I'm an owner of the X-gear.. been driving this car for 3 weeks now..

I had 3 test drive session before i made the purchase. 1st test drive was by myself and the SA. 2nd was with my wife,her bro and the SA just to test the full load 4 passengers performance, 3rd test drive just to confirm this is the car to buy.. huhu..

Its a nice car to drive, engine is good, never felt underpowered and the gear change is smooth. I've driven up to 160km/h and i can tell u that it is stable in straight line and it didn't struggle to get to that speed.

engine is very quite during idle.

in terms of handling, it can take corners very well. surprisingly the suspension and absorber is very good. it absorb alot of the road bumps.

Fuel consumption varies depends on how heavy is the foot. i tend to push the car since i like the acceleration it gives. the best i got for mix highway and town driving is 480km for a 40L fill up. the worst i got was 400km for 40L fill up.

the only complaint i have is the tyre looks abit thin. they should give atleast 195 tyres not 185.

another plus point, it shares the same parts and accessories as the grand livina, so quite easy to find stuff for this car.

This post has been edited by edthrax: Nov 8 2011, 12:29 AM

looked at both, prefer x-gear than sx4.

x-gear with 16 inch rims 205 tyres, then it will look sporty.. the current 15 and 185 tyres is a bit skinny.
u can pun 17 inch rims but u'll lose the comfort and lost pickup abit...

oh ok. Does the tyre looks nice with the rim? alot of people recommend 195/55/15 if i want to maintain stock rims.