Like someone said earlier in the topic,

Viva 1000cc and Savvy are comparable enough to each other... they are placed within the same 40-45k price range.

Viva is a pretty girl who can't accomplish much really... (actually, I don't feel it's good looking at all. It's just a small Avanza).

Savvy might not look very good in the outside to most, but once you know her well enough, you'll learn to really love her for who she is =D.

The only problem with Savvy is that it's a Proton. I like quite a number of Proton cars, really, it's the company management and QC that I have gripes with.

Viva is meant more as a practical point A-to-B car. Power and handling, there is no way it can outmatch Savvy. DVVT makes a difference, I agree, but did you know that Savvy's engine has VVT as well? It is a continental engine and most of them have VVT as standard these days. Savvy is more of a driver's car.

And I find it hard to believe that a Kelisa Auto can reach 160km/h. My family had a Kelisa SE Ezi before, and I could never reach above 145 km/h on a straight highway (used KESAS), pedal to the metal. Maybe the SE spoiler gave too much drag? XD

Viva and Savvy are both modern-enough cars, really, and I don't find it hard to believe that the 1000cc Viva has 60 bhp. It's a Toyota/Daihatsu engine, and if you didn't know, Toyota already has a 1000cc engine making almost 80 bhp.

Still, my personal pick would be a manual Savvy. The current 1000cc engine is still too underpowered for my tastes =P . The facelift actually did the right thing by removing the "Waja-nose butt".

This post has been edited by mTk: Jun 13 2007, 09:01 AM

DVVT may be a marketing strategy (besides a technology) but it still is what it stands for - Dynamic Variable Valve Timing.

Fact: DVVT = VVT-i. Avanza 1.3 and Myvi 1.3 both use the exact same engine, but one is labeled VVT-i while the other one is labeled DVVT.