Even those who aren’t into cars – like my curious neighbours – know that Perodua has just launched a new SUV. It’s only March, but the Perodua Ativa should easily be the biggest car launch of 2021 when we do our recap later. And from the initial figures, it won’t be long before the new model is everywhere around town.
It’s one thing to launch a car, another thing to produce and deliver consistently. For instance, Honda reminded us yesterday that it has delivered close to 13,000 units of the fifth-generation City as of February. Meanwhile, the much-hyped Proton X50, which was also launched in October 2020, has found 8,141 homes.
Back to Perodua. We’ve got the latest figures from the market leader, and as of 3pm today (March 5), it has collected 6,027 bookings for the Ativa since order taking started on February 19. This time two days ago, the evening of the launch, they had some 5k names, so it’s 1k extra in slightly more than a day.
It’s one thing to collect bookings, another thing to deliver. After nearly two days of sales, as of 4.30pm today (March 5), Perodua has registered 102 units of the SUV. It’s worth noting that unlike many major new models from other brands, the Ativa’s teaser/pre-launch booking period was very short (less than two weeks) and prospects didn’t get to see/test till after the launch.
We are genuinely surprised that there are some who think that the Ativa – priced from RM61,500 to RM72,000 on-the-road with SST exemption, without insurance – is expensive. This is an SUV with the latest DNGA platform, a turbo engine, a novel D-CVT gearbox, ASA 3.0/AEB across the board, adaptive LED headlamps, and Level 2 semi-autonomous tech in the AV – were you expecting Myvi prices?
Seems like the actual carbuyers in the market do not share the same sentiments – as of last week, 75% of bookings were for the range topper, and most of those AV buyers went for the pearl colours (red or white) with a black roof, which is a double cost option. This trend is expected to continue.
For more details on the new Perodua Ativa, check out our launch report and first impressions review. The spec-by-spec breakdown is below, as are galleries of all three variants (plus GearUp accessories, all pics after the jump) and a detailed walk-around video.
2021 Perodua Ativa 1.0T X – RM61,500
Gets as standard:
Mechanicals
- 1.0 litre 1KR-VET VVT-i DOHC engine
- 998 cc turbocharged three-cylinder petrol
- 98 PS at 6,000 rpm, 140 Nm of torque from 2,400 to 4,000 rpm
- D-CVT with seven virtual ratios
- Front-wheel drive
- Automatic engine stop/start
- 18.9 km per litre fuel consumption
- Ventilated discs brakes (front), drums (rear)
- MacPherson strut suspension (front), torsion beam (rear)
Exterior
- LED reflector headlights with automatic high beam
- Silver upper grille bar, chrome lower bar
- 16-inch silver alloy wheels with Goodyear Assurance Triplemax 2 205/65-section tyres
- Power-adjustable black door mirrors with manual fold
- Body-coloured door handles
- Black A- and B-pillars
- LED taillights
- Shark fin antenna
- Silver tailgate garnish
- Glittering Silver, Granite Grey and Cobalt Blue colour options
Interior
- Keyless entry
- Push-button start
- Urethane steering wheel with Power button
- Silver centre air vent trim
- Black door pulls and grab handles
- Digital air-conditioning controls with memory buttons
- Centre door lock/unlock buttons
- Fabric upholstery
- Analogue instrument cluster with multi-info display
- Radio with Bluetooth connectivity
- Four speakers
- Two front USB ports
- 60:40 split-folding and reclining rear seats
- Two-step boot floor (303 to 369 litres)
- Full-sized spare tyre
Safety
- Six airbags (front, side, front and rear curtain)
- ABS with EBD and brake assist
- Stability control
- Autonomous emergency braking with pedestrian and cyclist detection (now up to 120 km/h)
- Lane Departure Warning and Protection
- Pedal Misoperation Control (PMC)
- Front Departure Alert (FDA)
- Front and rear seat belt reminders
- Rear ISOFIX child seat anchors
- Rear parking sensors
- Five-star ASEAN NCAP safety rating
2021 Perodua Ativa 1.0T H – RM66,100
Adds on:
Exterior
- Automatic LED headlights with sequential indicators, cornering lights and Adaptive Driving Beam (ADB)
- LED front fog lights
- Dual chrome grille bars
- Silver front and rear skid plates
- 17-inch dual-tone alloy wheels with Bridgestone Turanza T005A 205/60-section tyres
- Automatic power-folding door mirrors
- Chrome tailgate garnish
