Not exactly.

Toyota lost ground because Vios was stuck with 4sp AT and no VSC when new Honda City got CVT, ESC and up to 6 airbags. By the time Vios updated with CVT, VSC, too little too late until today.

Bezza Advance with VSC alone makes up nearly half of all Bezza sold.

People avoid proton bcuz the Punch CVT well known to be bad and high fc. After sales also not as affordable as Perodua, Honda and Toyota, at least for the standard maintenance items.

Rejecting Perodua's offer of Toyota Dual VVT-i + 4sp E-AT powertrain was their stupidest decision ever.

Had they accepted it, Proton would flourish now. Even proton also people will tak pening, tak fikir, beli je. Peace of mind, jimat fc, cheap service, safety like a Volvo.

You're the one that need update, Vios now is CVT, VSC is standard across all.

I was referring back in 2014, when current gen City was launched, it was the first in its class with VSC and up to 6 airbags for top spec.

Yet, Toyota, Nissan just maintain their cars with 4sp AT and none have VSC. Toyota instead went and do roadshow la, advertise Vios can drift la, topkek.

Only last year finally Toyota launch Vios with Dual VVT-i, CVT and VSC across all. But too little too late, for previous 2 years, City wiped the floor off Vios and Almera.

>"a deadly combo"
>in car accident thread

*badum tss*

Now change strategy to rebadge Geely Boyue. Looks nice, if priced well, and specced correctly, can be a hit

That one Great Wall/Haval, older gen cars. Have faith in Geely Boyue, developed with inputs from Volvo personnels

Don't really like the front lekuk on the headlamp ala Mercedes.

I think Proton shouldn't bother spending on design, Msians don't care. The car can be as ugly as can be, but if janji got Japanese powertrain, they instantly trust it'll be high quality, low fc, cheap to maintain, that's what they want most from a car.

This Geely Boyue is a bit disadvantaged in the sense people will think it's typical china car quality, but with a bit of marketing about Volvo's tech at really affordable price (which they better get it right, it has to feel the price is considerably less than Japanese), and bolster after sales support, it might just be a hit. Better proton channel their resources here than to design, which failed for how many years edi. Syok sendiri design won't sell the car, after how many models keep failing sales, still never learn.

What Geely suv overturned? You're confusing with Great Wall/Haval?

And that was a old model. Even newer Haval models are improving a lot.

Well his mind is shut off edi, he only sees crash test numbers and conclude Honda is safer than Proton, full stop.

It is only so as they both crash into inanimate crash test equipment, thus own car's momentum is key differentiator. Since both crashed at same speed, heavier car will be at a slight disadvantage as it has higher momentum to disperse.

But in real world, the variables are much wider. The heavier car may have the advantage if it crashes with much bigger, heavier object as the difference in momentum is smaller. The lighter car, with bigger gap in momentum, may not be able to absorb and disperse the force as well as the heavier car, the frame will just give way and the occupants are more vulnerable. Physics law is absolute.

That's why Volvo never makes compact car, ultimately a bigger car allows more room to reinforce the cars enough to protect occupants better in real world accident. Their current smallest car, V40 hatch broke record as the World's Safest Car when it first sold, but comes at a price of space, as it is not generous with interior or boot space, nor is it the lightest in its class. All that space gone and heavier weight goes to maximise safety of the car.

Proton's safety in newer models is never in doubt, they just need better, fuel efficient powertrain and improve aftersales to be a good seller.

No, but Msians never the most safety conscious people in the first place.

Can say 99.99% never wear seat belt at the back.

Some even buy the fake seat belt latch to shut up the seat belt warning, arguing wanna go kedai no need seat belt lar.

Simply change lane, no see mirror, no give signal.

Hog mid and right lane instead of "keep left except overtaking", agitating some drivers to undertake, even more dangerous.

Drive wrong direction.

That's what majority rather pay for. Safety is not in their mind, as evidenced by their lackadaisal attitude in safety.

One offer Japanese DNA but tin milo safety.

The other offer Conti level safety, but projek sekolah powertrain.

If Msians really care about safety, they wouldn't buy the tin milo, no matter what else it offers.

Did he not wear seat belt? Crash impact doesn't even affect the cabin, such a shame if died because of not wearing seat belt + airbag impact

Wow, that's like micro overlap crash

Unfortunately, it's big enough to scrape off the seat belt at B-pillar, thus driver must've taken in the full impact afterwards and succumbed to it, RIP