A proposal is being floated that only Proton Holdings Bhd (5304) will hold the national car company status, industry sources say.
The proposal the automotive market is talking about now is being made for the refined National Automotive Policy (NAP) that should be finalised late this month.
If the proposal goes through, it means Perodua, the Naza group and Sime Darby Bhd's Inokom Corp Sdn Bhd could lose their national car status.
The ramification from such a plan could result in consumers possibly paying more to buy Malaysian-made vehicles from Naza, Inokom and Perodua, the country's largest car company by sales.
The heftier price could come in play, as the companies will have to pay similar engine capacity-related excise tax rate of 65-75 per cent as the likes of non-national car distributors UMW Toyota Motor, Edaran Tan Chong Motor and Honda Malaysia on packages of parts for assembly into complete passenger vehicles here.
If the proposal goes through, only Malaysia's first national carmaker, Proton Holdings Bhd will be spared, as the redefined policy favours companies such as Proton which has full-time research and development activities.
Currently, the national car status allows the holder to enjoy a 50 per cent discount of local excise tax, which is a central levy on manufactured products and in this case, locally produced passenger cars including multi-purpose vehicles, sports utility vehicles and window vans.
"The potential move is to push car companies to be more serious and heavily involved in making or producing cars locally, and not depend too much on imported parts," said an industry source.
"It will also reflect that only full-fledged local car manufacturers with full-time research and development activities like Proton will continue to enjoy the tax incentive," he added.
People close to Perodua, however, stressed that the company's national status will remain intact because of the "Japanese sentiment".
"Any move (by the government) to strip the status will not go down well with Perodua's Japanese shareholders. The Japanese Embassy here regards Perodua as one of the best joint ventures Japan has with Malaysia," one of them said.
Two Japanese firms, Daihatsu Motor Co Ltd and Mitsui & Co Ltd, collectively hold 27 per cent of Perodua. They control the manufacturing operations at Perodua's plant in Sungai Choh in Rawang through Perodua Auto Corp Sdn Bhd.
Other shareholders of Perodua are UMW Corp Sdn Bhd with a 38 per cent stake, MBM Resources Bhd (20 per cent), PNB Equity Resources Corp Sdn Bhd (10 per cent) and Daihatsu (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (5 per cent). - btimes.com.my
Showing posts with label Produa Myvi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Produa Myvi. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
National car status for Proton only?
A proposal is being floated that only Proton Holdings Bhd (5304) will hold the national car company status, industry sources say.
The proposal the automotive market is talking about now is being made for the refined National Automotive Policy (NAP) that should be finalised late this month.
If the proposal goes through, it means Perodua, the Naza group and Sime Darby Bhd's Inokom Corp Sdn Bhd could lose their national car status.
The ramification from such a plan could result in consumers possibly paying more to buy Malaysian-made vehicles from Naza, Inokom and Perodua, the country's largest car company by sales.
The heftier price could come in play, as the companies will have to pay similar engine capacity-related excise tax rate of 65-75 per cent as the likes of non-national car distributors UMW Toyota Motor, Edaran Tan Chong Motor and Honda Malaysia on packages of parts for assembly into complete passenger vehicles here.
If the proposal goes through, only Malaysia's first national carmaker, Proton Holdings Bhd will be spared, as the redefined policy favours companies such as Proton which has full-time research and development activities.
Currently, the national car status allows the holder to enjoy a 50 per cent discount of local excise tax, which is a central levy on manufactured products and in this case, locally produced passenger cars including multi-purpose vehicles, sports utility vehicles and window vans.
"The potential move is to push car companies to be more serious and heavily involved in making or producing cars locally, and not depend too much on imported parts," said an industry source.
"It will also reflect that only full-fledged local car manufacturers with full-time research and development activities like Proton will continue to enjoy the tax incentive," he added.
People close to Perodua, however, stressed that the company's national status will remain intact because of the "Japanese sentiment".
"Any move (by the government) to strip the status will not go down well with Perodua's Japanese shareholders. The Japanese Embassy here regards Perodua as one of the best joint ventures Japan has with Malaysia," one of them said.
