For family, SUV or MPV.
For ownself, sedan or coupe.

What? I dari awal say get suv cause stroller lor

Sorry man, i must've misunderstood ur reply..lol

It's an option lah. You say like that, might as well don't buy car. Why commit 5 years for a hunk of metal. Just take grab everywhere.

one of the best advice, /k/ financial planner agrees

not sure why ppl keep mentioned is hard to keep stroller in sedan.
i drove a persona, my boot can keep 2 stroller and still got space to put some bags.

Also for TS, sooner when your kids age around 3 - 4, they rarely wanna use stroller anymore.

SUV at least can escape from floods. Sedan need to climb out from the sunroof and wait for help.

If can best sedan, suv a slight nudge flip like a hamburger …

Alphard or Velfire front is very weak, sekali front collide very little Protection

corolla cross hybrid will be a good choice at that budget

save on fuel especially town driving

mind sharing what car u and ur wife are driving now?

I have both. Still prefer sedan.
Family go pasar, A to B => SUV
Personal weekend up genting, winding road and to enjoy driving -> sedan/coupe

Subaru Levorg

sedan more practical because it has a proper boot space covered and separated away from passenger cabin, and also more comfortable than SUV due to lower height.

unless your area is prone to flood, then a slightly higher SUV (or pickup truck even better, more ground clearance) makes sense otherwise no point getting one. and most family-oriented SUVs are not that tough to begin with, your typical shiny bling bling CRV CX-5 are certainly not Toyota Fortuner.

another viable option would be MPV. not talking about Alphard Vellfire Serena kind of MPV but something like Exora, Sienta, Wish etc. they quite good to drive and perfect for family outing.

ps: compare apple to apple in terms of size and pricing, not Ativa vs. Bentley ok...

For RM130k-140k, I would choose Corolla Cross (hybrid) for 4 pax.

I have tested it, it is comfortable. The benefit of an SUV style is always the seating height and it is less hard on the knees and back when you bend down etc and need to pick up babies and stroller and luggage. Entry and egress also super easy compared to certain sedans.

In the same category you also have Subaru XV which is even smaller but more expensive. And also potentially the new HRV, but it remains to be seen what are the trim and engine options you can get at 130k (hopefully a lot) and for now it appears bigger than the outgoing model, yet we dont know for sure how practically bigger....??

The downside of Corolla cross is the size again in terms of width, it will be narrow for 3 adults side by side. It depends if you really need that tiny extra 2inch of hip / shoulder width. Why Toyota didnt package this wider, I am not sure. Then again they show with CH-R they can miss the entire package and not suffer.

Due to this, I opted for Civic which will accommodate full 3 adults....although just barely. It would've better if I went for a D segment but budget limited. A SUV style is also great when you want to collapse the rear seat to buy a baby crib or ikea furniture.

I directly overlook any vehicle that does not have any ADAS, for 130k.

To complete my story I have a Nissan Grand Livina if I need to do weird carrying duties...

I have a T30 X trail AWD and a Hyundai matrix. Wife now drives a Yaris after trading in her Citra MPV.

All our cars are in fact hatchbacks...never owned a sedan.

For fun and adrenaline rush, I just take my bike now. Retired the "fun" car long time ago.

This post has been edited by jaycee1: May 12 2022, 11:50 AM

If got old people in family, SUV can be troublesome for them

Actually it depends. Smaller MPVs and SUVs are better because the seat height matchers the hip point, so it is easy to get in and out. Just don't get a SUV that is too tall can already.

You should try and see.

looking forward for new HRV too. Hope it is lower than 130k for the top spec.

elsewhere in ASEAN, the 1.5T HRV is almost the exact same price as Civic (which you know top spec is RM144k) so perhaps 130k you won't get top spec for HRV.

waiting time is still insanely long. which has ready stock