Saw it on the 'Mitsui Outlet Park KLIA Sepang' facebook page. Since its a store inside mitsui it should be opened daily. Will only be back on Friday. Hope to see it by then.

Yes, I saw a number of singapore registered BRV on the road.

Yup, it's open. I'm at the mall outlet now. Overall, it's better than I expected. Will post more later.

Update based on my observations:
1. Looks and feels slightly bigger than alza. Just my impression. Didn't check the exact specs.
2. The rear isn't that ugly in real life. Still weird but not as bad from the pictures.
3. Second row seats are comfortable and quite spacious. Higher than the driver's row.
4. Third row fits me ok for my size. I think it will be cramp for the guys.
5. Sliding door is wide enough but it got stuck halfway and couldn't close. Might be a potential issue. Maybe too many people handling the car.
6. Quite a lot of people checking out the car. I honestly don't know if it will translate to better sales.
7. Brown color seats doesn't look nice.
8. Hard plastics on the dashboard.

Ok, that's all for now. I took some pictures but no time to post them. It's a pain to upload via hp.

This post has been edited by ftan: Jul 6 2016, 09:16 PM

Pictures below.


This post has been edited by ftan: Jul 6 2016, 09:14 PM

Whooaaa..judging that this is a weekday crowd, might be hard for me to play around with the car with my family tagging along.was expecting an empty car

Thanks alot for the quick review ftan! And the photos! U sure made the rear look less odd from that angle.it does look,well..unique.. 😁 were those 1st row rear seat adjusted all the way back?

P/s : what phone did u use to capture those photos. Crystal clear indoor shots! 😅

I actually find the brown seats to suit the dark overall interior of the car. The previous photos all seem to show a much lighter tone of brown probably due to camera flash. Will have to check its out in flesh this friday. You got me excited already 😝

About the door, Had the same problem with an alphard door awhile back, it was due to me not being familiar with the doors control, flipped the door open, someone pulled the door handle and i pressed the lock/unlock button. Ended up stuck just like you described. Had to turn on and off the car for it to work again. Hope it doesnt turn out as a regular issue.

This post has been edited by aztechx: Jul 6 2016, 09:36 PM

First row seats were untouched. Don't think it was adjusted all the way back as I could still rest my foot on the pedal just fine.

Fyi, played around with the second row seats. I think it was adjusted all the way back. Ample space.

Used iPhone 6s Plus.

When you go on Friday, let us know if the sliding door is as what you described or it's really a malfunction.

This post has been edited by ftan: Jul 7 2016, 12:17 AM

I was in Mitsui around 6PM in yesterday to check out this Sienta after my spouse insist to have a look at it as we missed the change to see it during Mines Auto fair.
The display unit is V grade, which is the highest spec in Malaysia market with price tag RM99900 OTR , not sure why they do not bring in Q grade to MY market from Indo.

First impression: This looks much better than Alza and Grand Livana from outlook!
The leg room for 2nd row is way more better but not for 3rd row, unless you move slightly 2nd row seat to front, then you will notice the leg room for 3rd row is slightly better.

The power-sliding door does not open automatically when I pulled the handle, same situation with the rear door cannot be opened.
The SA told us that both does not work as the battery is flat and for last two days there are a lot people open/close it frequently.
It does not have one touch button on door handle (unlike JP spec) so that it will open automatically when press it.

Not sure why Sienta in SEA market only comes with three airbag (two front and knee), unlike the JP spec comes with six airbags (two front, two side and two curtain shield).
Probably our life is not worth it and does not deserve for better spec.



I found the leaflets in the showroom, which you can refer below.

Man.. i hope they bring in the hybrid version here 😑

Ya, the BRV doesnt stand out much, will mistaken it as a Airwave if didnt look closely.

Will do, but based on soyusa's comment below, battery drain too is possible it seems. I assumed those doors will still work mechanically in the case of no power.

By the way another question would be, are the rear seats as comfortable as a sedan rear seat?doesnt look that way, thats the particular reason my wife isnt so interested with the car. Besides the fact that whatever you keep in the cargo area is visible from outside. and the 'simplistic' aircond controls. I have alot of convincing to do.haha

Wished it came with more airbags too. But with the sub 100k price, i think all the other offerings are only offering two as standard.correct me if im wrong.

For the power doors, you mean it is activated from the outside by handle pull instead of button?
What does the q grade offer in indonesia?