- Pearl Diamond White and Pearl Delima Red colour options (RM500)
Interior
- Leather-wrapped steering wheel
- Steering wheel audio controls
- Silver corner air vent trim
- Silver centre console trim
- Silver door grab handles with red trim
- Soft-touch centre armrest and door trim
- Seven-inch digital instrument display
- Nine-inch infotainment touchscreen with Smart Link screen mirroring
- One front HDMI port
- Two rear USB ports
Safety
- Front parking sensors
- Reverse camera
2021 Perodua Ativa 1.0T AV – RM71,200
Adds on:
Exterior
- Chrome door handles
- Black roof option for Pearl Diamond White and Pearl Delima Red (RM800)
Interior
- Red corner air vent highlights
- Chrome door pulls
- Chrome gearlever surround, silver gearknob trim
- Chrome handbrake button
- Red centre console storage compartments
- Faux leather and suede upholstery with red highlights and headrest strip
- Six speakers
- Driving video recorder
- Llumar security window tint
Safety
- Adaptive cruise control
- Lane centring assist
- Blind spot monitoring
- Rear cross traffic alert
Our full coverage of the launch of the Perodua Ativa
- 2021 Perodua Ativa launched in Malaysia – RM62k to RM72k
- Perodua Ativa turbo maintenance costs – similar to Myvi and Aruz, 50% less than Proton X50
- 2021 Perodua Ativa – differences from Daihatsu Rocky and Toyota Raize
- 2021 Perodua Ativa – GearUp accessories detailed
- 2021 Perodua Ativa won’t have AWD, will have 95% local content
- 2021 Perodua Ativa gets five-star ASEAN NCAP safety rating
- FIRST LOOK: 2021 Perodua Ativa detailed walk-around
- Perodua hints at electrification plans for the future
- 2021 Perodua Ativa – only minor cannibalisation of Aruz, Myvi sales expected
- DRIVEN: 2021 Perodua Ativa – first impressions
- 2021 Perodua Ativa – how D-CVT is different from other CVTs
- 2021 Perodua Ativa – DNGA platform explained
- 2021 Perodua Ativa – 1KR-VET 1.0L turbo three-cylinder deep dive
GALLERY: 2021 Perodua Ativa AV
GALLERY: 2021 Perodua Ativa H
GALLERY: 2021 Perodua Ativa X
GALLERY: 2021 Perodua Ativa AV with GearUp accessories
GALLERY: 2021 Perodua Ativa official images
GALLERY: 2021 Perodua Ativa brochure
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This is really the biggest blockbuster suv launching of the year, 6K bookings simply epic.
6k x 30days = 180,000 alredi 1 whole year TIV. Bravo P2
Another unofficial fortune teller Report for ativa
(with PT permission)
so full of energy, you spoke with passion, you’re always there in each episode since the beginning, take a bit slow bro, u might get heart attack soon
Amazing achievement, syabas Perodua! Proves that Malaysians are excited for this SUV. Thank you Perodua for giving us this Game-Changing SUV
Charles 019 3888301 PeroduaConsultant
Selling Car People 1st
Tak laws pon
Solid reason why we Don’t Need Geely Anymore (DNGA) !!
Well done and let see. Hahaha…
Wow! 20 over posts on Ativa, and we got 100 confirmed bookings. That’s not bad!
Any chance finding out Llumar tint specs for the AV ?
Congratulations to Perodua Ativa and Proton X50
Both Maju, Compact SUV
The blockbuster launching of Ativa will garner at least 30,000 bookings..hopefully Perodua ,by Raya, can fulfil all the bookings.
I forsee it can sell at least 5000 units monthly thereafter till Christmas.
Anyway,dont you hardcore P2 fanboys think perodua deserve a name and logo change?
P2…roda dua ..roda dua..It should be “PERTAMA”..LAST 10 years in a row they are Number 1.
Yes.. they should. Why don’t they? Maybe they’re wary of not being number 1 in the future? OR maybe they’re humble unlike their hardcore P2 fanboys? Who knows?
If your son,for the last 10 years have been scoring straight As from year 2 till Form 5..10 years in a row,dont you feel tremendously proud of his achievement?
This Perodua…is the MDRT of the auto industry.
Perodua..kipidap, remain humble,we salute your gargantuan achievements.
But P2 has been continuously scoring straight As in tadika and yet never grad. Why?
Ok ok yb albert is gracke and many more dupes. Siann
Yeah why not rebrand like how KIA rebrand itself become KN.
pricing at RM60k+ is genius
very few cars in this price bracket
Nice
That’s good start, more bookings to come soon for Ativa
A lot of peoples said they feel hardship during Covid nowdays but after withdraw i-sinar from EPF, they buy an Ativa because its the cheapest SUV ever locally made. Then where the hardship the spoke or they seek the hardship of life? silly peoples.
