Confirmed with my friend who is the area manager that this car will only be launched in june 2011. They will bring a car for show during autoworld exhibition in december 2010. Heard the 1.6 is a campro engine.

why would they be using campro engine when they got their own gamma engine?

your statement is unbelievable...

Sorry, I am noob in this kind of thing... Let me reconfirm again. Please ignore my earlier statement.
My question to my friend was, will 1.6 be underpowered as the current model is 2.0.

Dont know if it was a wise decision or not. The specs on the current Avante is pretty basic for a 2.0. Dual airbags with only ABS and EBD. Almost similar to the current Proton Waja. Plus the RM 82K price bracket puts it smack in the middle of the current competition e.g Proton Inspira & Kia Forte. Inspira despite it being a rebadged Lancer, it doing pretty well with the initial bookings. We are seeing more and more Kia Forte's on the road these days too. Plus with the upcoming 2011 Hyundai Avante expected to be priced in that same bracket, it would really bring down the current Avante's resale value considerably.

From a price point perspective its still offering much more value compared to other competitors who have also 2 or less airbags with no traction control, smaller engine, torsion beam, no 5 year warranty. Seem to me its a good deal.

Kia Forte offers a lot of goodies but 2 years warranty is not assuring whilst Proton Insipra has brand reliability issues. Furthermore its 10K more for a 2.0 spec.

Resale value will definitely take a hit but likelyhood the new avante will be priced higher so the damage will be mitigated. If you buy a Korean make in Malaysia your main concern should not be resale value or you will be disappointed.

Does the current Avante have Traction Control? I think its only ABS and EBD. Kia Forte now has 5 yrs warranty as well. Proton Inspira will not have much issues since its basically a rebadged CBU Lancer.

they might be using the current Accent 1.6 cvvt engine....

Hyundai cars got 5 years warranty.

But then inspira build by proton in tanjung malim wor..

Wow..Hyundai change designer already? their design a lot better than previous batch..

i'm looking forward to own this car.. maybe..=)
a futuristic car, don like lancer starts from 08' then rebadge to inspira.. yet almost 3 years old design =)

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Added on October 29, 2010, 10:46 pmif it is using campro, there is a serious joke.. why using campro when hyundai has their own tech..

This post has been edited by keeting89: Oct 29 2010, 10:46 PM

sorry... i was confused... my friend say not sure yet what engine...

It's a GDi engine. Power wise on paper is close to a 1.8 engine. Spec wise it's still competitive as compared to inspirar. 6 speed manual or auto. If they don't kill the price it should be a good competitor.

Hope they bring in Avante early next year! Looking for a car ATM.

avante auto parking system very cool..looks like there is a sensor to detect another car at the right side of the car..
but i doubt this will be for malaysia..




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This post has been edited by megat89: Oct 30 2010, 10:23 AM

KIA FORTE now give 5 yrs with unlimited milage WARRANTY.

Inspira is not 'built' by Proton. It only underwent some cosmetic changes to make it a bit Malaysian. The main bulk of the car including engine and transmission are the same as Mitsubishi Lancer.

Good News!

Nevertheless, they are assembled. For the first few batches, there shouldn't be any concern or question about the quality, but subsequent batches with higher local contents - that's when durability and endurance about the car are questioned.

BTW, how the reliability of the auto parking will be? haha