Hmmm... so far the reception of this car in Malaysia is very negative towards the interior design and quality. Although is fully assemble in Japan, I would like to see how bad the japanese have done to the Prius C.

I almost wanted to change my wife's Altis to the Insight but the low roof and tight passenger space turn me off.

Now the Prius C seems to have everything going for it except the interior design and built quality.

I just had a look at the Prius C and i must say despite being a Toyota man, im utterly shocked at the interior design and quality. This has gotta be the worst product that has come out of Toyota in a long time. The specs and engine may be good but the design and interior quality is typical Proton standard. Interior space is very lacking and i doubt ull get any drive satisfaction from this car.

Even if the car costs RM50K, i wouldnt touch it. Let alone RM97K. Toyota should sack their entire design team as the models coming out in recent years have been a total washout in terms of design. Just look at their flagship Camry and ull see how backward they have become. Toyota's brand loyalty will be severely tested in the coming years if they dont stop this rot.

This post has been edited by cybermaster98: Mar 5 2012, 05:43 PM

looking at the pictures of the interior, it reminds me of cherry eastar

may i know which showroom can view the car?

today bring my already retired HOD to see the car... he like the dashboard and he is 70 years old!!!

i believe it is safe to say, even PROTON SATRIA has a nicer interior and looks more solid then Prius C..

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Added on March 5, 2012, 11:13 pmprobably because his definition of cool is still stucked in the 80s

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Added on March 5, 2012, 11:14 pmactually, i was hoping VW would bring in the Jetta Hybrid. Should be around 120-130k if they bring it in, but doubt it will be anytime soon


This post has been edited by Kalist0: Mar 5 2012, 11:14 PM

In europe Diesel is really famous and good... so hybrid there did not really kick off that hard... but over here since our diesel still stuvk in Euro2 Hybrid is getting good... also thanks to our tax exemption

Went to Toyota no cars but today got the cars in the showroom

* Toyota Sungai Besi *



This post has been edited by MX510: Mar 6 2012, 01:14 AM

1. Discount of RM700 if you or your family member (spouse) are Toyota Merit member.

2. The DVD player only play movie when the car is at 'P'. Normal driving will disable it. Therefore, can only used for GPS and listen to music / radio. SA told me.

3. Depends on whether you have item 1 or not.

1. max i get discount RM600 and my SA push till so front I can get my car end of the month.

2. 2990 not worth unless you really want it and do not want to install aftermarket..I think 2990 can spend some where else for better ICE

3. Depends item 1 and 2....

toyota bangsar (ex modesto) - test drive available

silver colour full of decals

1. RM1,000 Rebate for LYN Members..

2. Individual >.> for me i would go for it look more cool 3K bit pricey

3. Depend on item 1 and 2

I really hope uve given this some very serious thought. I think the Prius C is really poor in design.

poor in interior design. even the door centre support, you will see a black strip of sticker... wonder why they use a sticker at that position? visually will make the in between gap look nicer (becoz the car is orange color and window pane there is black?) just weird to see a black sticker strip. you can see it when you open up the door.

Not all people think Prius C is very bad in design, aesthetic is pretty subjective. on the other hand, FC, safety and technology are more objective, and it wins almost in every aspects except cabin size. people get this car is not totally depend on its appearance.

diff ppl diff taste.

I am okie with that design, if they put cassette player or manually adjust the side mirror like old old saga, then that i really cannot tahan.

Well, for me i guess its the price comparison as always and a value for money proposition. If it was much cheaper, i would have turned a blind eye towards its design and interior plastics but for almost RM100K, i dont think its worth.

But have a read of the following article which gives quite good reviews about the Prius C over the Honda Insight:

http://www.cars.com/toyota/prius-c/2012/ex...ws/?revid=58230

For the Americans who are paying only about US$25K for the top of the line Prius C, i would probably have the same view as him. But tell them to pay US$97K for the Prius C and then see what their comments will be like.
(dont do a currency conversion since we're comparing against ppl earning & living in the US and not tourists)

same thing, you also can tell American to pay US$11 for a cup of Starbucks coffee, what do you think their reaction? "Mother Fxxking" damn not worth it right? but still a lot of ppl in Malaysia like Starbucks coffee. so, get my point?

So indirectly ure protraying yerself as a fool eh?

Ure obviously not getting my point then. Im not refering to Malaysians in general. Im refering to MYSELF and my justification of value for money. We've all been taken for a ride by the Japs for far too long. Yes no doubt they have given us good quality products and a good ride but all that has changed since about 3 years ago when the Korean revival started. And as long as we continue to support the Japs by accepting their vastly inferior spec'd cars, they will continue to feed us with crap.

Just look at the upcoming Camry. Toyota actually dares to launch a 2.0L so called '2012 new generation' flagship car that uses the same 2006 engine and the same 4 speed auto gearbox here in Malaysia/Asia. Would they dare to do the same in the US for a similar price? They would be torn to shreads by GM and Chevrolet and be thrown out of the country.

But here in Malaysia, we will continue to accept Toyota in all its glory paying super high premiums for practically 'empty' cars while kissing the Toyota emblem to kingdom come.

Trust me. These are the words of a die hard Toyota man who has had 9 years of good service from Toyota.

This post has been edited by cybermaster98: Mar 6 2012, 02:54 PM

blame UMW toyota, not toyota Japan.

and pls dont look down on jap car just because korean car has flashy outlook.

if just a flashy outlook is needed, buy alfa romeo.

tak habis habis bashing the jap car, come on.

call UMW toyota ( which your epf or mutual funds has a stake in it). not UMW Wanan con your money, its malaysian gomen wanna con your money. UMW also tied with Perodua, yes, so UMW is sort of GLC also.