Two Japanese firms, Daihatsu Motor Co Ltd and Mitsui & Co Ltd, collectively hold 27 per cent of Perodua. They control the manufacturing operations at Perodua's plant in Sungai Choh in Rawang through Perodua Auto Corp Sdn Bhd.
Other shareholders of Perodua are UMW Corp Sdn Bhd with a 38 per cent stake, MBM Resources Bhd (20 per cent), PNB Equity Resources Corp Sdn Bhd (10 per cent) and Daihatsu (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (5 per cent). - btimes.com.my
The proposal the automotive market is talking about now is being made for the refined National Automotive Policy (NAP) that should be finalised late this month.
If the proposal goes through, it means Perodua, the Naza group and Sime Darby Bhd's Inokom Corp Sdn Bhd could lose their national car status.
The ramification from such a plan could result in consumers possibly paying more to buy Malaysian-made vehicles from Naza, Inokom and Perodua, the country's largest car company by sales.
The heftier price could come in play, as the companies will have to pay similar engine capacity-related excise tax rate of 65-75 per cent as the likes of non-national car distributors UMW Toyota Motor, Edaran Tan Chong Motor and Honda Malaysia on packages of parts for assembly into complete passenger vehicles here.
If the proposal goes through, only Malaysia's first national carmaker, Proton Holdings Bhd will be spared, as the redefined policy favours companies such as Proton which has full-time research and development activities.
Currently, the national car status allows the holder to enjoy a 50 per cent discount of local excise tax, which is a central levy on manufactured products and in this case, locally produced passenger cars including multi-purpose vehicles, sports utility vehicles and window vans.
"The potential move is to push car companies to be more serious and heavily involved in making or producing cars locally, and not depend too much on imported parts," said an industry source.
"It will also reflect that only full-fledged local car manufacturers with full-time research and development activities like Proton will continue to enjoy the tax incentive," he added.
People close to Perodua, however, stressed that the company's national status will remain intact because of the "Japanese sentiment".
"Any move (by the government) to strip the status will not go down well with Perodua's Japanese shareholders. The Japanese Embassy here regards Perodua as one of the best joint ventures Japan has with Malaysia," one of them said.
Two Japanese firms, Daihatsu Motor Co Ltd and Mitsui & Co Ltd, collectively hold 27 per cent of Perodua. They control the manufacturing operations at Perodua's plant in Sungai Choh in Rawang through Perodua Auto Corp Sdn Bhd.
Other shareholders of Perodua are UMW Corp Sdn Bhd with a 38 per cent stake, MBM Resources Bhd (20 per cent), PNB Equity Resources Corp Sdn Bhd (10 per cent) and Daihatsu (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (5 per cent). - btimes.com.my
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
UTP Contributes Towards Nation's Technology, Engineering Development
SERI ISKANDAR, Sept 30 (Bernama) -- When the then Prime Minister, Datuk Seri (Tun) Dr Mahathir Mohamad tabled the Sixth Malaysia Plan in the Dewan Rakyat in 1991, he was aware of the fact that the country needed high quality human resource particularly in the field of science, technology and engineering.
Hence, the national petroleum company or Petronas established the Institut Teknologi Petronas (ITP) in April 1995 with the objective of providing the human resource for these fields.
The institute, which was located in Bangi, had never looked back.
ITP began its first academic session on July 1995 with only six permanent staffs at rented premises. Laboratory work was conducted at Universiti Pertanian Malaysia (UPM) and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM).
In July 1996, ITP relocated its operations to Seri Iskandar here after taking over the campus vacated by Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM).
The same year, the government invited Petronas to establish a university and Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) took shape on Jan 10, 1997.
POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS
Today, after holding nine convocations, UTP has produced 5,642 graduates including 256 at the Master's level.
Twelve years after its inception, UTP now can be proud with its achievement in producing graduates with all-round capability apart from being creative and innovative to become the movers of the nation's industries.
UTP Rector Datuk Dr Zainal Abidin Kasim said the university's graduates have always contributed positively to the country by their involvement in various fields and this is not limited to the oil and gas industry alone.
"Engineering and technology are the two key fields that have received positive impact from these UTP products. For example in the automotive industry, there are many UTP graduates employed as engineers with national car makers Proton and Perodua.
