bro i'm in the same situation as you bro. Comparing City E and suddenly this 2016 persona premium pop out last month.

Went for persona test drive, damn it's a good car!!!
Now contemplating to let go city dream already since this car is so capable for it's price tag.

Also, like what you said... I get to save so much on maintenance and spare parts replacement. Heard honda charges not cheap lei...

The honda city still had the better engine, Cvt and outlook comparing to persona bro. And u r enjoying the pride of driving a Honda brand. If u already bought the car then no regrets. Just that if u haven't then u may consider to choose the persona because of the super value pricing.

Bro i have gave it a hard thought throughout the night.

Buy City means buy pride, reliability, track record, slightly cabin space. comfort. But with that comes with a higher price tag and be ready for Honda's knife to cut our wallet.

Buy Persona means buy value car, easy on wallet and get a comparable features to City. The almost 20k gap really cannot justify it, and I heard some bad rumors about Honda cut throat servicing charges. Now Proton giving 3 years free labor+parts charges, this alone can already save thousands of ringgit. On the downside is... Is Proton reliable? My answer is... The quality can't be THAT bad, right. My target it to use this car for 5 years, and i'm willing to take the risk that Persona can last 5 years without giving me major problems (With consistent servicing of course).
My heart is still in dilemma now. But i can say about 70% of my heart ask me to go for persona due to affordability and i have a good feeling about this car. I test drove it, and it somehow feels like this Persona is really a huge jump in quality as compared to old Protons.

What about you bro? Follow your heart or wallet? 

Yup the colour is nice ,but where they found this funny small rims ?