to save it from further sinking.
Proton is unfortunately, a dead brand.
What it needs is a new engine, gearbox and brand.