Fuyoh, really tempting to book 1!! the car is just just very very Nice (wat happened to the lining?? ), interior is way way much nicer than SAVVY, and it looks very solid. All looks very promising to own 1. WTH, now every night I just dream of the SAGA....but then my old 1.5S ISWARA is serving me faithfully for 15 years ...LONG LIFE THE SAGA , may the SAGA continues!!!

Now, I wish to book the all new SAGA. Can I ask how is the booking process be done since I havent have the experience of booking a car and fear of being cheated by those sales person.

Some of my questions :
1) Is it better to book the new SAGA after the launch? I have seen all those real photo of the cars and I'm definitely confirmed want to buy 1 . I just scared that I will have to wait for a longer time if I dun book earlier. Any advice?
2) Is the booking fee of RM500 refundable ? (Just as an assurance)
3) Do I have to go to different showroom to ask for a better deal? (I stay at Bukit Mertajam and there are a many PROTON EDAR showroom around - Juru Autocity, Bandar Perda, Megamall (beside it), Butterworth (Jelita Menawan). Does anyone has good buying experience from any of those or the one I didnt mention ?
4) Is the booking process is just fill in some personal information, then choose the spec,color that I want, then pay RM 500 and get the receipt as proof. Is it just that or am I missing something ?
5) Can somebody share your experience here?

Thanks very very much.

Yup, launching this friday. Just booked mine (solid white M-line) afternoon. The sales person says the overall nationwide booking have reached 10k units . Dunno how long have to wait.. he told me 2-3 months. He also says if I book after launch, he says dont even dream of getting your car in half a year .
I ask whether the car already arrive, he says the car will only arrive at showroom thursday night where we can curi curi buka n tengok. He says the sales will gonna be twice of that of PERSONA.

Just now went to Nibong Tebal showroom, the front still havent display. So I walked to the BACK of the showroom. Then I saw all sales rep are being briefed about the car. There was a black SAGA there waiting to be washed as it is quite dirty due to rain yesterday when delivery. The sales rep allows me to sit inside and have a look. From what I saw, it is very very IMPRESSIVE work by PROTON !! All material is very solid and I dont see much cost cutting effort in this car. The dashboard plastic is a little better than MYVI plastic. And the door side also has some fabric finishing.

I am more than 6 foot tall and what I can say about the SAGA is that it is very very spacious inside. Even when the front seat is pulled all the way to the back, I still can sit comfortably at the back with a little legroom to spare!!
The seats are very comfy fabric. Sitting at the back seat, the feel is more or like the HONDA CITY where the headroom and legroom is very impressive. The steering is like the Satria NEO but there was no any audio control button. However, the three spole steering is kinda too thick which obstruct the view of the meter panel. The electric window switch has a very very good feel (way much better than SAVVY feel), same goes to the signal and wiper stalk (the signal is at the left, wiper at the right, all follow the european style). Well, the meter is the as SAVVY without the stupid yellow background and revised digit font, now it is in black color with PERSONA orange-red light illuminating it! (very cool!!)

When I requested the sales person to start the engine, well the sound of starting is VERY VERY COOL!! (Just like what you hear in those VIOS and CITY, no longer rough starting sound like LMST) The engine sound is very quiet indeed. However, I havent started the air-con, so still dunno how loud will the air con will produce (hopefully not like the crazy loud sound from LMST )

There was a total of 5 cup holders two at the front , one at the centre between the two seats, and 2 at each doors (under side of it). The glovebox is still the same as SAVVY and the feel of closing it is sad to say , same as before The closing gap is still not aligned properly but this is only the part that I discover to have misaligned, other place is just perfect. The door opening feel is like "half" of the feel of TOYOTA VIOS shutting feel. But really good if compared to SAVVY and LMST.

The boot is considered large for this kind of car size, the light was at the middle top and the usable space is very reasonable. One thing worth to mention for this SAGA is it have a FULL SIZE spare tyre under the boot!! Though not alloy rim, just a steel rim. This is very good compared to others which provide small tiny spare tyre....

All seems good to this SAGA and I can definitely say that this will be the HOTTEST SELLING CAR in 2008!!