Dec 19 2011, 12:31 AM
QUOTE(kadajawi @ Dec 18 2011, 11:36 PM)
But why didn't they release the Avanza as a Perodua in the first place? Apart from them having to assemble it here in that case... The Alza is the better product, at a lower price.
I also wonder why brands like Renault and Citroen gave up the Malaysian market... the 7 seater Kangoo could easily compete with the Avanza (except for the badge), though it was more expensive back then. IIRC the Kangoo was around 70k, i.e. Alza and Exora money. The new versions of these models (almost every continental manufacturer has a Kangoo-like car... Ford, Opel, Renault, Citroen, Peugeot, Fiat, VW, for a while Mercedes, and Toyota had the more consumer oriented Sienta) have all been vastly improved and grew in size. As they are perceived as panel vans by the population they might not get taxed as high as a continental 7 seater van.
the avanza is a "rush" job by toyota to conquer the small MPV market in this region and they managed to successfully conquer the market until other car-makers begins to attack this segment.I also wonder why brands like Renault and Citroen gave up the Malaysian market... the 7 seater Kangoo could easily compete with the Avanza (except for the badge), though it was more expensive back then. IIRC the Kangoo was around 70k, i.e. Alza and Exora money. The new versions of these models (almost every continental manufacturer has a Kangoo-like car... Ford, Opel, Renault, Citroen, Peugeot, Fiat, VW, for a while Mercedes, and Toyota had the more consumer oriented Sienta) have all been vastly improved and grew in size. As they are perceived as panel vans by the population they might not get taxed as high as a continental 7 seater van.
now that this segment of the market is congested, (Exora, Alza, Cherry, Livinia all sub-100k MPV), there is no point for toyota to come up with a new vehicle just for this segment.
Designing a chassis will take up alot of funds and looking at the competition in this segment now, from a business sense of view, it will not be worth it.
After all they already made enough when there is no player at this segment when Avanza is launched.
So what they are doing now is just to refresh / facelift the avanza and just add it to their product line-up.
After all there will be hard-core toyota supporters buying this avanza. TOYOTA branding is strong ma (at least in this part of the region)
All the other MPV rides better (more comfortable) due to their more car like chassis as compared to the avanza truck chassis...
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