English and Malay wordings in some sentence cannot be put into the same sense.

On topic please, so will i guess Perodua will come out something in return to match against the Exora Bold.

Me too find this exora good. however why u all compare it to g-livina/avanza/alza? if only b'cos similar $ range then u r getting the wrong pic.
I drive avanza,my colleague innova. He so "jealous" my avanza 'cos his innova simply too big for daily use. his wife intimidate by the size until no confidence to drive out.he has to travel along to work, carrying 6 fullsize empty chairs daily from Kajang to kl, 'cos his wife insist to swap his ori myvi. Only during weekend then may be the innova is filled. wat's d point ??
Avanza is shorter than iswara.Very practical to use as daily car. Excellent to go market/school, & sit full 7 if for short distance though long dist is a big no-no.but ask urself, how often u travel long dist with full 7??
Same goes to Inpira/vios/city & saga/viva. Not everybody want the size + features+ big cc even though similar price. Different cars for diff need.

Hi all, I test drove the Exora Bold 1.6 Premium CVT with my wife. Twice.

First was at Mutiara Damansara showroom. The route was mostly on the Penchala link. Number of people on board was 04: Me, wife, my brother and SA. Roads were wet coz it rained earlier. I tested the old Exora CPS when it first launched at this same showroom, it drove like a cow coz the engine was useless in climbing slopes.

But the Exora Bold with turbo was a good drive. Although I wished for more power and torque from the engine, the drive was adequate as I just need an MPV for town/city and highway driving. The car would be more from my wife, as we are expecting our first child mid of next year, so we are planning now on when to get the MPV. My wife was satisfies with the drive, despite having four adults on board, the power delivery was quite good.

The next day, we went to see an Alza. Wife liked the premium quality, but space was a BIG dissapointment (pun intended).

Second test drive on the same day was at the Taman SEA branch. This time I drove it on some normal flat roads, I found that I enjoyed the drive and tested the different gearbox modes (SAT, L gear, etc) and even the autocruise. With the features such as the reverse camera and overhead DVD entertainment system as standard on the Bold Premium for RM80k, I found that this MPV would be best suited for our needs in the near future. The only dissapointment for my wife was the absence of a proper Black colour choice, though I personally don't mind settling for the Elegant Brown (looks like Gold) colour. For me, I still have the stigma of past Proton ownership bugging me, I hope this new Exora wouldn't be too much of a problem, otherwise it would definitely be our last proton.

We would be placing a booking sometime early next year just after we purchase a new house in JB. Hopefully, by then, Proton manages to fix any niggling reliability issues of the engine, turbo and CVT box, and maybe reintroduce a proper Black colour.

L mode is actually sport drive@ sometimes referring to low gearing, L in cvt is not the same as L in at. In mitsu cvt, some use L,some use S letter, n in previous mini cooper n bmw, they used SD to replace L.

In L mode, the engine will rev up 20% higher that D mode, so u will achieve high torque earlier than than  D mode, example in D, u rev at 1700 rpm, then slot L, with the same throttle applied, the rev will climb to 2040 rpm which is where 205nm of torque already available. If in the mode,@ 1700rpm, the torque is around 150-160nm if i not mistaken.

just below the air filter box.. got 1 hose go to the engine from the intercooler i think. now my car is at the sC to repair.. lucky my car is not too far for the sC.. terus hantar eventhough overheat sensor keep on buzzing (this is good, at least there are some function that is useful).. call my service advisor fren, komplen komplen, and he finally admitted there are some problems with exora bold that is "keep secret" to public.. ask him what are the other problems, he cannot answer, company policy.. one of them is this.. and the others,, u all maybe have faced it.. the sound after hitting hole, camera sumtimes got no picture, dammit.. why u no tell me earlier!!!.. . hmm.. but i'm satisfied with the car.. estima, alphard, wish, stream, cannot kejar me after reach 200km/h.. hahahahaha

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Added on April 3, 2012, 12:59 aminstall ultra racing in your exora for better handling during corner.. hohoho.. front strut, front lower bar (4point) and rear lower is enough.. anti-roll bar too expensive.. huhuhu