"There are UTP graduates working in the automobile research and development industry and they have contributed towards the improvement of the nation's automobile industry", he told Bernama in a special interview here recently.
ADMINISTRATIVE AND DIPLOMATIC SERVICE
Dr Zainal Abidin said the graduates contributions did not stop in the engineering and technology fields as they were given the trust and worked in the administrative and diplomatic service like the post of assistant officer.
"There are UTP graduates working in the marketing, business and banking sectors as well as government-owned financial institutions, these private sectors provide the opportunity for UTP graduates to continue contributing towards the country's economic development and growth," he said.
A great number of UTP graduates are having their career in the petroluem-related industry and are employed by multi-national giants like Shell, ExxonMobil and Petronas itself.
He said the UTP graduates were employed not only in Malaysia but throughout the world like Bahrain, Qatar, Arab Saudi, Sudan, Vietnam and Argentina.
Dr Zainal Abidin said the university also has post-graduate students that today totalled more than 800 from 25 countries including Malaysia, Egypt, Sudan and Malaysia.
A number of these foreign students are doing their Master's and PhD where they have contributed their ideas as well as innovations through their research work held at UTP.
UTP BRANCH CAMPUS
Dr Zainal Abidin said the university has no plans to open a branch campus as its objective was not quantity but to produce capable and quality candidates in line with UTP's mission.
"Investment and operating costs for an engineering and technology-based university are very high and Petronas is not out to seek profit. It is Petronas's commitment to contribute towards development of the society particularly for the future generations," he said.
UTP is now stepping up its research and development (R&D) activities to achieve its next objective to obtain the government's recognition as a research university.
UTP has answered the call by its Pro-Chancellor Tan Sri Mohd Hassan Merican to act proactively to attract more researchers from across the globe to boost the university's capability and credibility.
"UTP has and will continue to initiate measures to boost its image as a leading and prestigious university, improve its campus facilities by providing more room for research work apart from stepping up the strategic relations with other institutions of higher learning as well as that of research and industries," said Dr Zainal Abidin.
REO
Aware that R&D is one of the important aspects of its establishment, UTP had set up the 'Research Enterprise Office' (REO) in 1999.
"The aim in setting up of REO is to have a special unit to manage all matters connected to research, consultation and innovations for UTP.
"Since its inception in 1999, REO has boosted UTP's capability and credibility in generating huge research grants from the government, Petronas and industries," he said.
Dr Zainal Abidin said funds from the grants were utilised to implement research programmes that resulted in new innovations and discoveries.
Some of these innovations had bagged awards and accolades at the world's renowned expositions such as the 'International Exhibition of Inventions, New Techniques and Product of Geneva' in Switzerland.
The other expos where UTM had made its name known were the 'Malaysia International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition (ITEX)', 'Malaysian Technology Exposition and Innova Eureka' as well as "Innova Energy' in Brussels, Belgium.
Recently UTP won three gold, one silver and one bronze medals in Geneva while the university's participation at ITEX 2009 resulted in the university bagging five gold, three silver and one bronze medals.
RESEARCH GRANTS
REO has garnered research grants of close to RM107.9 million. It has also won 36 gold medals at local and foreign expositions since 2005.
UTP is also focussing on nine fields of research named as the 'Mission Oriented Research' (MOR).
"The purpose of MOR is to conduct research for the benefit of the oil and gas sector apart from other studies like that on alternative energy. All of the outcome from the research done would infuse new dimension for the sustainability of the country's oil and gas industry," he said.
For Dr Zainal Abidin, who has been UTP Rector for close to five years, his objective is for UTP to achieve research university status in 2013.
"Our strategy is to robustly develop R&D in oil and gas sector due to our unique relation with this industry that gives us some advantages over the other universities," he said.
Dr Zainal Abidin said UTP has identified several fields related to the industry that are to be given priority like Carbon Dioxide Management, Deep Sea E&P Technology, Nano Technology and Green Technology.
"I hope the R&D development that we carry out in UTP will give rise to new technologies that will benefit the industries and turns the university into a referral centre for the latest technologies.
"For the long term, I hope UTP will turn into an institution that is the pride of the nation, as well as the model for other universities in the country and abroad," he added.
