what i heard - total 500, 400 for peninsular, 100 for sabah & sarawak.
out of that 400, composition of 1.6ex, 1.6sx, 2.0, and their respective colours, no idea

i doubt that will work... already given up hope like what bro phelix said. can get the car earlier would be the best thing at the mo

besides, i think quite a few placed booking at the puchong branch, myself, jimmy, phelix, iluvena, madman (still with forte? )

i'm going for gray / silver / whatever that last color is. the other 4 - white / black / red / gold - not going for them for some reason so basically i got no choice.. hehe.

by the way, champagne gold looks like this
http://www.ceratoforte.sg/expose-your-fort...e-gold-t193.htm

no sun roof... just to show the color...

so many posts in 1 night... hahaha

say, after reading what bro bomberman post, on the units in port klang, something ran through my head all of a sudden.

naza / kia sales branches + dealers, should have about 70 to 80 nationwide. after launch, they will sure put the cbu units in their showroom right? + roadshows if they treat this as a BIG event.

let's say each showroom gets 3 to 4 cars each (including the test drive units), around 300 units will be gone like that. if what i hear from the SA is correct, 1st batch got 500 cars, then ma left 200 for us only?

well, as long as it's good for daily commuting and capable of recording decent FC, i'm ok with it...
can't find better non-national alternatives around for that price...

so the launch event is on the 25th Nov in pavillion... time?

another 1.6 SX

1.6 (EX & SX)
- julz76 (SX - Cool White or Metal Bronze)
- jimmy.soo (SX - Titanium Silver)
- 0hmyg0d (SX - clear white)
- ylchew77 (SX - clear white or black) er... not metalic white meh?
- yhlee12 (SX - titanium silver)... written as tit. grey in the form... oh well.

2.0(SX)
- bomberman (Titanium Silver)
- yvroomc (Titanium Silver)

free insurance top up for windscreen... hmmm.... does this bring certain meaning.... quite a big issue in singapore forum...

no ler bro... not getting from that dealer. i'm sticking with the original SA.. don't want to take risk of missing out the cbu... have already took a great deal of effort to convince CFO that this car is good... n won't buy the car if it's not the cbu batch... kiasu mentality la

too many stories in the market also... dunno how good is the booking response prior to their launching.

i can probably know my loan application outcome tomorrow... will update u guys on the rates i get.

there are quite a few who booked from the puchong branch ler bro.

i guess it's probably because they are the first few who spread out the news after the sales briefing. i also got to know this pre-launch booking thingy through the SA's there.

on top of that i believe u need to take into consideration those numbers that have been applied by others during tender time... though I was not aware when did they open tender for WTF...

malaysia climate similar to singapore... i hope malaysia forte not affected... partly also because they mentioned the UV cut windscreen... bro burger, singapore forte comes with this thingy or not?

Naza badge... cars at the national press conference are all having naza badge...
dunno where naza disposed of the ori kia badge... port klang itself? any chance to get them back?

hehe... outside mod shop one dunno 'kam' or not...

hmm... really have to test drive to see how bad is the comfortness affected by the 17' wheels.
16' would be a more balanced combination in terms of look & performance, even elantra / avante & civic 1.8 are just using 205/55R16.

no matter... if really cannot tahan then only downgrade after a few yrs

seems like it's a known 'defect' of the headlamp

Quote....

Today i was driving, it was raining and around 45degrees F and when i got out of my car the headlights where fogged up. it was like the inside was foggy or had moisture in it, anybody else experience this?

I think you do not have to worry about it. Many times fogging headlights is "normal" condition.
In past headlight assembly was sealed. BUT water did get into it, and then could not get out... so headlight was rusting.
Now, most headlights have a vent, what allows water to get in, but most important, will let it (water) get out.
When you turn on lights, heat produced will evaporate water and the light will be clear.

http://www.kia-forums.com/kia-forte-forum/...-fogged-up.html

so it's 6 vs 6 then... hehehe

Forte Club Malaysia

1.6 (EX & SX)
- julz76 (SX - Clear White or Metal Bronze)
- jimmy.soo (SX - Titanium Silver)
- 0hmyg0d (SX - clear white)
- ylchew77 (SX - clear white or black) er... not metalic white meh?
- yhlee12 (SX - titanium silver)... written as tit. grey in the form... oh well.
- iluvena (EX - spicy red baby yeah!! , 2nd choice white)

2.0(SX)
- bomberman (Titanium Silver)
- yvroomc (Titanium Silver)
- phelix (Clear White)
- Fortelover (Clear White) - update on behalf of a fellow FB Kia Malaysia page friend
- twtang (colour TBD)
- jackyap84 (white)

if u get the cbu car in 2010 jan, registration says 2010, but it's still a 2009 make. no difference. next time sell car, still have to declare as 2009 car.

if u sell the car after 10 yrs, 1 yr difference in year of make really won't have that much of a difference. that;s what i believe.

also, if this car is hot in malaysia, it might be able to secure a better resale value next time

the car should be available in puchong branch for viewing monday evening

yeah but better call the SA before you go... dunno how many cars they put it there for display, n whether the red color u want is there or not.

quite impossible for them to put 6 cars in the same branch just to show the colour la... at best some small colour plates at one corner only

we'll wait for your photos...

I'm on...

1) julz76
2) phelix
3) bomberman
4) fortelover
5) iluvena 2X (add another my gf's vios)
6) yhlee12

btw guys, i saw this on the naza specs sheet:
Electronic heated outer mirror with adjuster & retractor

does it mean the side mirror is auto-foldable?