Been driving the 1.6 MPI model for 6 months. Agreed with what you said except that the gear ratio (is that what you mean?). Actually the gear ratio for 1st gear is extremely short, 2nd to 5th are moderately short, 6th is damn long. The reason the car is sluggish in D mode is because it tends to upshift too quickly resulting in low rpm low torque most of the time.

Nowadays they have 3-year free service or 45k km whichever comes first. RMA procedure is really slow and consume lots of time to go SC.

IMHO, the strength of this car is actually the chassis, in terms of welding and manufacturing process. The chassis is notably stronger than most Japanese cars (check Honda CKD welding). Not only that, the ride is also firmer due to the chassis rigidity.

However, for VW CKD models, some materials have been removed/changed. For example, the sound proofing material is totally absent in the boot area. The roof is only filled with cardbox material, that's why it sounds like tin kosong. CBU VW Polo had soft touch plastic.

The fuel consumption isn't that great to be honest. For town drive, no traffic jam but lots of braking due to lots of speed bumps (campus and housing area), the FC is not much difference than my old Persona Elegance: ~10km/l. However, for highway drive, it's much better due to more gears. I think Honda City still wins by ~15% for FC. Vento TSI on the other hand can easily get 20% better FC than 1.6 MPI.

The one you drove is TSI model? For the MPI model, the torque is not high actually. Coupled with the conservative GB mapping, it's actually very hard to overtake cars without changing to S mode or Shiftronic.

Aircond is not bad but nowhere near local cars' ability IMHO. Myvi cools the cabin way faster.

Hi dares. I did PM you six months ago before I bought the car, if you still remember haha.
Last month, I was loaned a courtesy car, a beaten up Polo Sedan 1.6 MPI which was an ex demo car. Guess what? It wasn't as sluggish as our Vento. In fact I could drive all the way with D mode. I suspect there are more than one ECU firmware versions out there.

Mine less than 5k km already hissing haha. But only during cold weather/temperature. Handling still ok.

No. I went for the MPI. Tersadai once because of broken CD player. Yes, you heard it right. VW SC's SOP for RMA is #(*$(*@(*@(. Need to diagnose once, second time to confirm which part, then only wait for parts and install. Three times at least for simple stuff like that. Seriously, even Proton is better in this front.

Basically, most Indian sourced wear and tear parts have very short lifespan and not covered by warranty. Another common issue is the disc brake material, would wrap easily when drastic change in temp. Again, worse than Proton here.

Ah well... I like the chassis and ride (vs other mainstream). But too bad the power delivery is lethargic. If given a chance to choose again, I should have bought a 208 Puretech and keep the old car.

That's what I mean. Since they both are abang adik, might as well choose the higher tech and better designed one lol. 208 Puretech has a modern engine and much better FC.

Hmmmmmmmmm unfortunately my Vento interior fit is not good. Rattling after a few weeks lol. I remember my Persona was rattle free for the first 3 years!

Hahaha that's what I heard. But then VW SC is already damn lousy!
That's why I said I should have kept my previous car as a backup and get a 208 Puretech. "Adventurous" lol.

Actually it's not the 1st gear which is the issue. If you go manual mode and launch the car, it's actually not bad because the 1st gear ratio is damn short. The issue with this Vento is, it will switch to 2nd gear very quickly in D mode. Can say the 1st gear is only used to get the car moving from stationary. By 60km/h it's already in 6th gear.

Yes. Just a tad better than Campro IAFM only lol.
What kind of FC are you getting with your Vento?

Fuh...elitist haha.
Mine averaging ~10km/l only.