Hi guys,

I'm really appreciating the replies and your opinions. No offence to the national brands, but i'm not intending to buy a P1 or P2.

To answer some of your questions, I'm working in the advertising/industry whereby we work a lot of late hours like till 12am, 5am oso got...thus I can get let's say around RM300-RM1k a month just on overtime plus allowances.

I'm also a fresh grad but my pay is considered good already for a fresh grad plus I'm really grateful that my parents have bought me a 2-storey terrace house in Ampang..thus in terms of property investment, i'm covered. Also I don't waste my disposable income on drinking, shopping, etc...I'm a very simple person that always go value for money. I'm not buying a nice car bcuz to show off but it's bcuz of my job as we have to travel a lot like meeting clients, go to photoshoot, etc.

I just need a car that is fast, good build quality(no rattling noise when langgar roadbump, minor potholes), good resale value so I can sell in 4-5 years time for bigger car. I do understand that Kia and Ford aftersales can improve after the Forte and Fiesta, thus I'm optimistic. This future car is really important to my job.

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7300
See this for VSC.. Elantra and PC has it as well ^^ . If you off u can do like in the video in the link ^^

For me... i have same dillemma like you too. But in the end i choose PC after test drive tons of cars.

With your budget. You can get more than 10 types of car and depends what you want and need in the end. I recommend test drive all the car and choose one which fits u best.

In my opinion, if you can wait that is,, Prius C is a good choice as 100% not made in Malaysia and rank high in safety feature as one of the VSC with 7 Airbag. Credit also go to Elantra for this tech. google it up and u see how safe it is with VSC system in place.

Not only that PC is the best in MPG as it can go 51 MPG in city driving as you drive in city. Test drive it first. I can safety say its more powerful than Vios and good at FC + safety feature.

Downside its small, so if you use it for second car and you dont mind small car. I think its a good car to drive around town as easy to park as well.

But then it all down to your preference. Ford Fiesta is not bad as well . With Kia K3 arriving soon. If you can wait , maybe test drive it and maybe you like it more. ^^ .

Turbo lag or whatsoever, nothing draws a clearer picture than test driving itself.
if you happen to own a proton previously, test driving it will impress you.
but if you don't, believe me you aren't gonna be impressed.

No offense to other Preve buyers, just voicing out my opinion from the test drive.

i think they solved that problem already in a new batch of cars...prove is my fathers car....felt like riding an aeroplane vroom sana vroom sini 

Perhaps so, as the preve I tested was a 1st batch. In spite of what the paper-specs say, Inspira felt more responsive and torquey as lower revs compared to Preve. Remember that Mitsu gave proton a detuned lancer engine (lower hp), 140+ vs. 156. Maybe due to that, inspira gets a flatter torque curve as a trade-off. I'm just speculating. This better ask owners. Also note, the k3 is on the horizon, so the forte's gonna be a "previous-gen" car soon. Fiesta facelift also in the works. But I don't hear any "lancer" replacement coming very soon.

There's already news about a new lancer coming. Just google it.

http://www.cbt.com.my/2012/08/27/mitsubish...lancer-in-2014/

Nah. 2014 Lancer. Didn't wanna post it cuz thread is not talking about new gen lancer.

I will say Inspira 2.0P is one of the best choice out there. No Preve please.

You might want to consider new Focus too.

Fuel Consumption: (must be good / don't really care)
Fiesta;City;Swift;Preve;Inspira;Forte

I think forte 2.0 FC not bad compared to my vios.
I personally own a forte2.0 and my FC is around 7.3l/100km.
Around 80% hiway and 20% city.
Rm 50 Ron95 can go for 330 - 350km.
My ex car vios rm50 can go for around 380km.

I think not bad rite

Btw, I think safety features in forte 2.0 is the best among all the cars that u mentioned rite
Pls correct me if I m wrong.

choppa!

Chopped.

you car FC is same like 1.3 myvi.

   

you car FC is same like 1.3 myvi.

   

Don't doubts, it is true
But mine is 80% hiway n 20% city wo...
What about yrs daily routes?

Don't doubts, it is true
But mine is 80% hiway n 20% city wo...
What about yrs daily routes?

i think its reasonable...becuz higher displacement car actually save fuel on long distance travel compare to a 1-1.3L car

i always tot 2 liter car is 10km/liter 

u seems to be a gentle driver