I already booked it. Silver G-spec

No discount only free 1 year service which equivalent to 1000, 5000, 10000KM services.

This post has been edited by lotiman2003: Dec 11 2018, 08:49 PM

The 1st 3 services is 5000KM then it is 10000KM. Service: 1000KM, 5000KM, 10000KM, 20000KM, 30000KM.....

Hi I didn't get the RM1K rebate. Is it you request from him or he direct give it to you?

OK guys, I heard from my salesman the new VIOS will be launch on 24th Jan and it came with skirting for all variants. Previously they letting us choose between skirting (which needs to top up RM800) or free 1 year service but now no more free 1 year free service. It is really true all variant came with skirting because normally they won't do that. I personally hate the skirting bcoz the skirting is not really that good. Anyone has more info on the new VIOS?

OK this is what I know about new Vios 2019:

1. Launching date on 24th Jan 2019
2. Early bird getting free bodykit upgrade for all variants. (No more free 1 year service)
3. Some showroom already have the demo car.

I went to the showroom to see the new VIOS 2019 G Spec and here is my impression:

Pros:
1. Better looking than the on-going model (subjective)
2. Steering wheel feels great and quality
3. Leather quality is OK and comfy
4. MID is nice to have
5. Came with pre-applied tinted (not sure about the quality and spec)
6. NVH better than the on-going model (maybe it is still new)

Cons:
1. Came with bodykit (the front looks ugly IMO)
2. A lot of hard plastic. The side driver door when pressed the plastic will flex easily.
3. The center armrest is quite limited. The space utilization on the center tunnel is not great IMO.
4. Handbrake looks cheap
5. Very limited rear passenger headroom. (I am 5ft11in, it is uncomfortable where my head almost touching the roof, my hair is sweeping the roof though)
6. Center console design could be better bcoz there are a lot of empty surface which could be replace with some design or bigger buttons
7. The quality of 360 camera on the touch screen display is quite poor. Very low quality but still nice to have
8. The equipped wiper is also low quality

Overall, it is still a very good car for its price but I really hope they give us an option to exclude the bodykit. I have booked the car on last december but the bodykit really a turnoff.

Note: The car will make a beep beep sound for no reason. The salesman said the sound came from the blind spot indicator function but there was no car besides me, so weird!!! Then I saw a video saying it is because of the DVR is reminding you to insert a memory card into it, so I really wonder if the front camera unit went kaput will it triggers the beepbeep sound again.

This post has been edited by lotiman2003: Jan 19 2019, 08:43 PM

No offence but this audio player looks outdated. The new facelift HRV is using it, so disappointed.

Ya, my friend bought Jazz also equipped with this audio player. I can understand for a sub RM80K car but not on a RM110K car. The older model looks better and at least Toyota new VIOS is using a better looking one.

Hi there, if you want the leather seat I recommend you to do it outside because the original quality is not that good. I believe 3k can get a good one but I personally feel the G spec a better buy because you are getting more such as 360 camera, MID, etc.

Hi congrats getting a new car. Leather seat is fine for its class so dont worry too much.

You can get ask for RM1000 rebate. They wont give unless u ask for it.

I hate the Malaysia version with bodykit and that's one the reason I cancelled my booking. I also feel that the new version has more plastic than the predecessor and another thing of concern is the blind spot monitoring function sometimes will beep without any car beside you, which is odd. According to a reviewer, he said this blind spot function is added by TOYOTA Malaysia instead of TOYOTA itself, so not sure it is installed properly. Overall, it is still a good car for its price.

I booked the CIVIC

You can remove the body kit but got holes right? The front part also need to change to a new bumper because the one in msia is different vs thai.

Yes, when I test drove it I found something wrong with the BSM. Very annoying indeed macam not implement properly.

It is very feature rich but it still doesn't have the build quality and refinement of a C segment car.