legroom is bad cause it is now a B segment car.  (rear disc brakes from old persona is downgraded to drum brakes in this new persona  ).........u want more legroom ? get C segment (honda civic) or D segment (honda accord) cars

I don't see how it's possible to be roomier than the first gen when the wheelbase is a lot shorter. But don't get me wrong. It doesn't directly translate to comfortabilty because the old gen seat is too low. Like kid's seat. New gen car height is higher as well.

IIRC, Preve was supposed to be the Persona replacement but they priced it higher and old Persona was selling well. That was is not really replaced until now.

Better than the Vios and City engine? Are you serious? Toyota's engines have won global awards from car magazines after much testing and comparison. Proton's Campro engine is an outdated piece that needs to be replaced fast.

The problem is, no major car blogs would talk about it due to the fear that Proton will stop advertising with them.

City engine emission is actually not only euro 2, but sad case in Malaysia:

"For optimum performance with Malaysia’s low-grade fuel, the engine has been tuned only to Euro-2 emission standards."

Quoted from motortrader..

It's possible to have euro 4 emission for city too, but until ron95 fuel upgraded to euro 4, there's no point arguing about engine emission standards, and majority of buyers just don't care as well..

In Philippines, the same 1.5l i-vtec sohc engine in city meets euro 4 emission standard.. so it's possible for honda malaysia to tune the engine to meet euro 4 standard.. just for our country honda tunes the engine for euro 2 since our ron 95 fuel just euro 2.. n I don't deny that an engine can accept lower grade of fuel, I just said for optimal performance.. sure an euro 4/5 engine can achieve optimal performance with corresponding euro 4/5 fuel right?

What are the models with euro 3 engine u mean? Are the models u mean full new models after nationwide Euro 4m ron97 implementation in malaysia last year?

Er...have to give some credit to Toyota to be fair. The Vios has been using VVT-i engine for the past 10 years (actually is more), only then proton right now started to introduce VVT.

So although the VVT Campro engine just released by Proton and can be considered as a new engine, but it is very obvious that the technology in it is an obsolete 1.

In other word, you talked as in Toyota Vios is using a dinosaur engine, but the technology in the dinasour engine is certainly comparable if not better than the new campro's VVT engine.

Note: can clearly see how much proton is behind in terms of development compares to their competitors

It's new. Not sure 3-6 month down the road. Having own the Preve, no more Proton sorry, no matter how good this Persona or other models are. Sales number and volume will speak for how good this car is. Let the people judge. Don't let words judge. If sales can't hit 10k unit by the 2nd month (Bezza sells 19000 unit on its first month), you'll know it's a failure, just like the iriz.

Thinking of getting this car for my wife. CVT ok or not? Also how is the service center experience as compared to P2? Not sure if I should go new Persona / Bezza or used City / Vios.

Sadly I'm not available the rest of the weekend 
From what my SA told me, Every part (Plug, Engine Oil, Timing Belt, CVT oil and etc) that needed to be change during service will be cover by proton. You just need to come to service centre, service your car and go home without paying anything. If there is an extra part that needed to be change, the will notify you first whether it need to be change or not.

thanks 
if thats the case its quite a good deal imo. but is there any km limit?

Basically the C-segment cars were affected back then in 85 when the Saga was introduced - Corolla LE 1.3/GL 1.6 and Sunny 1.3. The Japanese cars went up by about 4k to 6k depending on model and variant. Not sure if the Laser, 323 and Tredia also had their prices bumped up...