Have seen the actual BRV and I would say it is not that nice looking car. It looks a MPV on stilt yet lower than a SUV.

Went to take a look at the car awhile ago. Was lucky that i had a good 15 mts alone with the car.

Not a single sole, around including the salesmen. It was all empty. All electrics on the car were off. Assume battery was dead. Doors open only by push and couldnt open the rear door to checkout the cargo space properly.

I had a few criteria as my priority to look out for today, in summary

COMFORT
- seat comfort beyond expectation. Currently driving a peugeot 207 and the comfort of the sienta far exceeds that
- 2nd

Next of course would be a test drive to see the NVH level ,comfort and if it has sufficient power for casual driving. If it scores decently there, i think my decision would be quite clear. 

What color is nice for sienta? I'm thinking the grey or white.

nice observation... the car overall looks fine to me just the engine is abit too underpowered for a 7 seater. even my innova with 2.0 also feel sluggish with 7 can't imagine this... will be like Avanza all over again

I guess nobody will drive a family car for racing and no family car racing ever happen in the world as nobody will risk their family members life for racing..
I am driving an close to 10 years old Avanza 1.5G and did went up to Genting in less than a week after I am getting the car.. and when nobody except me inside the car, will drive like crazy as this car is rear wheel drive so you will probably enjoying the drifting sensation
Will change to Sienta as trusted the Toyota car quality but comparing Perodua Bezza.. which 1 Sienta = 2 Bezza(10 seater), feel a bit uneven now

Assembly of first batch of 500 cars will be done in August. Another batch of 500 cars will be done in September. I think this quantity is for showroom cars only. I think Toyota is not very optimistic about the sales volume of this car. Normally like vios they'll hantam 2000 cars for the first few months.

All the more reasons to grab one as soon aa we can?

But logically speaking does an mpv like this have a market potential as big as that of a basic family sedan like the vios?

When the 3rd row seats are up there seems to be zero boot space from the photos. How is this car better than an Avanza? At least Avanza has some boot space behind the 3rd row seats. This makes a lot of difference in practical use, the difference being whether you can carry 7 people on holiday or only 5.

You're absolutely right, its imported from indonesia, and what they do here is to install alarm system, some car accessories and then it can be qualified as CKD cars and therefore have certain tax incentive.

Dont think they will sell this car at this level as else it will kill off Proto Ertiga and Perodua Alza plus Nissan Livina.

depend on ur usage lo .... small family or full load guy (like me, too many outdoor hobby), i think this car suit me nice.
previously was thinking of trade in my old storm to old volvo Xc70 (2000 model,i like this car), but seem like this car more pratical

Any car can easily reach up to 80-100 km/h. Its how fast you take to get there.

In terms of power I think will be comparable to an Avanza 1.5.