Hence, the national petroleum company or Petronas established the Institut Teknologi Petronas (ITP) in April 1995 with the objective of providing the human resource for these fields.
The institute, which was located in Bangi, had never looked back.
ITP began its first academic session on July 1995 with only six permanent staffs at rented premises. Laboratory work was conducted at Universiti Pertanian Malaysia (UPM) and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM).
In July 1996, ITP relocated its operations to Seri Iskandar here after taking over the campus vacated by Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM).
The same year, the government invited Petronas to establish a university and Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) took shape on Jan 10, 1997.
POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS
Today, after holding nine convocations, UTP has produced 5,642 graduates including 256 at the Master's level.
Twelve years after its inception, UTP now can be proud with its achievement in producing graduates with all-round capability apart from being creative and innovative to become the movers of the nation's industries.
UTP Rector Datuk Dr Zainal Abidin Kasim said the university's graduates have always contributed positively to the country by their involvement in various fields and this is not limited to the oil and gas industry alone.
"Engineering and technology are the two key fields that have received positive impact from these UTP products. For example in the automotive industry, there are many UTP graduates employed as engineers with national car makers Proton and Perodua.
"There are UTP graduates working in the automobile research and development industry and they have contributed towards the improvement of the nation's automobile industry", he told Bernama in a special interview here recently.
ADMINISTRATIVE AND DIPLOMATIC SERVICE
Dr Zainal Abidin said the graduates contributions did not stop in the engineering and technology fields as they were given the trust and worked in the administrative and diplomatic service like the post of assistant officer.
"There are UTP graduates working in the marketing, business and banking sectors as well as government-owned financial institutions, these private sectors provide the opportunity for UTP graduates to continue contributing towards the country's economic development and growth," he said.
A great number of UTP graduates are having their career in the petroluem-related industry and are employed by multi-national giants like Shell, ExxonMobil and Petronas itself.
He said the UTP graduates were employed not only in Malaysia but throughout the world like Bahrain, Qatar, Arab Saudi, Sudan, Vietnam and Argentina.
Dr Zainal Abidin said the university also has post-graduate students that today totalled more than 800 from 25 countries including Malaysia, Egypt, Sudan and Malaysia.
A number of these foreign students are doing their Master's and PhD where they have contributed their ideas as well as innovations through their research work held at UTP.
UTP BRANCH CAMPUS
Dr Zainal Abidin said the university has no plans to open a branch campus as its objective was not quantity but to produce capable and quality candidates in line with UTP's mission.
"Investment and operating costs for an engineering and technology-based university are very high and Petronas is not out to seek profit. It is Petronas's commitment to contribute towards development of the society particularly for the future generations," he said.
UTP is now stepping up its research and development (R&D) activities to achieve its next objective to obtain the government's recognition as a research university.
UTP has answered the call by its Pro-Chancellor Tan Sri Mohd Hassan Merican to act proactively to attract more researchers from across the globe to boost the university's capability and credibility.
"UTP has and will continue to initiate measures to boost its image as a leading and prestigious university, improve its campus facilities by providing more room for research work apart from stepping up the strategic relations with other institutions of higher learning as well as that of research and industries," said Dr Zainal Abidin.
REO
Aware that R&D is one of the important aspects of its establishment, UTP had set up the 'Research Enterprise Office' (REO) in 1999.
"The aim in setting up of REO is to have a special unit to manage all matters connected to research, consultation and innovations for UTP.
"Since its inception in 1999, REO has boosted UTP's capability and credibility in generating huge research grants from the government, Petronas and industries," he said.
Dr Zainal Abidin said funds from the grants were utilised to implement research programmes that resulted in new innovations and discoveries.
Some of these innovations had bagged awards and accolades at the world's renowned expositions such as the 'International Exhibition of Inventions, New Techniques and Product of Geneva' in Switzerland.
The other expos where UTM had made its name known were the 'Malaysia International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition (ITEX)', 'Malaysian Technology Exposition and Innova Eureka' as well as "Innova Energy' in Brussels, Belgium.
Recently UTP won three gold, one silver and one bronze medals in Geneva while the university's participation at ITEX 2009 resulted in the university bagging five gold, three silver and one bronze medals.
RESEARCH GRANTS
REO has garnered research grants of close to RM107.9 million. It has also won 36 gold medals at local and foreign expositions since 2005.
