hahaha malaysians can prepare to get old engines for this car and 5 speed auto

our petrol is air longkang to these GDI engines

hyundai/kia got 5 speed auto gearbox meh?

i rly feel this is much better looking thn the recently launched accent and the new sonata.the latter 2 is nice but dunhav this weird aura which is swallowing me like the avante

i dunno but whatever it is for sure will not be the latest one

side profile and rear has some resemblance to a Lexus.
This together with the new Kia Optima are really nice

1 word amazing cutting and look. Best so far compare to BMW 3 series and mazda 3.

Tell proton this is how the car should be made!!!

This post has been edited by blueapple: Apr 30 2010, 09:51 PM

Why not? The 2nd gen Kia Carnival already came with a 5 speed auto with shifttronic. The new Sonata has a 6 speed auto.

Looks awesome but I'll always wait for someone to buy this and wait for him to sell his car before I buy.

Seems like the Korean product offering are way better than the Japanese. Now all they need are a lengthy warranty period (5~10yrs) & great customer service feedback and they'll be number 1.

cun!

Bulky and stylish! Cool! Now Vios looks totally outdated already if you compare it to City, Forte and this

err... i think this should be compared to civic/altis instead of vios/city..
the 1 in range of vios/city is probably the accent..
but from price point of view, yeah u can probably compare them..

even if they offer better spec or after sales service.. they wont just rise n be number 1 in bolehland... branding takes time..

it's a nice looking car.. eventho it's design may look familiar here n ther to other car models.. it still has originality.. but if u look carefully, dun u tink the car look somewhat lik an evil smiling old bad guy from the front? hehehe...

I'm sure if every owner gives a thumbs up and recommendation, surely people would buy. The more you see them on the road, the more people would perceive it's a good product or welcomed vehicle. Everyone always want someone else to be the guinea pig. which is why if alot of owners bought the car and is giving thumbs up feedback, surely there will be more and more people hopping the bandwagon. Yeah, so if T has good track records of reliability, but with K or H coming around offering 5 years of piece of mind with good after service support (i know alot of people are cursing on T & H service centers) people would opt for the best.

this Malaysia, this consider C-segment car, it not in same category with vios, city all that,
it's in category with civic, forte , altis..
Huh.. Forte will be ended with great discount once this commence in Malysia =)

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Added on May 1, 2010, 7:21 pmHyudai Sercive centre do did their job in best serving their customer, coz my family do own an previous avante, the service branch is in butterwoth.. Thumbs up for hyundai and bye bye to proton.. =P

Wonder it will be launching 2.0 version in malaysia, coz previous avante is in 2.0

This post has been edited by keeting89: May 1 2010, 07:21 PM

does korean car manufacturer has any factory in asean region to compete fairly in AFTA era starting May 2010?

korean marketing stategy is value for money with hopefully proven reliabilty

front damn nice, rear can mod a bit... the teardrop brake light is overkill

it looks good to me.. but i wonder how much it might be :S
if below 90k, i can say good-bye to honda's and toyota's.. lol

if they have, means the car will be much cheaper issit?

hmmm.. 90k below is really low... it's possible if it's a Kia, i tink...

expected price around rm90k-100k.the current avante (elantra) 2.0 is selling for rm95k OTR without tax

but since this is a 1.6,we might get cheaper roadtax for a larger segment car,but only if sime darby brings in the 1.6 model....