Impressive
msia driver big talk:-
perodua target it will get 70-80k booking for the fist day of launch…
Hahaha… 6k only…
P2 all the way
X50 30k bookings sneers at puny 6k figures.
Perodua believer always exaggeration.
always exaggerate*
More to fanboy than believer
PT are fenuinely surprise people said this circa RM62k-RM73k car is expensive. You know why. The fact is perception among Malaysian which also can be wrong:
1. It is P2 badge, it is not H or T
2. It is slightly the same size as Myvi
3.The bigger Aruz 7 seater, the bigger the better right
4.Only 1l engine, same as Axia
5.Malaysian made should be less than RM50k
6.What ASA whatsoever, we even don’t need side indicator and its stalk
7. 6 airbags? Seatbelt also don’t have to wear
and the list goes on, then you can add it by youself.
Myvi gTi Cross Ativa
Myvi N.A.
Choose 1 jer
Aruz is value for money too
Only perception lorr, but wrong. Still perception can do something bad just like the previous G. Those power window perception also. But hey, no more power windows kind of comments on Ativa’s news this time. Also timing chain. Why?
Amazing how Perodua can price their Ativa less then their twin in Japan while Proton price the X50 30% more then Binyue in China. Both already locallize.
Not so puzzling. Currency exchange rate, local wages, incentives, scale of economies. Remember the RM6 rambutan is cheaper than RM12 durian. Plus, Ativa using all steel tailgate compared to Rocky and Raize twins which use lightweight PPGF composite tailgate. Rocky Raize weight at 980kg, while Ativa is 1035kg. Now you know the weight, can you imagine the FC and sprint power now.
980kg + 97KG local owner + 90KG bini. you know the weight, you imagine the FC and sprint power now.
This is the beauty of competition.
All Perodua supporters should hope for Proton to be stronger and come up with better/more competitive product, and vice versa. This will force the other car manufacturer to come up with even better/cheaper product.
Thank you both Proton and Perodua for becoming stronger and more competitive.
Without Proton, Perodua today would still be hawking their Myvi gen 1 to us with zero HPF, 2 airbags, no ESC, no traction control, no AEB, no ADAS, no driver assist systems.
So thank you Proton for pushing Perodua til this extent where they desperately have to up their safety features on par. Remember Safety First!
They just starting with the black book now, huge investment on mfgr plant, product license, huge overhead , brand image mktg so on. Business to make profit to sustain with good longterm plan. Sale data pointed to higher margin on 90k – 500k, 3-4x more than those who compete on 50-80k.
Amazing? Nope. Proton has a different market strategy to use X50 as counter to Japanese Bsegment cars, the fact that 30,000 bookings on the order book reflects their strategy is spot on. With this they don’t really need a Preve replacement anymore and their market segment are more clearly divided. Perodua otoh has muddled their product lineup with their high spec variant overlap base of next segment and mixed in ativa that straddles myvi & aruz cannibalising each other. They should have either discontinue myvi or increase aruz prices to clearly define their target segment. Now it’s just a mess.
haiiiyyaaaa maluuuu lahhh Atit still cannot beat X50 bookings (20k in the first 2 weeks) after 3 weeks managed 6k units only kah. Better close shop lah focus on Myvi upgrade. Here is the link if feel i make up stories =)) =))
https://paultan.org/2020/10/03/proton-x50-20k-bookings/
very simple because Ativa is not AWD and not Japanese specs lots of cheap hard plastic heavily used inside out. If exactly Japan specs easily 90k.
Keep going
Only impress on their safety features, other than that not impressive at all.
Just like a water filter, it is only equipped with a replacement parts alarm, low power consumption, and has an LED display, but it cannot filter water.
Damm….how i wish it was Daihatsu in Bolehland.
P2 service sucks all the time. Only good at oil and filter change/service.
Kereta ni target makcik2 je. Atau pakcik2 bawa slow tapi tetap tak bagi signal
Proton will fight back n sell their entry suvs below 30k, using parts from MR DIY.
Let’s Rock
haiiiyyaaaa maluuuu lahhh Atit still cannot beat X50 bookings (20k in the first 2 weeks) after 3 weeks managed 6k units only kah. Better close shop lah focus on Myvi upgrade. Here is the link if feel i make up stories =)) =))
https://paultan.org/2020/10/03/proton-x50-20k-bookings/
As we all know, if it is P2, no matter how ugly is it (example Bezza), Malaysian will buy it like goreng pisang.
Nautica: Am I a joke to you? *cries at the corner*
so fast!?
some tips
if you like your car to look nice in 5 years time, avoid pearl colours.
pearl colours oxidise much more quicker, and is a nightmare to colour matching if you somehow scratch or ding your fenders.
well we must not forget that the best comparison to this Ativa is Haval H1