Yes, ride in terms of drive and handling, accord is slightly better than teana and camry, particularly in road tracking n cornering at higher speed. Comfort wise, teana seems better. The cbu 2.5l from japan was selling at rm235k if i am not mistaken. So if the local assembled 2.5l is reasonably done, i wud say rm168k is still an attractive price. These are just my opinion of coz.

Well i am test driving this on monday. It's either teana or accord for me. Or maybe the 2012 camry danggg!!!

Please do come back with yr inputs on yr test drive. Much appreciated.

Chill guys

Anyway the turnoff would be the gear there, look like ol' skool wira 1.5A

nevertheless i trust that test drive will tell everything, buy a car based on like/feel, not specs

personal opinion

eye, r u sure the new camry will be out 2012?

i test drove the teana too
felt in love with it

might just cancel my inspira booking and go for the teana....but the 2.4 pricing is steep
i am thinking twice on the 2.0

comparing the accord n camry, i prefer the teana.....
and maybe later get a smaller car for wife

which model u test drive??

Yes Camry will be out in 2012. First u consider a 92K Inspira and then all of a sudden u can jump to a 138K Teana just like that? That shows that u dont have any real planning when it comes to cars.

my uncle just order 1unit to replace his 97' Cefiro.
*will fight to take over his Cefiro....

he is OKU so have to wait longer to get da special equipment install into da car + get Puspakom to approve
will wait to try it.....

Yes, indeed the physical gear nob and slot is not gated like the camry, so it does look kinda old school .. hehe!!

But from what i read, cvt is actually a more advanced gear system. CVT = continuously variable transmission = xtra smooth gear changes. If u look at the teana physical gear, it only has :

PRND

The normal lower 3, 2, 1 gears are missing. But you will see there is a +- slot (like in sports mode) where u can up or lower gears on the fly making 3, 2, 1 redundant. CVT technology is actually inherited from the nissan murano if i am not mistaken.

I still have one negative perception (i may be wrong) tho .. hehe ... nissan's body & finishing usually is not as good as honda or toyota

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Added on November 26, 2010, 12:32 amyes robin, a new camry is reported to be scheduled for 2012.


Correction :
Went to see the car today. The manual +- shift mode is only available for the 3.5L in malaysia




This post has been edited by eye: Nov 26 2010, 03:41 PM

new totally new design of camry to be launch 2012 & assembled in malaysia

waiting for more report on how teana feels

drove sentra, wasnt really nice, Grand Livina kind of ok..but i guess nissan are made for very light steering wheel..

Hi, yes I also heard that kind of thing, but that was real long time ago story, now I can't see any Nissan with bad body finishing, last time I think Nissan was making great engine, super durable, but body kinda light and tend to get rusted easily, it was 80's era problem. Now I can see that newer Nissan body and finishing if not better than Toyota, but I can say it is on par with those rivals!

visited Toyota & Honda last few weeks. Camry & Accord did not give any surprises to me...Just 'Oh! car big.'
Yesterday went to Nissan to see Teana. At 1st, thought of no surprise on this car. But when walk in the showroom, and saw it - WOW! BIG car! As usual, Teana appearance is not that outstanding compare to Camry or Accord. But the interior of it really nice, comfort, and huge! Now...I am thinking of whether to shift my Sylphy order to Teana

This post has been edited by cloudwin: Nov 26 2010, 02:50 PM

my dad booked a 3.5l teana, priced at 248k, quite a bargain I would say. I tried to poison my old man to get the passat but fail. collecting the car this Saturday. will review how it feels once I get to seat in the car. haha don't think I will get to drive it though

What discount did u get for the Sylphy and what interest rate?

For that price i would rather go for a BMW 3 Series with much superior technology and specs. Although internal space is limited compared to the Teana.

ya ya .. with a rm248k budget, the vw passat cc would have been a good choice .. i am very impressed with the passat!

Yes, the Passat is quite a good car and good looking too, but the interior space is a let down for me, rear can only sit 2 persons only, not so practical for such a car.

get the teana, instead of the sylphy. its turning out to be like civic soon. can see it with all the mods

i read the other day, that the latest passat model for malaysia comes with a 3 seater configuration for the rear

This post has been edited by eye: Nov 26 2010, 04:29 PM

Really, that day I saw it in Pyramid Sunway, and I have tested the rear seat, only can seat 2 persons!

you cannot say like that. Maybe initially he never intend to buy any car but the inspira. Then suddenly he saw this car and took it for a drive and loved it so much and wanted to buy it. Nothing wrong what. financial sense. i believe everyone has their way of doing things. Maybe initially he thought of not buying a more expensive car. but now he has found the one he wants. Ok what

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Added on November 26, 2010, 5:54 pmThe one you see in sunway is passat cc, passat cc in malaysia is for 4 bosses going for lunch only. The passat china launch and coming soon is the passat sedan. which was also sold here last time. but not the new model. And also coming soon passat cc will have 5 seater as well.

This post has been edited by sonyman: Nov 26 2010, 05:54 PM