It’s been revealed that Perodua is putting heavy focus on the safety aspect of motoring, and the automaker plans to introduce the Advanced Safety Assist (ASA) suite of safety systems to a wider range of cars.
In a press conference, Perodua president and CEO Datuk Zainal Abidin Ahmad told the media that ASA will be available on lower, cheaper models and variants instead of being an exclusive feature for Advance models, as it is now on the Myvi and Aruz. This is part of the company’s move to offer top levels of safety features to all customers regardless of the model and variant of their choice.
It’s unclear when the big rollout will take place, but the plan is firmly in the pipeline, so watch this space for further developments on the matter. To add to that, Perodua also revealed that it is capable of launching one all-new model (Full Model Change or FMC) and one facelift model (Minor Model Change or MMC) per year. This year saw the launch of the Aruz, and based on the current line-up of cars, the Bezza should be due for an update later this year, perhaps fitted with ASA as well.
To recap, ASA comprises Pre-Collision Warning (PCW), Pre-Collision Braking (PCB), Front Departure Alert (FDA) and Pedal Misoperation Control (PMC), all of which operate through a forward-facing stereo camera on the top of the windscreen, which detects car shapes.
Meanwhile, Perodua’s longstanding partner Daihatsu has conducted a study and found that Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB; or Pre-Collision Braking in Perodua speak) reduces minor collisions by up to a staggering 53%. In the Myvi, AEB works between 4 and 30 km/h, but the more advanced ASA 2.0 (with pedestrian detection) in the Aruz ups the threshold to 80 km/h for vehicles and 50 km/h for pedestrians.
In light of this, Datuk Zainal also urged more motorcyclists to upgrade to Perodua vehicles, simply because of the better safety it offers. Say, if ASA were to be available in the Axia and Bezza, would you consider it over a motorcycle?
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Way u go p2. P2 is the best. Axia E also must have ahh. Hehe.
You know why Perodua sales are 4X that of Proton? SImple answer. Their cars are safer. With so many airbags, people trust Perodua anytime
Sales figures speak what the rakyat trust and wants!
Oppo outsells iphone here. Are you telling us that rakyat trust a China brand more and want?
LOL…. its cheap and fuel saving.
thats all.
safer? nope…… rides like sampan, thin as milo.
1. If they are serious on safety they should do it long time ago. Its like saying ‘we never bothered abt safety last time, now, except for the future’.
2. Motorcyclist to upgrade…Nope, they dont do it now despite lots of cheap car ( new and used ) with safety feature. One is because of affordability, not all of us are made to live better than others…then he will ask BNM to loosen the loan approval again? Two is because they already have better cars sitting at home. They ride coz its economical and easy.
I’m am so proud of Perodua. Already become a successful game changing national carmaker that made us proud, Perodua continue to focus on safety aspect as Perodua cares for people’s lives
VSC and minimum 6 airbags also cannot fulfill but want to talk about advance safety on all variant. Somemore will continue selling the expired Alza that is not safe. The last paragraph in the article is really a hypocrite statement. Make all your car model and all variant safe first, then only issue such statement. Sembang kencang pandai. Government must put an end to all this unsafe car sales. After all, car companies are taking their own sweet time to do it.
Well said.
I think Perodua should consider something relatively basic first. Seat comfort and driving position.
Get accident report and count yourself how many your brand involved in accident?
No. Simply because the Perodua vehicles are too light. They lack the stability and the handling characteristics that the Proton champs in. Also, their car’s gearbox is pulling down it’s performance significantly, especially when you need a quick push in power (it only pushes hard in 1st gear, but not second gear or over).
I’m sorry to say, but Perodua cars are actually not good in value and safety aside from the ASA 2.0 alone. Anything other to the Perodua car’s souless steering feedback, light pedal (accelerate too fast when tap lightly, issue on new Myvi) and still buang too much is way worse than the Proton’s a little slow CVT.
Perodua has been very good to us and we need to thank them for their hard work. Because they are going to standardize the ASA to all cars with a super powerful Milo Tin body. Although their car materials are made of Milo Tin but they also claim the ASA does help drivers avoid accidents and road accidents. According to the top company in Malaysia’s auto sales, Milo Tin body is not the main problem because there is an advanced safety system to avoid any type of accident which is more important than hot press formed (HPF) steel. I don’t know why Proton keep praising their HPF steel. Don’t they know the higher the HPF level, the heavier the weight, and the higher the fuel consumption. When gasoline is burned (carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, and unburned hydrocarbons) contribute to air pollution. Burning gasoline also produces carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas. Fortunately, Perodua cars are very fuel-efficient and produce less pollutants because their cars are lightweight and it has a Daihatsu engine. Why Proton can’t realize this kind of Avant-garde intent from Perodua until today? Even if you have a tough body, no one can guarantee your life in the event of a collision. Why can’t you follow what Perodua is doing? Malaysians ask for a fuel-efficient car and don’t need tough cars because we’re not going to hit things with a car.
Kudos P2. Every car manufacturer should be doing this.
Don’t let it distract you from the fact that they still can’t get ESC fitted. tsktsk..
Should be offered as optional gear up upgrades instead of selling unnecessary gear up accessories.
Safety should not be taken as optional…
What p2 need is high tensile steel as their chassis/monocoque. No amount of airbags/ASA can prevent intrusions into the cabin space during high energy impact
Fitting ASA2.0 in the MYVI etc when it is available in the ARUZ means the motivation is no longer capability to do, but willingness to do as soon as they wish to. How precious are our pedestrians (which ASA2.0 will detect) will factor into Perodua’s decision and conscience as they sleep at night.