UTP is also focussing on nine fields of research named as the 'Mission Oriented Research' (MOR).
"The purpose of MOR is to conduct research for the benefit of the oil and gas sector apart from other studies like that on alternative energy. All of the outcome from the research done would infuse new dimension for the sustainability of the country's oil and gas industry," he said.
For Dr Zainal Abidin, who has been UTP Rector for close to five years, his objective is for UTP to achieve research university status in 2013.
"Our strategy is to robustly develop R&D in oil and gas sector due to our unique relation with this industry that gives us some advantages over the other universities," he said.
Dr Zainal Abidin said UTP has identified several fields related to the industry that are to be given priority like Carbon Dioxide Management, Deep Sea E&P Technology, Nano Technology and Green Technology.
"I hope the R&D development that we carry out in UTP will give rise to new technologies that will benefit the industries and turns the university into a referral centre for the latest technologies.
"For the long term, I hope UTP will turn into an institution that is the pride of the nation, as well as the model for other universities in the country and abroad," he added.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Police Shoot Dead Ex-Convict
KEMAMAN, Sept 28 (Bernama) -- A man who was released from prison about two months ago, was shot dead by police when he tried to mow down a policeman with a stolen car at the 135km Jalan Kuala Terengganu-Kuantan last night.
The dead man's 22-year-old accomplice who was also in the car, sustained a gunshot wound in the shoulder and was warded in a stable condition at the Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital in Kuantan.
Seized from the car were several parangs and knives, believed to have been used during break-ins at homes.
The police did not identify the dead man.
The incident occured near a lemang stall at Kampung Geliga in Kijal about 11.50pm.
State CID chief ACP Mohd Fuazi Abduri said on Monday that the ex-convict had seven criminal records, including house break-ins and car thefts, while the accomplice was linked to hold-ups.
Following a report that a Perodua MyVi which was reported stolen in Kuantan was spotted in Kampung Geliga, he said a police team arrived at the scene and saw two men seated inside the vehicle.
Despite repeated requests to alight from the car, the duo refused.
The ex-convict who was in the driver's seat, reversed the car, hitting a parked motorcycle before driving it forward, almost hitting one of the policemen.
Fuazi said, at that juncture, the police fired a shot in the direction of the car, killing the ex-convict on the spot and injuring his accomplice.
The dead man's 22-year-old accomplice who was also in the car, sustained a gunshot wound in the shoulder and was warded in a stable condition at the Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital in Kuantan.
Seized from the car were several parangs and knives, believed to have been used during break-ins at homes.
The police did not identify the dead man.
The incident occured near a lemang stall at Kampung Geliga in Kijal about 11.50pm.
State CID chief ACP Mohd Fuazi Abduri said on Monday that the ex-convict had seven criminal records, including house break-ins and car thefts, while the accomplice was linked to hold-ups.
Following a report that a Perodua MyVi which was reported stolen in Kuantan was spotted in Kampung Geliga, he said a police team arrived at the scene and saw two men seated inside the vehicle.
Despite repeated requests to alight from the car, the duo refused.
The ex-convict who was in the driver's seat, reversed the car, hitting a parked motorcycle before driving it forward, almost hitting one of the policemen.
Fuazi said, at that juncture, the police fired a shot in the direction of the car, killing the ex-convict on the spot and injuring his accomplice.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Heavy Duty Front Seat Cover for PERODUA MYVI
Heavy Duty Front Seat Cover for PERODUA MYVI
SINGLE GREY GENERIC FIT HEAVY DUTY CAR SEAT PROTECTOR TO SUIT FRONT DRIVER OR PASSENGER SIDE PERODUA MYVI . THE ULTIMATE COVER RANGE FOR VERSATILITY AND QUALITY ON THE MARKET TODAY! HEAVY DUTY STRONG, BREATHABLE, TEAR RESISTANT FABRIC. KEEPS YOU COOL IN THE SUMMER AND UNLIKE CHEAPER NYLON COVERS YOU WON'T SWEAT OR STICK TO THESE. BUILT-IN PROVISION FOR HEADRESTRAINTS. FOOD, WATER, DIRT, OIL AND PAINT RESISTANT. EASY WIPE. EASY FIT WITH VELCRO STRAPS TO SECURE IN PLACE. HELPS KEEP SEATS IN PRISTINE CONDITION. OTHER COLOUR OPTIONS AVAILABLE. PLEASE ENQUIRE. (Please note : not suitable for models with seat belts built into headrestraints)
Town & Country have launched a new product range in protective covers. The material used in the manufacture of these seat covers, unlike nylon which cause sweating and sticking to the cover, is made from a high tenacity polyester with a polyurethane backing and totally unique to this product. This material is waterproof and has a weave designed to allow air to circulate more freely between the seat cover and occupant, which leads to reduced sweating and a noticeable cooler feel when exposed to sun. Manufactured to ISO certification to guarantee consistent high quality and give years of service.
