lol!! then at that point you shpuld also wait for the engine to come after that~

makes sense if the engine is arriving soon... 2 years is not in anyway soon~

just fyi... other than the lack of siputs, their competitors were the run of the mill fuel sipping vtecs not the nastier variants

This post has been edited by lsm1991: Sep 28 2016, 10:52 AM

most protons, yeah.... have tested 'most' of them (no luck finding a juara, arena, putra, you know those less common old ones). Not gona deny, the ride and handling is impressive, I myself have always said that proton does rather well in the handling/safety department. I have also said proton leaves much to be desired where built quality is concerned and in the engine tech department. vvt is nothing new, their take on vvt is still nothing impressive. It is just another application of vvt on their own engine.

The new persona, however i have only seen and touched, not test driven. As far as what i think about it? exterior looks pretty decent, actually like the front of this thing, the butt not so much but alright but the sides..... my god the stupid looking rims. largish body with tiny tyres make it look terrible. Interior?still lots of hard plastic (cheap pricetag, no real complaints here) and notchy switches (i think carried over from the iriz). I just dont get why they used 'brown/beige' for the centre trim.... makes it looks cheap. Rear interior space is actually much much much smaller than i had anticipated, based on the iriz so expected i guess... (least its better than the beza's upright rear seats~)

now as far as what you can tell in the test drive, friend said, its quieter (has a iriz, persona and neo in his household) ride but where handling is concerned, compared to the old persona, its not as nice to drive. It's a lighter smaller less wide car, even the sales man who spoke to him agreed, felt less stable than the old persona. (does not seem to hug the road as well) and its performance is terribad.

if you consider the price of this thing, bolehlah...

1)im not condemning them, im just pointing out what i have heard and seen.... i did not condemn them, i basically stated its pros and cons
2)5.4L/100km isnt very impressive, my dads saga sv managed under 6l per 100km kl->taiping (99% smooth journey other than taiping town)
3)while i have not rode in this particular car yet, i have risen in basically all the other current models (only general variants, never sat or touched any of the special/limited production variants). my friend who has the iriz and the (old) persona has tested it and i have no reason to doubt his words..... (he does drive the other protons in his household often enough to know better)

hehe actually going test later on after another friend gets his.... wanted to see whats the top spec model like, but the showroom near my place was very busy when i went to see and no cars for me to test with on the spot.
salesman not willing to take his deposit cause they havent even gotten the chassis/engine numbers (or some other numbers) yet.... eta about 1 month for him