Why are Singaporeans not interested to buy Malaysian cars?

[Quantum]

  On 2/28/2014 at 4:07 AM, Karoon said:

only 1???

 

sure or not?

 

all these exoras i see on the road, when were they registered?

next time see , immediately report to LTA, may be it's smuggled in from Malaysia

[Ahgong]

  On 2/26/2014 at 7:33 AM, Thaiyotakamli said:

Never driven a proton before but sit in before in saga, waja and perdana before, i could say proton still has a lot of hwk to do.

 

Dunno about the new proton perdana.

 

 

But given at current high coe Kia K3 will be the best choice

 

 

Not jealous but look fool driving proton up north with sg plate, the malaysian see u bodoh cos u overpaid the car by 7x

 

out of curiosity... what kinda homework?

I have driven them before, and i find the ride decent.

what were the things that bugged you? the ride? the handling? the interior? the aesthetics?

[Thaiyotakamli]

  On 2/28/2014 at 6:18 AM, Ahgong said:

 

out of curiosity... what kinda homework?

I have driven them before, and i find the ride decent.

what were the things that bugged you? the ride? the handling? the interior? the aesthetics?

Design, reliability and maybe the ride

[Ahgong]

  On 2/28/2014 at 9:25 AM, Thaiyotakamli said:

Design, reliability and maybe the ride

 

hmmm... elaborate?

i am always curious to see what people feel about protons.

i drive one and am of the notion that they are pretty decent cars.

 

which model did you drive/ride in?

[Quantum]

proton preve actually is quite reasonable mid-size sedan,

1.6L TC engine produced 138bhp/205Nm, performance wise even better than K3, elantra, altis, civic, but price just 119k,

imagine if it's under honda/toyota badge,

what is situation?

Edited February 28, 2014 by Quantum

[Thaiyotakamli]

  On 2/28/2014 at 9:33 AM, Ahgong said:

 

hmmm... elaborate?

i am always curious to see what people feel about protons.

i drive one and am of the notion that they are pretty decent cars.

 

which model did you drive/ride in?

Ride in saga, waja and perdana.

 

Perdana ride quite stable in 130km/h but the car about to fall off haha maybe lack maintenance

 

Saga and waja impression not so good but good thing about proton is the aircon very cold

[Coolpica]

  On 2/28/2014 at 9:44 AM, Quantum said:

proton preve actually is quite reasonable mid-size sedan,

1.6L TC engine produced 138bhp/205Nm, performance wise even better than K3, elantra, altis, civic, but price just 119k,

imagine if it's under honda/toyota badge,

what is situation?

Power is only one factor. Reliability is also important as well

[13177]

  On 2/28/2014 at 9:47 AM, Thaiyotakamli said:

Ride in saga, waja and perdana.

 

Perdana ride quite stable in 130km/h but the car about to fall off haha maybe lack maintenance

 

Saga and waja impression not so good but good thing about proton is the aircon very cold

Proton aircon cold? I sat in my friend's waja, so stuffy!

[Thaiyotakamli]

  On 2/28/2014 at 2:00 PM, 13177 said:

Proton aircon cold? I sat in my friend's waja, so stuffy!

guess different experience we had haha

 

mine very cold probably good weather

[Super7]

  On 2/28/2014 at 2:39 PM, Thaiyotakamli said:

guess different experience we had haha

 

mine very cold probably good weather

 

 

or you were actually naked inside, with someone?

[Thaiyotakamli]

 

  On 3/1/2014 at 3:26 PM, Super7 said:

 

 

or you were actually naked inside, with someone?

 

 

Not in proton, maybe in Alphard

[Super7]

  On 3/1/2014 at 3:27 PM, Thaiyotakamli said:

   

 

Not in proton, maybe in Alphard

 

 

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Jack the Neo, copied you!!

[Solar]

Malaysian cars need a long long time before they can think of becoming 'popular' in sg imo..

 

My old man owned a proton saga before.. horrendous nightmare.

Without reason things fell off, like side mirror.. and it rusted in just a few years.

 

Then years back I rented a fairly new wira in langkawi. Felt so much improved vs the saga experience.

Just like some brands like Lada and Skoda.. Not just the quality need to improve, they also need brave people to give it a second chance..and not getting disappointed and scared off again.

Edited March 2, 2014 by Solar

[Jamomatt]

My mom used to have a proton so I've driven a few times before. Not getting one anymore is not about saving face. It is about valuing our own lives. Not saying drive Proton sure die. But the car quality... Some things no matter how small the chance, not worth the risk for a little savings.

[Voodooman]

  On 2/26/2014 at 8:13 AM, TVT said:

 

Exactly. Many of my MY friends when first started out working (after graduated), they had to buy Proton or Perdoua. Now job is stable and higher income, all change to Japanese cars.

Malaysians used to buy proton because it is cheaper, relative to foreign vehicle imports of equivalent makes, which can attract aggregated import/excise/sales tax of more than 100%. Now due to free trade agreements, must reduce these add-on taxes, so even Malaysians are not buying much proton these days, why should Singaporeans be buying proton? Without these tax distortions, proton really CMI in international market, not as cheap as some of the low end producers , technology cannot catch up with conti, Jap, even the copy-cat Korean, it is not even reliable.... protion without protection habis long time ago. It should be for sales soon because Najib is broke and they know they can't do it alone without draining the country's limited resources just for a small piece of national pride. National pride also has a price one. LOL...

[azlan96]

I bought a Proton Suprima S over the Vios at RM80K simply because the Proton has cruise control, 6 airbag, 5 star ANCAP, ESP, Lotus Handling, LED DRL, turbocharged engine, automatic headlights and wipers. C segment bigger car compared to Vios B segment, comes standard with paddle shifters and reverse camera.

 

What Vios has to offer?

[Voodooman]

  On 3/6/2014 at 4:24 PM, azlan96 said:

I bought a Proton Suprima S over the Vios at RM80K simply because the Proton has cruise control, 6 airbag, 5 star ANCAP, ESP, Lotus Handling, LED DRL, turbocharged engine, automatic headlights and wipers. C segment bigger car compared to Vios B segment, comes standard with paddle shifters and reverse camera.

 

What Vios has to offer?

Buying a Vios in Malaysia?

 

Doing the math, abolishing excise duty would for instance reduce the price of a small sedan (say a Toyota Vios) by about 38.9%; for a full size executive sedan (say an S-class Mercedes Benz), by about 46.6%. Such reductions would be a huge boon for lower and middle income families.

 

http://econsmalaysia.blogspot.sg/2013/06/how-much-would-car-prices-come-down-if.html

[adam5]

With the COE so high who is buying cheap cars. Look at your carpark and count cheap car as compared to Honda Accord, Mercs, BMW, Lexus etc. It is common sense to buy cars worthy of the high cost of COE.