Anyway thanks alot for the input and the leaflet screen shots, gave me a few ideas on what to look out for. Just wonder how well it rides and comfort against the likes of vios/city

This post has been edited by aztechx: Jul 7 2016, 09:49 AM

Thats quite a surprise actually, initial review from paultan seems to speak highly on the design giving me the impression it could be a hit.

At the 70k-80k price point i think the BRV could sell volumes for those SUV adopters who cant afford the current line of choices.

I didn't sit long since there were many ppl hovering around. My first impression is the second row seats were very comfortable. Need to test drive the car first to see if the seats are acceptable when car is in motion.

I would say the design of BRV is quite mainstream. You can simply name a few cars with such design such as Airwave and Suzuki Ertiga? Meanwhile, Sienta's design is more like a Renault Kangoo type, high roof, lower floor, flat back, sliding doors. I would say it is a practical car.

Yup, from my understanding that we have to pull and release the handle from outside then the sliding door will open automatically.
I did the same in yesterday but not working, ended up have to pull the handle move toward back in order to open the door.
Malaysia and Indonesia version does not have the button to press from the handle to open the sliding door.

I check from the review from Youtube as in below to compare the HK and Indonesia's market.



For Indonesia car price, can check from here or below (They have E model and comes with Manual Transmission too):

Type E Type E MT - Rp. 230.000.000,00
Type E Type E CVT - Rp. 248.000.000,00
Type G Type G MT - Rp. 242.000.000,00
Type G Type G CVT - Rp. 260.000.000,00
Type V Type V MT - Rp. 257.000.000,00
Type V Type V CVT - Rp. 275.000.000,00
Type Q Type Q CVT - Rp. 295.000.000,00

I'd say it's economics. The question is, what do customers want? What are they going to pay for? So far the thinking at car makers seems to be that while additional airbags cost money, people just don't care that much. If you show them a car with 6 airbags and steel rims, or a car with 2 airbags and alloy rims + maybe leather seats or a flashy aftermarket radio, both costing the same, they will get the car with alloy rims.

Now, if that is still true... who knows. But as long as they can sell cars without additional airbags, they will.

For my Golf there is the option of 2 additional airbags for rear passengers, it costs RM 1600. In comparison, some other popular items: Sun roof: RM 4700. Leather: Minimum RM 8900. HID: RM 3800. Radio (stock comes without radio I think): Minimum RM 1800. Rear doors: RM 9000.

And going back to safety features: Adaptive cruise control with automatic braking in emergency situations: RM 2400. Lane assist with self correcting feature (doesn't only warn you if you leave the lane, but steers the car back into the lane/holds the lane): RM 3200. Traffic sign recognition (has the same camera as lane assist, so if you have it, the car can be hacked to offer lane assist too): RM 1400.

So airbags are a cheap option, relatively speaking, but it is one deemed unnecessary for the SEA market. Just look at Proton sales vs Perodua sales. The significantly safer car easily loses. Or look at the Golf in Malaysia: VW could have ordered all the safety features, which would add up to RM 8600 (airbags, adaptive cruise control, traffic sign recognition and lane assist). Maybe drop the 150 hp engine, get 120 instead, that should pretty much even out what you pay extra for the safety features.

This post has been edited by kadajawi: Jul 7 2016, 05:07 PM

The width 1695mm is the same as serena, at first aiming serena but now i am interested in this sienta in term of its price and size

is this sienta already launch here?

It depends on how much space you need and how many people you are fetching. Serena has bigger space and can sit adults nicely in the last row seats.

Not yet. I checked in mudah and it says in August.

I went to Mitsui outlet 2 days ago after seeing the email mentioning you can view this car there. Something funny is that, the SA told me he is yet to go through any training and perhaps if you ask them, they might not be able to answer you much in regards to this car features, etc. You can start the car to see how the MID and player work.. and some wrong info from the leftlet and stupid Toyota website which enter wrongly on the Height info which is supposed to be 1675 instead of 1695.. Also, the SA told me the V spec got nothing to upgrade but the website spec showing the player still upgradable to NAV version and will cost 2K+ for this upgrade which I think is unreasoable unless there is some additional features, i.e mirrorlink, wifi, etc beside navigation annd 7" LCD..

Anyway, will need to test drive the car when it is officially launch on August.

The car is lower as compare to Avanza(wrong Toyota info which mention both same height) by anyway, only 2cm.

Anyone notice about the front car driving video recorder? kind of interesting stuff there.. when I was there 2 days ago, both sliding doors working fine..