QUOTE(EnergyAnalyst @ Nov 23 2012, 01:26 AM)
Before I bought my 408NA ( now 2 months old and clocked in >3,000 km), I have test driven Ford Focus, checked up VW Jetta and even polo sedan. At the same time view the new Honda civic, face lifted Nissan sylphy and Mazda 3. I have decided to forget about Nissan and Honda for a very simple reason, most popular Japs car are practical but mostly boring inside out and the design is full of aspect that just irks me. Let's face it, these mass produced japs car is not meant to be exciting. Mazda offers some external visual designer excitement. But when I viewed the interior and cockpit BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE I AM GOING TO SPEND MOST OF MY TIME IN, I find the material in there, its internal finishing and the design very generics just like the current Hyundai and Kia cars---Great from the outside... But once u step in, u are back into ordinary realm. Both German VW and Ford (Thai-made) are meant to be mass market affordable cars just that it did not translate into that due to the not so nice and hefty excise duty. i Like the technology advancement or supremacy shown by German and American ( please tell me that you do know whole ford is but chevvy cruze is not) I don't breathe and live technology advancement for a car. I instead live and breathe comfort, style, elegant , class, and most importantly a car that is really one with ample legroom, head room, shoulder to shoulder distance. Peugeot 408 is not winner of all aspects, and i don't think it is trying to be but I will forego a push start button anytime for cruise control. I will choose a well built solid steel laden with a door that closes with a thud but come at a price of higher fuel consuming car from a lighter and lower fuel consuming car with door closing at a ugly bang sound. In summary I have chosen this car and would chose it again over and over again because I am finally able to buy a car with all those qualities that I miss, because car maker seldom care for them any more, such as notice how smaller and smaller new generation of most car model gets?!
Yes, while i agree that more n more ppl should start choosing other makes over the Japanese, we also need to keep in mind that one of the things that Japanese car makers like Toyota excel in is long term durability. This is something both the Koreans and French are trying very hard to replicate. Both you and many of us here on LYN have brand new non Japanese cars. We dont know how things are gonna be in say 5-7 years time. So while its good that we're happy with how things are now, we must always remember that a majority of problems the Koreans and French makes faced, came after a few years of ownership. That's what destroyed their credibility both in Malaysia and overseas.
My family had 3 previous generation Peugeots, all of which were CBU France and all had numerous problems. Same with the Korean makes. Right now if im not mistaken the 408 is manufactured in China or Argentina rite? So quality could be better or worse. So although our cars come with better physical looks and better specs, durability over the longer term is still something which none of us know of at this moment.
We just have to keep our fingers crossed i guess. But for now, we'll enjoy our rides.
This post has been edited by cybermaster98: Nov 23 2012, 09:38 AM 
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