Images of a Daihatsu Rocky with radar-based Advanced Safety Assist have been posted to Facebook by Hassanal Zafar, showing the compact crossover in an area that appears to be Dengkil, Selangor. The partial, frontal image of the Rocky reveals a sensor located within its front grille, below the Daihatsu logo which is likely for the radar housing.
The debut of the Perodua Ativa in 2021 brought the ASA 3.0 safety suite with pre-collision warning, pre-collision braking (AEB), front departure alert and pedal misoperation control as standard across all variants.
First introduced in 2017 for the 2018 Perodua Myvi, ASA uses a stereo camera-based setup, and this trade plate-wearing Rocky appears to retain its camera housing at the top of its windscreen. The system was then updated to become ASA 2.0 with the Aruz bringing higher operation speeds and pedestrian protection.
Outwardly, the Rocky sighted here appears otherwise unchanged in its external appearance, wearing its regular bodywork in front and at the rear. From launch, the Rocky has been installed with a 1.0 litre turbocharged inline-three engine that outputs 98 PS at 6,000 rpm and 140 Nm from 2,400 rpm to 4,000 rpm, driving the front wheels through a D-CVT; this is the configuration also fund in the Perodua Ativa.
A more recent variant of the national carmaker brand’s crossover is the Ativa Hybrid, which was announced August 2022 and became available on a subscription basis the following month. We’ve compared the ICE version with the Hybrid; read our report, here.
At present, the 2023 Perodua Ativa starts from RM62,500 in X trim, ranging up to RM73,400 for the top AV variant with the two-tone special metallic paint scheme with the black roof, according to the Perodua website.
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will get Apple car Play or not??
Rich people car
Does Daihatsu sell cars in Japan with radar based systems?
I hope they launch hybrid version. i’ll definitely buy 1
You must be seeing your face reflection on the Ativa. Don’t cry
Hodoh betul. Nowadays with so many new model from China with crazy designs, this Jepun car looks so outdated.
Crazy != Good
the reason why everything seems to be centralized around the Ativa/Rocky/Raize/Rex is because this is the only model that is shared (cosmetics aside) with Toyota/Daihatsu/Subaru. So all these new tech are being developed by the Japanese, and only tested here before being COPIED by Perodua. Malaysia BOLEH (ke?)
After the fiasco of improper testing and awarding of 5 Stars Toyota/Daihatsu now finally admitted their much shouted safety system was insufficiently equipped for the features they advertised hence why the inclusion of radar. This in contrast to Tesla that are removing LIDAR from their cars now that Autopilot has time to mature.
What does this tells us? That whatever Toyota/Diehatsu/P2 cars on the road today are inherently unsafe and whatever safety system you are depending on are a suspect to not function as they said it should. If I were an owner of any their cars I will return it and demand for full refunds plus extra compensation for mental anguish due to constant worrying about my car safety. Owners should file a class action lawsuit against them.
This Ativa upgrade will make WRV an utter nonsense
Ativa itself is utter nonsense.
Agreed. But then, what that make WRV? Even worse!
Improvised ASA incoming
Progressive work coming from P2!
Acc, aeb, lka all those kind of uncertain really useful or not feature, if got variant without ASA reduce price rm2k, would happily take it. Use the money to invest a proper android player and better speaker Wrap all back leather seat and put a good tint.
Welcome to my world of winner. This car can have space station satelit also still a loser car. So be a happy loser and don’t complaing too much ok. Just stay far away from me unless you drive Conti car like me. Also parking far far away from my car if you see Range Rover and BMW nombor plat 68 and don’t drop my standert.