A real nice looking mini 4WD...

But the price tag... hmm... not something that I can afford without sacrificing monthly financial freedom.

It seems like self-cannibalizing had just started.

Forget about engineering marvel, the relationship between Toyota and UMW and Perodua seems like in a deep pool of murky water...

Toyota Rush - 7 seater - 1.5l engine - Avanza Platform (Indon...keke)

P2 Nautica - 5 seater - 1.5l engine - BeGo Platform (Nippon...oooh)

Power to Weight ratio, P2 Nautica should win, logically speaking.

But, if you are to resell your car, I believe a Toyota badge still worth more than a P2. Somehow, nowadays, selling your car is a losing game, no matter how much "more" you can sell.

CBU would be a lil outrageous consider the status as a National Car maker. But I can see that miscommunication between Toyota and P2 would be their idea on the concept of branding.

P2 thought that by having Daihatsu as the major stake holder and have importance in making corporate decision, they would uplift local automobile industry and contributes technologically.

Somehow, to Daihatsu, their idea is to sell their car here with a different badge, like Honda with Acura and Toyota with Lexus. No qualms about it. If Fuji Heavy Industries are going to do the same with their Subaru here with a name like Macambaru, I would drool with the local price tag. I don't give a damn to the taxes.

Automobile tax is like a complete crap to feed those fat tub of lard with some indecent cold hard cash. When local automobile maker source sponsorship or investment fund from various channel to come up with a proper R&D scheme and try to bring out a real local car, the custom just tax here and there on imports but never seen any of those easy money helps the local car industry to grow!!! Protecting the local automobile industry? My foot!!! Those who are taxing are the one who are buying imports TAX FREE. They sure got those nook and cranny but if those tax aren't bringing any benefit at all to the nation might as well scrap it and throw local automobile into the global market game. Enough of those, "we are not ready to swim in the big sea, noo....". In order to survive and to redeem oneself from humiliation, we can see a lot of miracles and outstanding figures came up with ideas and ways to restructure and at the same time will rear much TRUE UGLY FACES that will quit the car making game and beg from the Gov.

I hope more of this CBU will come in and kill the local car industry. No point having em here when they are creating a lot of job opportunity, well, for foreigners !!!