To me, Vios is the one and only best cars selling in Malaysia.
Reason:
realiable
good handling
safety rating good
comfort
NVH the best, even better than a 5 series
cheap to maintain
maybe no need to maintain, Toyota won't spoil one
good pick up
good performance
and finally, good RV.  some will buy Toyota cars as an investment.  buy RM80K, 2 years later sell RM100K.

So i'm in the same boat as you, why are so many people bashing vios ?
only true car lovers and car experts will love the Vios.

I nearly fell off my chair reading this...I can't believe people still think of buying car as INVESTMENT. And to call oneself TRUE car lovers for that..priceless stupidity...

Back to topic..I think the main reason why people bashing VIOS is because a lot of normal users think owning a VIOS make so high class. That they can bash proton/perodua cause they own toyota. I personally will not buy p1/p2 and own toyota. But I will bash p1/p2 for another reason...but that is best left in another discussion...LOL...