QUOTE(jayraptor @ Aug 26 2013, 11:22 PM)
Wow, cars in Brunei so cheap still want to go for lowest spec? J-spec manual some more? They can easily go for full G spec or S spec straight.
Nissan has been obsessed with Toyota design especially Vios dugong since end 2007. First to copy was Nissan Maxima US on the rear lights. The Almera heavily copied Vios dugong design but only thing is they overdone it with added China cars + phased out Korean 03 cars design fused together so it become very ugly.
The new Vios rear didn't dump the old Vios dugong styling but instead develop it further so it looks like this. Wasted or else the new Vios would have proper look on the front and back. Since it is still sticking to old technology, they get to pass NAP protection for P1/P2 therefore they can price it in the same region as Vios dugong with slight increase.
If they fit new dual VVTi upgraded engine + 6AT in Vios 2013, then they'll loose the privilege and end up selling at over RM90k.
Hahaha...do you think everybody in Brunei is oil baron meh.. car may cheap but others thing expensive back to square one also.
U simply cannot accept the sucess of Almera.
What crappie story u r trying to cook ? car technology need to stayed old to comply with NAP ? so r u saying ur laoya Rio 1.4 with 4AT is to comply with NAP ? that why NASA never bring in 1.6 with 6AT ? total nonsense.
Toyota actually taking the advantages that local consumer mindset, would even buy a kereta lembu so long as a Toyota badge fixed in front of it, anyway I don't see there is any need for it since even the korean r giving old tech eg. ur laoya Rio also giving single vvt 1.4 with 4AT.
Anyway 6AT only suitable for bigger capacity car eg ur laoya Elantra 1.8 fitted with 6AT also useless as it doesn't have enough torque to coup with the 6AT causing it constantly downshift to "search" for gear.