Agreed. Nothing much wrong with 4 speed.

Except that if u are those "racer" that likes to speed, then it will eat more petrol compared to 5 gear or more gear box.
But then again, how fast can u drive?
For example, my Altis has 7 speed but i doubt its running at 6th gear when im driving at 140kmh

The GTR and Vios theory is understandable. I agree with you.
But GTR has diff drivetrains throughout the whole series.
Attessa gets improved majorly.

And you guys can't blame the price, why not blame the gov for the god damn tax. U see people bash, but still Vios still sell like hot cakes. Every single ver. lol.

Fiesta CBU from TomYamland

Vios is assembled in Shah Alam, Fiesta in Rayang, Thailand.

CKD = assembled in M'sia
CBU = imported whole requiring AP

New Vios early batches will be CBU from Thai I reckon, after that will be CKD as well. Never knew Vios was ever assembled by Perodua.....I know Avanza was assembled by Perodua la, the facelift I'm not sure. On that note, my source from UMW told me the new Vios already have 5,000 pre-bookings before the launch next month. Power of brand yo!

According the wikipedia
As for the AP, I'm not sure. I know Ford import their Fiestas a few times a year, everytime they run out you'll have to wait for them to restock, SA told me due to AP issue, dunno singalingam me or what. As far as I know the still can meet demand for the Fiesta and Focus, it's only the Ranger they have problem with.

Then you'd know better than me la. According to my SA the Ranger is particularly troublesome because some parts are manufactured in Aussie, which needs to meet the demand of multiple markets and somehow ASEAN markets gets the short end of the stick. The Wildtrak backlog is so far behind it's not even funny 

My SA also complain to me everytime when their bread-and-butter model Fiesta sells out and have to wait a month or 2 for fresh stock to arrive, they really eat northwest wind because no car to deliver 

I read they are closing their Mexico plant and moving the production line for US Fiestas to Rayong as well 

Vw 5 year warranty ma, ppl always think guna dulu, 5 tahun jual pulak

Ford OZ closing affects OZ market the most, oh and the Ranger production (I guess the Ranger uses parts from the Falcon? I have no idea though). Ford OZ has always concentrated on the OZ market only with the Falcon model, I guess it is no longer sustainable.

No idea on the VW business model, you're right them seem to be perpetually well-stocked here 

well most of them drive the vios like aunties. what for safety features. might as well buy a bicycle.

some people bash it because they think it is not worth what it cost, btw , this is bolehland leh , high car tax , what to expect ?? without the high tax, vios should cost around 50~60k , but then proton will eat shit alr

I don think VIOS wear & tear part is expensive than other competitor , it's the most cheaper among all the other brand , who ask u done in UMW ?? SC never charge u cheaper , u can always do it at outside workshop with reasonable or cheaper price , my brother honda civic bearing wheel breakdown , honda SC offer RM800++ to fix it      , end up my brother done it at 3rd party workshop and pay RM400++ only , those brainless only go SC to change their expensive part

I'm talking about after warranty , if u are within warranty period , it's FOC
It's not about NVH and RV , it's about reliable , cheaper maintenance , and can't admit that currently Almera and Vios offer the best FC compared to Fiesta , City and other b-segment car , suzuki Swift is the worse i would say since i own it too 
Then , let list down which car is the best buy within 80k range

FC
Maintenance
Resales Value
Space with big boots
Reliable Engine
Did u know Myvi in Malaysia is worse than export Myvi? Do ur homework pls , don only blame on VIOS , i believe last time kenari have even better spec to export and malaysia citizen all use cheapo spec kerani with higher price tag, that why i say u all stil can't accept the true , u need face with it in reality , all other thing have to re-consider, unless u really have the money and skip the B-Segment car , if wan compare , pls compare APPLE to APPLE , Malaysia car price only , don bring tomyamland , singlashland , taiwanland price , it doesnt work !!

Finally, someone stand up and talk like human words with point, those ppl bash vios because of tarik ah beng ah seng ah lian , really pointless
I agree with ur words that they are stil using the old 10 year engine but keep on increasing their price, but don forgot, ur 2nd hand value wont drop too much too, u win some , u lost some, about the engine, how good consider good? Honda ivtec fc stil cant match up with vios, but I believe ivtec is fun to drive, ivtec in high rpm will be fun while VIOS is very good in pick up (low rpm) especially for uphill, what I say is u win some , u lost some, nothing is perfect

I bought my 09 city at 85k if not mistake? After 3 month + , city have increase to 89k without any facelift and didnt ever change anything, then who to blame?
Even U blame they also wont drop their price to normal what? U can say it is not worth but it stil a good buy within this range, right?

Vw new 7speed dsg full of problem, how much is their car? Rm120k++ at least, new tech good? If reliable then good, if new tech cant match the word reliable, sorry I rather stay with old tech

Bro, did u know my brother in law do supply spare part to honda that so call "Original"?
My wife's father is under honda contract for windscreen damage cover, only god and themself know they install the "Original" or OEM part =)

U stil can get Real cheap original part at outside rather than SC, because SC only follow the retails price and give u a little discounr, just like u buy engine oil at petronas (retails price) vs any spare part shop (discounted price)  ,does that mean spare part shop selling OEM engine oil?

That why I say, its brainlesa to send ur car to sc repair after warranty, find a experience workshop that can fix ur car with half of the price that SC offer, SC only will sell u in Retail Price

I believe it wont happen now, money is hard earn nowaday, unless other competitor can offer better than vios, what we talking about is Current right? List down any car u think can easily bring vios down?

Each honda service center do have contract with any nearest spare part shop, I wont say too much on it, let u experience urself, because SC will always overcharge with high labour.

Me myself is a motor spare part seller, I know how original part work, but we wont tell it how many percent we can get, but im sure its cheaper than SC alot, because they are following the retails.

Alot of customer will order original part from us, and let outside workshop to do it, there is so many workshop is EX-SC worker with full of experience, no point paying so much on the SC labour charge

That is the bearing wheel price, u havent include the labour charge dude =)

I have a 6-7 year old P42 at home, have to agree with you. 7 years now and not a single rattle from the cabin, compare to my friend's dugong which started rattling a few weeks in. And it's cable throttle yo! 

But being an old car, a lot of expensive wear and tear symptoms are cropping up, engine mounting is due for a replacement, for example.