your reasoning is cheap but shitty car still alot of buyers. exclusive and luxury car not enough buyers.
but.. but.. camry is not that cheap either at 160k and above yet 1000+ buyers for last month 

Any interesting article:

http://www.cbt.com.my/2012/07/27/uks-most-...reliable-model/

fantastic car. all the review i read practically worship the car.

and its proven how great it sells by seeing how much there are on the road.

theres more camry sold per week than mondeos in a year.

Camry 2.5 6 speed auto la.

Bro, with regards to all the negative comments that you received, please don't feel frustrated, you had bought yourself a very good car and you should enjoy every moment you spent with her. Despite all the praises Mondeo receives, you will still see at the end of the day, only very few buyers will buy one, talking big and loud here is easy, how many actually dares to commit him/herself to buy a Mondeo? Besides, Mondeo's price is not that much higher than Camry 2.5's price, and with all the extra goodies Mondeo offer, it should attract many hardcore fans. Is this happening? I leave it to you to judge.....What you had bought gives you peace of mind, so, relax and happy motoring.

of my S40 it is at number 8, so proud. 

I'm actually okay with the 3 series and the A4. I'm was particularly impressed with the new 3 series in terms of leg room especially since it's still a C-segment. The 320d was functional but the 328i was the car to get IMO.

Anyway, gave up on them since I can't pay either cars off in 5 years no matter how I punch the numbers and I no longer wanted to wait.

Now that I look back, should I have waited for the government to announce the changes to the NAP?

I dump most of my money into stocks, prefer to invest that way. Every month also dump some amount that way and over time it adds up.

Besides a lot of things can happen in the next 5 years, let alone 7 or 9 years. For cars, 5 years is the max I'll ever go.
Anyway, already bought and got the VW Passat so as far as car is concerned, I won't be changing cars in the next 4 years unless I strike 4D or something. LOL!

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Added on July 30, 2012, 2:24 pm

I won't look at the F30 already in 4 to 5 years. In 4 years time, the new W205 C class will be out to replace the current W204.

Cars will only continue to get better as time goes on, except Toyota in S.E.Asia. They're moving backwards instead of moving forwards.

From Wiki:

E21, First generation, 1975–1983
E30, Second generation, 1982–1991
E36, Third generation, 1990–1999
E46, Fourth generation, 1998-2006
E90, Fifth generation, 2005–2012
F30, Sixth generation, 2012

Looks like each generation lasts about 8 years on average. So in 4-5 years time probably still F30.

I think it's only this current Camry that has been criticised for moving backwards. Other current models not affected right? (I'm not sure coz I haven't looked into the others). So it might be unfair to label the whole Toyota company for regressing in SEA.

Anyway, let's hope they don't repeat this and hope the future model specs will be better.

I would also do as much research as you if I was buying a KIA/Hyundai myself. And I kind of have while shopping for our 2nd car, I like the Elantra and Forte a lot actually but wife was not comfortable going Korean so have to respect her decision.

Never test any car 9 times but definitely tested driving the Forte a total of 4 times at 4 different showrooms. Kind of pity the salesman though, push the car so hard but still can't convince my wife to buy

Malaysia don't have any standard for:-

1) Automotive sector even P1 exist almost 30 years & P2 almost 20 years
2) Oil & Gas sector even Petronas exist almost 40 years

SIRIM sleeping till today daa.. API standard use in Oil & Gas sector also they doesn't know, How? Some more want to be "Negara Maju" by 2020.. based on income only.. haiyooo

I am sorry to hear that your gauge is not working right.

My XV50, for 100% highway, FC ~ 14km/L consistent with the gauge.

I've not calculated for city yet. But, I think it's roughly around 9.5-10km/L.
I had enough of Korean car. P1 is cheaper and better.

My friends: Karen (imported 1st version), Karen, Citra, Spectra, Ria.

All of them have the same opinion with me. You can say anything about the new Korean car, but, ...

As I know Volvo famous with gearbox problem until now coz happen to 1 of our company car before.. cost to repair a boom RM40k++..

From design not doubt is good looking car...

2 years not enough, an accurate benchmark is about 3 years minimum and 4 years to give a really good indication of how well the car will sell off.

7 years down the road, and still maintain close to 65% of new price. Obscene, considering hilux are meant for rough driving(jungles, construction bumpy roads), and buying 2nd car will incur higher interest than new car.

M'sian ppl just love TOYOTA