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2021 Perodua Ativa 1.0 AV Turbo
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2021 Perodua Ativa 1.0 AV Turbo
Reason why I bought this car
I was looking for a new vehicle before the second MCO, so I was able to drive back to my hometown to celebrate CNY with my family. It had been 5 months since my last trip back to my hometown. Besides, I need a new vehicle for me to travel around the city too.
Car selection process
The reason why I choose this car
I booked Myvi, but did not get the allocation until Ativa announced. Then I made my booking during pre-launch to secure my allocation. After that, I swapped from 2 tones to special metallic so I could faster get my car.
User experience
I have already done 1100 km.
Overall is great, and awesome. The car is fun to drive, the experience is so different with Perodua. 5 years in Alza, few times with Myvi.
The new DNGA platform makes it outstanding in driving experience in city driving than others. Equip with turbo, it helps you accelerate faster, give you more torque so you could control the vehicle on your wish. But body roll is real, bumpy, shaky is real too, especially turning a corner at high speed, like an exit to/from the highway, or very curved corner, you can feel the shaky even while holding the steering.
Ratings
Total Score: 4
Performance: 5
Quality & Features: 3
Space: 4
Ride Comfort: 4
Fuel Economy: 5
Price & Cost: 5
Pros & Cons
Pros
Cons
Summary
As a first batch owner, I am happy with what I have, it is within my budget, monthly repayment, low road tax, good fuel-efficient, full capable A.S.A even with adaptive cruise control, I still can bear with what it has missing, but what Perodua lack behind with other brand is real too, it creates something special to the market, but be careful, competitors are chasing behind too, how long can Perodua hold this "weapon" last, we shall see in future.
Some interesting events
During that time, I was looking around Proton X50, new Honda City, facelift Toyota Vios, and last but not least Perodua Myvi. I step into the Perodua showroom, have a quick test drive then without any doubt, make my booking before I leave there.
Then we know what is coming, the second phrase MCO. What happened was 5 weeks after I signed my loan, I still was not able to get any update from my sales advisor, and to be honest that was kinda sad for me. Then I got some "insider" news from a few YouTubers saying that Perodua was planning to announce something special coming soon. Then I asked my sales advisor: hey, I heard there is a new model coming, so can you help to change my order to that new model? no matter what segment it is or how it's gonna look like. Then my sales advisor was kinda stunned and didn't know how to answer me.
So he dragged me until the official received a booking date and told me, hey you know it going to be SUV but compact size, I can't tell you much yet, but you ok to make a swap? Because you might be able to get Myvi in the coming weeks, or maybe not because you are like top 5 in our name lists. I answer simple and quick, ya sure. Then we start the procedures and work, contact the banker, sign a new loan, deposit a booking fee.
I still remember that I got invited to the launching day. I remember the first time I saw the car, got to touch the exteriors, interiors and listen to another sales advisor introduce what I was excited about. I have a hunch this gonna be something special to the market in the coming months.
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