I'm looking for car that is between 50K-85K price. I don't prefer P2 no offense so lets cancel it from the list.
After going through many forums i heard bad comment on persona saying tht FC is high and wiring problem.I'm looking
for new car lor ...since i could not find any other car under proton between this price tag i have included vios and city....
Need some opinion ....wic car is gud ?

This post has been edited by journeyman: Apr 12 2011, 02:31 PM

For that price persona le

persona FC not high arr bro? or should i go for vios /city

City driver reporting in.... FC not that decent. vios > city'09 >= persona. BTW... RM60K not enuf for city '09. Are you referring to second hand previous gen city?

Persona=60k. City=90k?? You wanna pay 30K(not including interest over your loan period) just to save a little fuel???

vios is best. no need to think.

sorry for the wrong quote ... actually i wanted yo update the price tag from 50k-85k.
many of my friends are telling VIOS FC damn low

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Added on April 12, 2011, 2:31 pmNot only considering FC lol...considering


1)RESALE VALUE
2)SPARE PARTS

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Added on April 12, 2011, 2:32 pmY?

This post has been edited by journeyman: Apr 12 2011, 02:32 PM

bro ah... lets say u buy persona for 50k so u got around 30k to pump fuel....

if u get city/vios u have no 30k to pump....

persona's handling is the best among the 3 if u ask me, and it have the biggest space too.

if u can top ur budget till 85k, how bout inspira? manual only 78k and 1.8cvt 86k

fc actualy have alot reason, rim size, how heavy is ur food, ur driving style, etcetc.

no doubt for fc vios>city>persona. but remember again u have 30k of fuel to pump if u get persona~

you can take a look at a Toyota Vios 1.5 J year 2008. Selling at around Rm53k. Much better than a proton even for a 2 year old car

My work partner driving vios 1.5 J and he can get 80km per RM10 of fuel even on town driving. For Persona, i think at most u get is 55km per RM10 based on figures given by the owners in websites

This post has been edited by 779364: Apr 12 2011, 02:38 PM

Fc = vios
Looks = city

Fc is not really an issue for me as long as it is not too much. That's why i chose city over vios.
City full tank roughly 350-450 km, vios 400-500 km.

Between a car that does 10km/l and 15km/l, you only save rm65 for every 1k km. Assuming 1 year travel 40k km, total is rm2600. For rm30k, can last 10 years.

1. dont believe everything u heard or seen in forum

2. why only vios + city when u can get a fiesta for that price range? or even a latio (old stock)

3. FC is 99.9% of the times depends on ur driving behaviour, and how STRONG is ur right foot

I think you already have decided.

Good Resale value are for Toyota and Honda.

So those are you 2 options.

If you want a good all rounder car, then Persona.
FC slightly higer (but do you travel often?)
Resale value not that good (are you going to sell the car?)

My wife has a persona SE.

No doubt Vios FC is the best but City fuel tank is smaller. Persona spec to spec is quite ok but practically.... Proton still a Proton. Cursed brand. Always have "unknown" issue which need to rectify again and again. Anyhow, Inspira is a good bet if you have the budget. If i was in you shoe now... my only consideration would be P.Inspira, H.city, and K.Forte. Among these 3, myself rate inspira>forte>city. just my2cent. Don flame me.

RM50K-85K is a really wide range, already covered a few segments! RM50K-60K is only enough to get local cars, or really small cars like Hyundai i10, Kia Picanto, Suzuki Alto etc. If within RM70K you can add Vios manual, Fiesta manual and Suzuki Swift to your list. Within RM80K then you can add Vios auto, Fiesta auto and Mazda2 sedan. If stretched all the way to RM85-90K only you can get City, Mazda2 hatchback, Kia Forte etc.

If your priority is fuel comsumption regardless of car price, then it's hands down Vios, no doubt. Fiesta is coming close in 2nd place, I would buy it if I were you. Actually... I did! Hehehe

New vios 1.5 AT J spec is ~RM73k
2008 vios 1.5 AT J spec is ~RM53k
Loss ~RM20k

New Persona 1.6 AT M-line is ~RM56k
2008 Persona 1.6 AT M-line is ~RM37k
Loss ~RM19k

So, which one has better resale value?

You have not calculate interest yet...

If you pay interest for 30k...say 3% interest...

If loan 5 years...=30 x 3% x 5=30K+ 4.5K=RM34.5K

If you put RM30k in bank earn interest at 3%, you earn additional RM4.5k.

your budget numbers got a very huge gap...!

if u ask like FC, resale value, spare part,

come on, its vios & City, go pick the color you like,

or see which service center near your house, then you decide which car to take ^^

aiya, the T & H badge makes you another person.

otherwise, why one would consider vios and city, but not forte and fiesta?

This post has been edited by turbocharged: Apr 12 2011, 04:48 PM