The Ford Fiesta has been officially launched:

1.4LX Manual - RM69,888 (OTR)
1.6LX Sedan (A) - RM 78,888 (OTR)
1.6L Sports Hatch (A) - RM 82,888 (OTR)

Note:

1) 3 years or 100,000km warranty
2) 3 years or 60,000km free maintenance

Spec List:
http://www.ford.net.my/fiesta/specs_features.asp


This post has been edited by cybermaster98: Oct 21 2010, 11:12 AM

Sadly the 1.6L Sedan's rear doesnt look modern.

Yes its all due to the Forte pricing. Good for all the end users. Hope the Hyundai Avante will be better priced. But Ford should give a 5 yr warranty just like what Naza Kia os offering for the new Forte.

For u sure la will be small cuz ure driving the previous model Toyota Altis which is quite spacious.

yeah but the Peogeot 308 is quite spacious at the rear (slightly better than the 407)

Hope Ford doesnt do wht Naza did. For the first Forte buyers they only got the 2 yrs warranty. But new owners now have the 5 yr warranty while old owners must pay a premium for the extra coverage.

Mazda 2 is already dead in the water. Very poor sales to date.

All banks are providing rates between 2.8-2.9% for new non national cars.

im not sure about rates in Labuan but in Peninsular most banks have lowered the rates for the month of October.

When we talk about resale values we always talk about a min 5-7 yrs. Do not compare with 2-3 yrs. I think all if not most cars experience a similar percentage of drop in the first 3 yrs. Even a Toyota drops about 23% in the first 2 yrs. But if u wanna know which car has better resale value then look at the 5 yr sale figures. Thats when u will start to see the difference.

For instance, a Hyundai Sonata 2.0L 2003 model only sells for about RM 28K as compared to its original sales price of RM 119K back in 2003. A Toyota Vios 1.5E 2003 sells for RM 45K as compared to its original sales price of RM 74,700 back in 2003. See the difference in percentage of drop?

Exactly! Resale values must always be compared for cars a minimum 5 yrs old not earlier.

Difficult to say as the engine has not been 'run in' yet. But good point to pick up during our test drives.

A computer or a smartphone does not cost as much as a car. Why do u think ppl in US and Europe dont really care about resale value? Cuz their cars are cheap. You can get a BMW 3 series for about USD$ 35,000. Do u think u would care about resale values if ure buying at those prices?

Malaysia is a different story. Resale value play a big part in the decision making and rightly so (unless ure a rich person with a bottomless pocket).