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Added on April 24, 2008, 2:12 pmmy bad, on second thought, i think its a rush.. :/

but paultan had a post of the new nautica under the covers sometime back. offers no clear pictures

paultan.org/archives/2008/04/02/new-kembara-replacement-perodua-suv-spotted/

This post has been edited by analyzer85: Apr 24 2008, 02:12 PM

if p2 prices this car >60k, it'll be their most expensive model yet.

my guess, if they had to replace the kembara with a CBU, it should be between 55-65K.. rm70k is probably way above their intended consumer market...

notice how toyota seems to be bringing in CBU cars nowadays instead of CKD kits? e.g. toyota camry.. used to be locally assembled now buying from thailand.. y is it so eh? have to wait 4-6months to get the car some more..

if it's above rm80k, wouldn't that defeat the purpose of buying a p2? i thought the whole idea of a p2 is so that it's cheap? hmm.. if that's the case, 4WD are now supposily classed above the average sedan car?

no more cheap 4WD for off-roading

care to enlighten me on the Vios engine thing? i didn't hear about it. all i know was that toyota was doing well in terms of sales as both my parents bought a toyota and it was delivered within 2 weeks. now all models would have a waiting period more than 1 month at the very least.

it's a pity they don't have CKD kits for the Camry. Honda is going to make a killing with the new Accord as I understand that the CKD kits are being assembled in Honda's Alor Gajah assembly plant. Somehow though, the 2.4 accord is more expensive than the 2.4 camry. :/..

the previous generation camry was a great selling car, and sales were good since ppl didn't have to wait long for the car. now, it's kind of a let down that ppl have to wait so long for a camry..

sorry, slightly off topic here

but nevertheless, since the nautica is a CBU unit, let's hope they price it better and not have a waiting list of 6-8months...
and i don't think the nautica is gonna be a replica of the rush.. that's just stupid if toyota were to allow that to happen..

not to mention body kits made for nautica to rush conversion.. lol

i didn't know UMW were constructing engines locally.. hmm.. but i do know of the problems they had when the were assembling the first batch of avanzas'... my cousin was working for this engineering firm that was to maintain the machines used to make the body panels. it seems the japanese QC managers were very unhappy since alot of these panels failed QC inspections and whole lot of it was rejected. that was why the avanza had a long waiting list and also held up the assembly of the MyVi's...

long story short, the QC inspection managers from japan "re-engineered" the assembly plant where this body panels were made.. the entire processed was reviewed because it failed QC inspections

i guess this is why your are paying so much for a toyota