SINGLE GREY GENERIC FIT HEAVY DUTY CAR SEAT PROTECTOR TO SUIT FRONT DRIVER OR PASSENGER SIDE PERODUA MYVI . THE ULTIMATE COVER RANGE FOR VERSATILITY AND QUALITY ON THE MARKET TODAY! HEAVY DUTY STRONG, BREATHABLE, TEAR RESISTANT FABRIC. KEEPS YOU COOL IN THE SUMMER AND UNLIKE CHEAPER NYLON COVERS YOU WON'T SWEAT OR STICK TO THESE. BUILT-IN PROVISION FOR HEADRESTRAINTS. FOOD, WATER, DIRT, OIL AND PAINT RESISTANT. EASY WIPE. EASY FIT WITH VELCRO STRAPS TO SECURE IN PLACE. HELPS KEEP SEATS IN PRISTINE CONDITION. OTHER COLOUR OPTIONS AVAILABLE. PLEASE ENQUIRE. (Please note : not suitable for models with seat belts built into headrestraints)
Town & Country have launched a new product range in protective covers. The material used in the manufacture of these seat covers, unlike nylon which cause sweating and sticking to the cover, is made from a high tenacity polyester with a polyurethane backing and totally unique to this product. This material is waterproof and has a weave designed to allow air to circulate more freely between the seat cover and occupant, which leads to reduced sweating and a noticeable cooler feel when exposed to sun. Manufactured to ISO certification to guarantee consistent high quality and give years of service.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Myvi
Perodua Myvi
(Redirected from Perodua MyVi) A pre-2008 facelift Myvi. | |
| Manufacturer | Perodua |
|---|---|
| Production | 2005–present |
| Class | Supermini/subcompact |
| Body style(s) | 5-door hatchback |
| Engine(s) | 1.0 L EJ-VE I3 1.3 L K3-VE I4 |
| Related | Daihatsu Sirion/Boon Toyota Passo |
The Perodua Myvi is a supermini/subcompact hatchback manufactured by Malaysian car maker Perodua since 2005. Based on the second generation Daihatsu Sirion/Boon and Toyota Passo, the Myvi is the result of Perodua's collaboration with both Toyota and Daihatsu. The Myvi is the best selling car for 2006, 2007 and 2008 in Malaysia[citation needed].
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Specifications
Equipment levels
The Myvi was made available in five variations: 1.0SR (5 speed manual), 1.3SX (5 speed manual), 1.3EZ (4 speed auto), 1.3SXi (5 speed manual), and 1.3EZi "Premium" (4 speed auto). A Myvi "Special Edition" was also made available, featuring a bodykit encompassing modified bumpers, sideskirts and a spoiler. The Myvi was also made available with dual airbags and ABS.
