well, as usual, japanese cares more on Development, instead of Research. Not to say they do not research, but a bigger portion is on developing the existing technology, and perfect it, without reinvent the wheel.One step at a time.

look at fuel saving tech, or Horsepower tech. Honda being the most famous, they can have very good FC car, and also very high HP car, ( the B16 engine can get almost 100hp/1 liter engine displacement, this is near to ferrari territory).

and also, jap car maker is very slow in changing and making fast decision.

The ground breaking technology is seldom came from jap car maker. look at VW, at one moment they get all cars with diesel, then now with turbos, and then now twincharger, and then next they said twincharger will be abandon and go for 1 turbo is enough.And now almost all vw cars has DSG gearbox.

COnti car maker is very keen on introducing the new technology, but they never hold on to one for a very long time( not as long as jap car maker). Look at volvo at active safety technology, but, are their car good to hold on for more than 10 years.

To the consumer, conti car maker is good when you are loaded, and wanna shop for newest and fastest which gadget to impress your frens, imagine the HUD in bmw or pug 3008( not in any jap car that i heard of ).

But in msia, which a majority is still not making enough money, jap car is obviously the choice for the masses. Look at those old c70 honda that is everywhere. Of course not forgetting japan is nearer to msia, so the spare part is easier to obtain comparing with euro countries.

not to say jap or euro is good or bad, its always two side of a coin, and just pick the one you want.

kindly email to najib@1malaysia.com.my
only he has the answer...

other country maybe 5-10 years ppl get to change car.... malaysia.... i think most ppl change car here after driving 15 years.

this might b off topic but i wan to b clear on this...if lets say i pay booking fee to book the same car in 2 separate places...for example 1 in northern branch another in southern branch...if i am to cancel booking from either 1 of the branches will i get a full refund?coz i know they need to get approval from HQ b4 they can refund to u...

A car which is originally priced at 92k and now giving discount as much as 9k is not ordinary year end discount. We are talking about 10% of the original car price!!
This is quite a hot selling car looking at the volume sold every month since Jan'11 and there is no reason to give out such huge discount. I suspect there want to clear stock and ready for the imminent launch of another sedan model which is priced close to Inspira.

err y not lolz...if car not yet arrive can cancel and get full refund...if arrive cancel get 80% back onli...

tuna, second thought, since u wan it to be 10k cheaper

why not go for sonata 2.0 high spec?

at rm13xk. the panaromic roof is.......speech less.

bro, the car since june/july already giving 5k + 3 years free service.

3 years free service also near to rm3000-4000 already.

i would say, they were too optimistic on the sales forecast. you know la.

yea can do based on my experience la...but not sure if book at more than 1 branch duno HQ will burn the booking fee or not

i know...i'm asking for my bro..alrdy paid booking fee at 2 branches...duno will refund or not now

RON95 can be used with a turbo engine, why not? It's all a matter of factory tuning. All the Golfs, Passat CCs etc all can run on RON95 wat. Even the new Exora CFE can run on RON95. Not so powderful la, that's all...

Of course, unless it's specified by the manufacturer that you must use RON97 or higher, like the Civic Type R running on factory tune. My fren went and detuned his CTR cos beh tahan the fuel price lol...

Yes ill hold on for a few months. I also wanna see actual sales figures for the Peugeot 508 and Kia Optima. Plus a few local test drive reports. Hopefully we'll have some details about the Malaysian Camry by March/April. Im targetting the WWR number plate (which should be around June).

After you get your car, pls come in and start a new "Sila JELES" thread kekeke...

I agree with you, and you are totally right, after 5-6 yrs the resale value will kinda even out. Already proven it with a simple calculation between a 2003 Camry and 2003 Sonata. At present value, both cars lost the same amount of money lol.... Only people who don't know how to count or are persistently ignorant will tell you about resale this and that BS.

Cheers.

Drive kancil the best, the second hand kancil lagi value lagi best.
It can brings you from point A to B, so it can get its job done, why choose bigger & pricier car?
Those who everyday talks about value, should choose either a wira or kancil.
Until today I still don't understand why they went to visit the showroom since they worry about depreciation.

Drive your cheap and antique car forever and don't change it if you are worry about depreciation, I'm a bit rude but I can't stand these bloody mindset.
I would like to say, "Padan muka, your whole life are fated to drive a cheap car! Yea, don't even thinking to own a ferrari, oops.. Too far, not even a Merc/BMW."

Calculate like a scientist, that's all you can do. People owns it, you jealous. Please jealous and keep drooling, oh and keep calculate how much does people lose every year.

So, stop talking about value please. We are rich and don't mind the second hand value, we are not going to drive a T.V. or H.C. or any 80k cars whole life.
Let's talk about the driving experiences, shall we?