Even the base city with 1.5L dohc engine can beat almera in term of output  (122bhp vs 101bhp)

i agree, everyone like to tokok specs and shit but what i wanna know is the REAL WORLD performance, wether i can accelerate in time to keep up with KL fast pace driving, wether the car has shitty suspension that cant absorb bumps and holes at federal, if road noise is bad so when you drive federal day in day out cabin will be noisy, if jam 1-2 hours a day how the car reacts in crawling traffic, if car is comfortable or glaring (no one knew or said shit about 3rd gen myvi that the air con silver coating reflects sunlight right into the eye until owners themself mentioned it), small things like this that affect everyday driving not the typical spec nonsense

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The newest models of the Almera and City are still the only ones in their class to go turbo, a type of forced induction system that has long been in play with cars in Europe to improve both performance and fuel economy (parallel with lowered CO2 emissions) at the same time.

This is another area that’s vastly improved in the Almera. The newfound presence of the turbocharger makes power so much more tractable at real-world speeds, although some lag is evident at low engine speeds. Keep on driving it and you’d just wish the rest of the competition followed suit with such tech.

But when you put the 122hp City into retrospect, the 100hp Almera is behind. The on-paper stats are revealing enough in the real world: the City clearly offers better mid-range punch and top-end rush for more convincing shove at higher speeds outside the city.
It feels very one-dimensional in the Almera, where the focus is merely on an effortless drive around town. There’s no Sport button of whatever type to increase response of the engine or CVT transmission. What the Almera also lacks in the City is refinement – there’s excessive engine vibration of the three-pot motor at idle speed.

But if you’ve never driven the latest City or aren’t too keen on performance, the Almera still manages to feel sufficient in its own right. Owners of the older Almera will immediately cherish the turbo of the new model.

Despite not being able to lead the class in terms of driving performance (which the City does now for the moment), the Almera still appeals with its keen prices, comfy cabin and generally easy driving manners. For many buyers of such kind of a car, that probably matters more.