had the same thought..

almera nice car but lack of L2 autonomous is a deal breaker.

went for ativa instead 

if only City equip with LSF and stop & go feature, might consider it

Filling up petrol to the max like that is actually causing harm to your car

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If you did not always drive in corners high-speed, the difference will not be too much. Besides that, ultra racing are mostly using mild steel which is hard if driving thru bad road condition might feel the car more jumpy. Personally i would recommend Cusco (Aluminum), light weight, softer material and does the job also but at a higher cost.

If thickness related usually that is for anti roll bar, for other bar depends on raw material, design and how many point to link it is very subjective, but ultra racing as per name is more suitable for racing purpose. A lot of my friends already move to Cusco or original tuners from car manufacturer, example like Nismo, Impul bars for normal road use cars as their products usually can struct a balance in term of driving comfort & performance.

In the past a lot of their normal road cars fitted with ultra racings bars and in the end most remove due to harsher ride and if involve in accident need even more time & money to remove & repair. Just imagine the bar still intact, but your chassis already bend. This is not good, as the bar did not help absorb the impact but transfer it to other link area. This hard material stuff if it is roll cage then no problem, but for normal bars that is not a good idea.

Yep agreed the Almera is more for sedate driving and some overtaking but at 190kmh I think the GB won't be able to sustain those high speeds for a long time as I feel two factors at play here. It uses 0w-20 hence at speeds of 190 kmh the engine oil will wear faster as 0w-20 is more for fuel efficiency hence the oil will prematurely wear faster. Next would be the GB these CVT's are notorious for premature wear hence driving at high speeds will require more frequent GB oil change. That said for a compact car it's certainly the best in its class. Mercedes uses a 4 cylinder 1.3 derivatives for its lower A and C models which speak volumes of this engines potential.

However this 3 cylinder variant is not for kaki racing. It was never meant for racing and never will be suitable but that said for day to day overtaking or get go from traffic lights especially if you live in KL this is a lovely little car.

However with regards to corners is something I feel a little subjective, it is able to take corners precisely but I feel your issue with it taking corners is primarily due to tail winds not this cars outright ability as it is susceptible to wind direction like a smaller car . The cornering though say if you take at speeds of 80kmh is rather neat and not like a shopping trolley like some.B  segments.

Tan Chong I think offers some racing bars and stuff have you considered putting those? Heard it improves the cornering significantly but the ride and weight will be compromised.