Perodua Myvi top car in Google’s ‘Year in Search’ 2017

Perodua Myvi top car in Google’s ‘Year in Search’ 2017

Each December, Google reveals what Malaysians have searched for on the Internet over the past year – the tech company compiles these searches and comes up with an annual ‘Zeitgeist’ for Malaysia, ranking searched items in a number of trending categories.

Topping the list in the People category for 2017 was actress Izara Aishah, while JJPTR (the abbreviation of money game operator JJ Poor to Rich) took top spot in the News category.

The price of petrol was a topic of great interest to Malaysians. That it was in second place in the News category is no surprise, given the switch at the end of March to a weekly announcement of fuel pricing at the pump. With 38 weekly fuel pricing updates having been made at this point since the scheme began, you can imagine the spike in searches.

The outstanding Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) also made the list in News, placing fourth in the category. The MRT Sungai Buloh-Kajang (SBK) Line Phase 1 from Sungai Buloh to Semantan became operational in December last year, followed by Phase 2 – which linked things up to Kajang to complete the line – in July.

Keeping in line with mobility leanings, a film involving cars made it into two categories – placing sixth in Searches and first in Movies, The Fate of the Furious (or Fast and Furious 8, as searched) was definitely a trending topic.

Curiously, unlike the past few years, there’s no Car Models category in the revealed topic list this year. Although there’s no top 10 roll call for 2017, one car model made it into the Searches list – the 2018 Perodua Myvi was placed 10th in this one.

Search stats for the car spiked last month when it was launched, and the Myvi would undoubtedly have placed right at the top in the Car Models category had there been one this year, emulating the Perodua Bezza’s achievement in 2016.

As before, a note about trending. This doesn’t actually mean “most searched for,” but rather about items that saw the largest increase in the amount of searches over the past year. As such, trending lists are likely to be dominated by items or topics that have suddenly generated high interest, or in the case of cars, newly-launched models.

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Anthony Lim believes that nothing is better than a good smoke and a car with character, with good handling aspects being top of the prize heap. Having spent more than a decade and a half with an English tabloid daily never being able to grasp the meaning of brevity or being succinct, he wags his tail furiously at the idea of waffling - in greater detail - about cars and all their intrinsic peculiarities here.

 

Comments

  • Syabas to MRT! Public transports > all

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    • eppul on Dec 14, 2017 at 10:49 am

      SYABAS! Izara Aishah > ALL

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    • Muhd Zainal on Dec 14, 2017 at 11:06 am

      Most Malaysian families got family planning problems ie they got 6 kids per fsmily. With Abah and Ibu…that makes 8 people. How to take MRT?

      Some, wife always pregnant…how to ride on MRT?

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      • hailthepurist on Dec 14, 2017 at 12:43 pm

        Go shopping mall, wasted 1hour to find best parking space nearest to entrance. So lazy…how to ride on MRT? LMFAO

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        • Lin Ah Shui on Dec 15, 2017 at 11:21 am

          Unless your transport network is good like in Singapore. I’m Taiwanese. Our MRT network is the best. Literally goes to every major shopping malls in Taipei City.

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      • Kids below 12 gets to ride for free. So u only need pay for 2 adults. Find a better job if that oso cannot pay.

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      • Lin Ah Shui on Dec 15, 2017 at 11:17 am

        Buy a SUB can sit up to lapan orang.

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    • waters on Dec 14, 2017 at 1:11 pm

      Searching online does not equal ridership.

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  • William Han on Dec 14, 2017 at 10:01 am

    Before the new Myvi, people bought Iriz because of 2 reasons. It had VSC and more airbags.

    Now, Myvi got VSC plus so many airbags PLUS

    1) good after sales
    2) Excellent RV
    3) time tested VVTI Toyota engine
    4) SC never say, “Biasalah bang, ini Proton”
    5) FC one of the best in the market
    6) Warranty claim also no dispute
    7) Perodua is cash rich. They don’t mind when you claim warranty
    8) Safety features also now like Volvo
    9) Use Myvi 3 years also still can sell for RM38k. Top RV
    10) Time tested Toyota Vios engine for RM50k
    11) 1 million happy Myvi customers already

    So, of course now the No 1 choice is Myvi

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  • I never key perodua in Google search

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    • calldisc on Dec 14, 2017 at 11:03 am

      Tak payah pening, tak payah fikir, tak payah key in. Beli je P2.

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      • Tak pikir tu jadi pening nanti. Lepas pikir dulu, lebih baik beli P1.

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  • Lagi Lama Lagi Teruk

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  • 12yrsold on Dec 14, 2017 at 11:28 am

    The Main reason Myvi is Top car search is due to Petrol price. Myvi have more than 1,000,000 cars on our road.

    Ask these people why they buy Myvi & U will not be surprised that one of the reason they buy bcos its cheap to maintain & give gooood mileage.

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  • passion on Dec 14, 2017 at 12:05 pm

    the key factor is the price and monthly payments. every thing else is secondary.

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  • This Toyota Myvi is undoubtedly way way better than Proton best model Suprima S.

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    • LMFAO!
      The new Myvi is better than the big brother Toyota Vios, whose sales is declining. Workers in Toyota factory in section 15, Shah Alam don’t have much work. No demand for Vios.
      It’s the best car if you cannot afford a Jazz.

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      • Lin Ah Shui on Dec 15, 2017 at 11:23 am

        For a single female this MYVI is good. Fast and compact. Can fit into any parking lot.

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    • fanofthisite on Dec 15, 2017 at 2:52 pm

      Toyota Myvi? Come on lah you dont call a Haval a Toyota Haval do you? Give lah P2 more credit especially since its their own car design and specs. They are growing out of ‘just bumper and bonnet’ design. To me P2 is the new P1 . I dont really care where the engine comes from as its not easy to make your own engine as car maker , especially when most of your sales come from just one country

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