i test drive inspira today @ COE.

The proton handling is ok for comfort driving but not as sharp as gen2. The sound insulation and road noise quite quiet. Engine sound roaring still can hear but not that loud, but louder than forte.

The car pick up rather slow. You can't feel the pickup. There is lag when you press the pedal instantly @ gear 1. If you compare to civic/forte, you definitely can feel instant pick up.

The audio player is the drawback. The audio quality is terrible and worst than persona/gen2.

The 1.8L fabric look cheap for it's class. The aircond switch is total letdown almost identical to city/vios style. No soft glide.

The 2.0GT leather is PU leather. It's not real/full leather. PU leather do not last long and surface cool down period is slower than real leather.

nice effort there 

i suspect the "sluggish" pickup is due to the CVT plus ECU didn't really "learn" any aggressive style of driving 
i may be wrong though.. 

told by the SA if constantly maintain the speed by 100km/hr, the fc for 2.0 is RM0.13/km         

i duno wat to say....

its the same as Lancer GT. The last time I went for a ride with the sales guy, he whack the lancer GT like no tomorrow. The sound is identical i can confirm that.

don't mind bout the sound too much as im recording using my phone and the audio pickup is not exactly accurate. Bout the gear changing sound, that was coz of the driver using the shiftronic mode.  But yeah, the cabin noise is kinda obvious especially coming from the wheel arch area.