And how do you know people don't need a cheap full-time 4WD?

Different car catered for different individual you know.

About the original part, it is a Daihatsu bearing a Perodua badge. It's a marketing strategy under the Head Company.


Well, I might be wrong anyway.

can you list how many full time 4wd there on the road? well in Sabah Sarawak they got a lot la

yeah its a Daihatsu with Perodua badge, so why u say its "original" compared to Suzzy Rush?

Because the Rush is using the Avanza's platform instead of the Terios? And that the Terios was originally meant for 5-seater?

If I'm wrong then I humbly apologize here

its still not original, it will be ori if it does come with Daihatsu badge

LOL...... go go buy a daihatsu badge and get the bumpers from chop shop

rush is from indon only 2wd
nautica is from japan with 4wd
nautica more original because it built in japan daihatsu factory and with 4wd

lol if you really need a real full time 4WD, u dun buy it cheap, as there is a saying "you pay what you get". kembara is not really suitable for off road. its rather fragile. tats explain why tat are lots of hilux, storm,...etc. im not sure about nautica though.

and if there are ppl who can afford to pay for the expensive FC for 4WD, would they even consider a cheap 4WD?

or if you saying for makcik doing business, opening up stalls, so need a 4WD, erm it doesnt carry as much as vans or MPV, and why pay for the high FC where theres other cheaper sedan can do the same job rite?

anyway, its true there are ppl might wan to buy cheap SUV, but i think its rather minority, at least in msia

er..if the Pro2 NaughtyCar is more "original" then the Suzzy...why the Suzzy is selling wayyy better then the Pro2?

and if full time 4wd is the "in demand" thing rite now...why cant we see more of the Pro2 otr?

I don't understand why some people are stupid enough to buy the Nautica as a car to get from point A to point B. Why the hell they need full time 4WD on city? LOL.

Even those pick ups and certain 4x4s in urban areas are switched to rear wheel drive.

Furthermore, the Nautica isn't cheap in the first place. Secondly it is not even large. And thirdly, it's not even that powerful. As for kembaras, there are still some contractors using them, but most of them have switched to pick ups such as Hilux, Triton and D-Max.

This SUV is in the category of a cheaper option compared to RAV4, CRV & Freelander, mostly for auntie-use in urban area. In western countries it's a safer option for them due to the slightly off-terrain/snow, in Malaysia usually for the poth-hole laden roads & slippery/flooded roads, it's just a safer option for aunties here compared to cars.

This post has been edited by MobyDick: Oct 20 2008, 09:26 AM

There you go.

Nautica is the cheapest CBU import from Japan (cost 45 to 50k in Japan). With the current Nautica price against the current Yen rate.. it is considered even cheaper... you pay approx RM30k in taxes and transport only and a few non-essential pieces of Malaysian made plastic.

Suzzy is a CBU from Indo which enjoy a lower tax bracket (then from Japan) you also pay approx 30k in taxes. Nautica, by right, should be tax higher, but Nautica had to be priced competitively to Rush, so gov. took a tax cut in earnings for Pro2.

So u pay approx the same taxes to the gov., but with Nautica you get a Japan built quality/better interior/safety and the satisfaction that gov. had to make an exception in tax for a CBU Jap car.

An AWD Nautica is safer to drive in wet conditions, more grip, probably minimal increase in fuel consumption (but Nautica may weight slightly less than Suzzy Rush)

The suzzy higher demand is because of the Toyota brand name and people's ignorance to the actual value of the car. Nautica also suffers from limited AP being granted to import from JP.

This post has been edited by BeastX: Nov 9 2008, 09:39 AM

That was not an inmature comment. It is people like you who has not accepted reality. Proton is the reason why we do not have free and fair competition. Trust me I drive a Proton Waja and the car is only 2 years old and the power window does not work. My God that car was launched in 2001 and Proton can't even make a decent power window. The biggest joke is they want to get involved in F1.

That is the problem again with the typical Malaysian "Entrepeneur". Making a fast buck out of the Public.

blame the power window vendor...

dun worry, F1 doesn't need a window

I LOL'ed

I believe all pick-up in Malaysia will have to run rear 2WD on urban roads because they do not have central-diff. or termed as partial 4WD. Big-Horns and Everest are partial 4WD also... Fortuner, Pajero Sport (Pardo/LC) are capable of Full-Time 4WD on all conditions.

How many of you who actually 'see' Nautica on the road?

I think I have only seen less than 10 times this car on the road since its lauching, even that probably the same car!

I think Perodua should do something to achieve their 200 car per month target.

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Added on January 27, 2010, 10:23 pmAnyone selling his/her Nautica? Pls let me know....

This post has been edited by frankzane: Jan 27 2010, 10:23 PM

On their website, it is not even listed in their 'car' section any longer. Have they discontinued selling them?

This post has been edited by beatlesalbum: Mar 16 2011, 01:36 PM

its not selling anymore if not mistaken ..told by perodua SA