wanna defend defend abit, based on what i read, not a current owner, hopefully future owner

0-100km/h - City wins a little bit than forte 1.6.  ( the car so light, 1160 kg vs 1260 kg) vios even better, 1050kg only
fuel efficiency - city also gives better FC than forte 1.6  ( weight problem as above) vios even better
top speed - forte is 190 km/h and city 180 km/h. (how often you will/ can hit this speed??? ( then ma no need compare lo)

for a better car, heavier is better if it translate to safety design. Like more expensive car, usually roomier and heavier.

If solely fuel efficiency, vios would win. Surprisingly myvi which is even lighter did not get better fuel efficiency.

But Forte gives a more premium feel, for more premium feel, with same price, and more features, worths it i guess. The only drawback is after sales service no good. But even a perfect car like BMW also plague by expensive part and reliability issue isnt it??

why would you wan to downgrade your car and compare it with a cheaper or lower segment? your car is same segment as civic, altis, M3 and some other same segment cars.

do check out the Autocar Magazine for July issue, there is a head to head comparison between forte 1.6 and city E spec. actually forte 1.6 loss out a little bit u know?

0-100km/h - City wins a little bit than forte 1.6.
fuel efficiency - city also gives better FC than forte 1.6
top speed - forte is 190 km/h and city 180 km/h. (how often you will/ can hit this speed???

just to highlight a few as i cant remember what else is in there.
there's a small column talking bout dugong TRD. 

do check it out first. those are official data collected. yours/ others views tends to be bit biased and you may not see the overall picture. 

1 more you all left out...the engine's emmision standard....
City ald use Euro 4 standard....yet Forte still use Euro 3
that's where City wins big time....

i;m not giving my own opinion here, this is solely what i read and remembered from the magazine, they include vios in the comparison is not up to me to comment also what. and myvi is at another level so why bother comparing. Feel free to grab a copy from anywhere lar, just to read that section, takes u only 5 mins.

Wht is the City FC ? Forte 7.1(spec)?

hello fortezens... am officially one of u guys since last nite... :-)

1.6sx, titanium silver

* bro saimatkong, hopefully can get my car mat next week... ;-)

Tak abis2 nak ngorat budak Taipan ni 

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Added on July 16, 2010, 12:24 pmSMK, ape kata kat setiap first page each of our thread, letak next version of thread gak. cth mcm ni aku amek kat 1st page V7:

Previous thread V1 -- V2 -- V3 -- V4 -- V5 -- V6

Official Site:
Forte Microsite  bla bla bla..

Tambahkan Link utk thread V8 gak. Pastu dah ade V9, seme version tu tambah link sampai V9 dan seterusnye. Senang orang nak baca seme. Tul tak?

hi guys i plan to buy a forte but can anyone advice me where to buy it ? interms of better discount and other benefits.
one more thing how long a have to wait for the car to arrive?
i am staying in puchong. thanks.

~ suesamsudin ~ 

hi guys i plan to buy a forte but can anyone advice me where to buy it ? interms of better discount and other benefits.
one more thing how long a have to wait for the car to arrive?
i am staying in puchong. thanks.

definitely civic 2.0 as after months of owning the forte 2.0, i can 100% confirmed that that even a 1.8 civic will have faster pickup power and i can confirmed that even using the shiftronic mode (for 2.0) also not really on par with 1.8 Civic.

This is my 100% honest opinion, so i'm not sure how other's think or comment, but i can gurantee, if you own a forte 2.0, u get the best car that worth for your $. I dare to said this as I do have a 1.8 Civic (My Darling's sister ride) to compare with our forte. if you want to compare to Civic, please don't, as no matter Forte nor Civic, it just normal civilian car, not performance car. Please forget that a forte 1.6 can smoke a 1.8 Civic as claimed by other owner before this when you use the shiftronic mode as a 2.0 Forte also not 100% can do so.  Yes, from technical spec on paper, Forte 2.0 do have extra power compare to Civic 1.8 & 2.0, but if you really check properlly, the 0 - 100 speed achieved faster with Civic.

Sorry if i hurt anyone by my most honest opinion at above, especially all the Forte owner (1.6 or 2.0).  My intention is just to enlighten those that thinking to compare the Forte with Civic. 
After all, we are just driving a civilian car.   

Haha my 2.0 got smoked by GTI last night. Went parellel with the GTI at highway exit. I pecut a bit oni that GTI macam gila overtook me.

Sigh 190Nm torque cannot fight with 280Nm, but then my car is RM104200 cheaper than GTI so i have no complaints

Back to VPower97 review.

After 3rd tank of usage FC came all the way down to 450km as opposed to 500km for 1st tank. Dunno why. I m driving like usual no pecut no nothing but FC keeps dropping.

Yesterday pumped full tank RON95, straigtaway felt car low power and engine noise louder. Always thought RON97 is a gimmick but now really proven it's not hehe.

Too bad RON97 no more subsidy, dunno what the fuel price will be like. Would really like to stick with RON97

it make sense, Civic gearbox has different ratio. And civic is lighter too. But who will go racing with civic la. I dont remember civic driving fast, but honda city are usually driving fast.

2.0 forte is about 30k++ cheaper than civic, with that much of money saved, who cares about who is faster in that few seconds?

seriously look at forte 2.0 as my next car. Too bad cant get any review on 2.0, all reviews in 1.6.

with forte around, its very hard to buy second hand car, all seems so expensive compared to forte!

Yaa it's true..i dont care all those fraction of second faster figures. I'm not a raceboy anyway    For me i bought a car that gives me the best safety equipments, extra comfort features & definitely the good looks, & at the same time suits my budget constraint. 

Yup agree. The only thing that hold me back on getting the new Forte is the FC since i am driving the Spectra  and the fuel is killing me. Other than that i am quite satisfy with it. If they really improve on FC i will surely get it./

Yup agree. The only thing that hold me back on getting the new Forte is the FC since i am driving the Spectra  and the fuel is killing me. Other than that i am quite satisfy with it. If they really improve on FC i will surely get it./