balik2 camry.. balik2 accord.. sikit2 toyota.. sikit2 honda.. boring laa..

proton inspira > camry,accord,mazda6,teana,sonata,forte,mondeo,passat,kizashi

buy msian cars. its the lowest tax duty among all with many service centers.

what so magnificent with the VQ25 engine?

smooth kua.. used to have the A33 with VQ20.. very smooth.. but then my rotary also very smooth and only got 3 moving parts inside..

Dear Bros,
I only hve budget for 2.0l Teana if the choose so hapened to be Nissan. But 2.0 can bo?

go try n see lor. driving a 2.4 akod and rx8, I dont feel it underpower even with 4ppl in the car.. the xtronic helps alot..

ask jib gor to support lor....

go test drive VW cars, u won't look back on those japs again

ar188 answered that for me. lol

It is your choice. There is no bad car or good car. Buy the car which fits your criteria and purpose.

ex-owner of VQ30DE here. u have no idea how much i've spent to keep this engine alive until it fail on me
oil leaking, ignition problem, plug cable pecah at least 4 pcs, overheated and finally burned for good. maddriver can attest on all these lol.
total spend on engine maintenance alone exceed 5k in the duration of 2 years of ownership.
yea i do understand the car was old (2002 production) and the previous owner did not maintain the car properly (water was already rusty when i got my car. didnt know it coz 2nd hand dealer pour new coolant to cover until i did first service).. However the good thing is that most of the part i replaced was all original and no third party nor new parts spotted. which means im unlucky owner since the first owner get to enjoy the engine naisly while i have to maintain the engine to enjoy it as well LOL

if the engine already injured internally, hard to blame it as unreliable lor..

but one thing i kennot tahan the VQ engine really drinks.. my 2L seifeilo could only do 400km full tank 8km/L lol..

what cause the "injured internally" i think is the part used?
there was once i had to replace the head gasket coz my newly replaced spark plug got oil stain and tan chong said got leak so ask me to change. then i have to change to another new plugs (plat, rm45 each in tc).. and it got 2 heads alamak.

yea, the fuel consumption also crazy giler. full tank 110 can last 380km max. that translate to about 6.3km/l
then the roadtax also giler high RM2100 but the power not very satisfying coz its just a conventional V6 without valve timing. not so refined.
im surprised this engine got award few years in a row in its golden days.
actually that is what motivate me into getting the VQ engine lol

the newer VQ dem chun ler.. especially with Xtronic.

dat day i tested the 370GT lagi chun.. with the 37HR engine inside..

new VQ in passenger car got what improvement ah?
still no vvt lol. i guess the fuel consumption equally bad with old CQ. maybe better abit coz xtronic gearbox..

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Added on October 24, 2011, 9:39 pmim waiting for teana xtronic gearbox so that i can transplant to my car! lol

This post has been edited by imperialrealcs: Oct 24 2011, 09:39 PM

i think improvement is when mated to the xtronic.. for passenger car and even the new elgrand which i tested few mths back.

then its not the VQ engine improved, its the whole powertrain upgrade.
the engine basically still the bloody same throughout the years. well maybe some ecu program updates and some mini improvement

If it is Teana 2.5, I will definitely take it. I own a Teana 2.5 which I've bought few weeks ago. I came here to ask for opinion too. And I didn't regret to choose it. The engine is smooth and there is no sound in the cabin plus the comfort of the car makes me forgetting Camry or Accord. It is a comfort-wise vehicle and you can't expect getting more power from it. But if you tune it, the car would be nice. I tried Honda Accord and Camry before buying the car and found that Accord is noisy, the rattle noise and Camry is boring, you would always forget where you parked the Camry in a car park.

What is the averag FC on city drive for ur 2.5l?

9km/l which is not so good, but still OK. My Toyota Wish is 11.7km/ and only spend about RM300 per month for daily drive. Nissan Teana may not look good in picture until you see its real appearance. Gorgeous car.

Cannot bring myself to accept its back....plus the plain looking knovs in the interior...sorry