Colors available on the Myvi include Ebony Black, Olive Green, Glittering Silver, Ozzy Orange, Classic Gold, Mistique Red, Mocha Silver and Pearl White. The facelift features a new colour range which consist of Medallion Grey, Ivory White, Pearl White, Klasik Gold, Mistik Red, Ebony Black, Caribbean Blue and Glittering Silver.[1] The Perodua Myvi SE is available in Ivory White, Ebony Black, Glittering Siver, Pearl White or a special Tangerine Orange exclusive only for the Myvi SE.[2]
Performance and design
Engine specifications
1.0 L EJ-VE I3
- Electronic fuel injection (EFI) system
- Dynamic Variable Valve Timing (DVVT) system
- Total displacement: 989 cc
- Max output: 43 kW (58.5 PS; 57.7 hp) @ 6000 rpm
- Max torque: 88 N·m (65 lb·ft) @ 3200 rpm
- Fuel tank capacity: 40 L (11 US gal; 9 imp gal)
1.3 L K3-VE I4
- Electronic fuel injection (EFI) system
- Dynamic Variable Valve Timing (DVVT) system
- Total displacement: 1298 cc
- Max. output: 64 kW (87.0 PS; 85.8 hp) @ 6000 rpm
- Max torque: 116 N·m (86 lb·ft) @ 3200 rpm
- Fuel tank capacity: 40 L (11 US gal; 9 imp gal)
The Myvi boasts either one of two water-cooled, four-stroke engines derived from the first generation Daihatsu Sirion: A 1.0 litre EJ-VE engine with three in-line cylinders, or the Toyota Passo: 1.3 litre K3-VE engine with four in-line cylinders; both engines employ Dynamic Variable Valve Timing (DVVT) systems and conventional electronic fuel injection (EFI).
In addition to raw performance, features previously uncommon on Perodua cars were inherited from the Sirion to the Myvi. Among them are 4-hole injectors, foamed urethane injected to the A-pillar, centre pillar and B-pillar for noised insulation, immobiliser systems and pedestrian injury reduction body construction. Other notable features include underbody air flow regulating items, resin intake manifolds and cylinder headcovers integrated with air cleaner cases (for 1.0 engines) and flexible flywheels for reduced vibration during running (for manual transmission).
2008 facelift
On August 22, 2008, an updated Perodua Myvi was launched. The new Myvi features a modified front grille, front bumper, front bonnet, rear bumper, alloy rims, dashboard color, instrument panel design, MP3/WMA player and seat fabric. Its 1.3 Premium model additionally features new UV protection glass, a seat height adjuster, as well as a new audio system with USB and Bluetooth capabilities.[1]
A "Special Edition" of the new Perodua Myvi SE was also launched on October 10, 2008 with a new bumpers, clear taillights, smoked headlights, an amber instrument panel, leather seats, and a 2-DIN Compact Disc player with MP3, WMA, USB and Bluetooth support instead of an integrated unit. It is only available with a 1.3L engine with a manual or automatic transmission.[2]
Reception
The launch of the Perodua Myvi was significant as it marked first time Perodua competed head-to-head with Proton, the first Malaysian national car maker, which would release a similarly classed Proton Savvy.
The Myvi 1.3 beat its rival, the Proton Savvy 1.2, as the "Car of the Year 2005/2006" by Autocar ASEAN, a magazine for car buyers in Malaysia. The Edge Daily, a local financial news media reported that Myvi sales have far surpassed its initial expectations and has been selling extremely well since its rollout in April.
Proton's Savvy, available to the market a few months after the launch of the Myvi, had not affected Myvi sales. Observing the strong demand for the Myvi, it boosted sales of vehicles in the country and Perodua's market share in 2006.
Review
Richard Hammond, a presenter on BBC's Top Gear, took the Perodua Myvi out for a spin[3] , and he seems to be impressed:
"No jokes, this is a good-looking car. But if it looks familiar, that's because this is a Daihatsu Sirion in all but name. You see it costs billions to develop a new car - you design them on computers then build lots of them to crash into walls. So Perodua let someone else do it and spent their money sticking a new badge on it.
But they kept a bit back to spend on styling. Which is why, even though it shares bits and pieces with the Sirion, the Myvi is better looking...
...So under seven grand for a good-looking car, built in a factory shared with Toyota, which handles as well as a Yaris, does nearly 50mpg with a three-year warranty - yes please."
Jeremy Clarkson doesn't like it claiming the brakes, the ride, the seats and the interior are "rubbish". He also humorously suggested that "this is a car you drive with a long face".
Export to Indonesia
The Perodua Myvi is exported to Indonesia and badged as the Daihatsu Sirion since April 2007.[4] The Sirion in Indonesia does not use the global Sirion styling by Daihatsu, but uses Perodua's styling including the interiors, bumpers and lamps. It is only available in 1.3L version with two types of variants. Type-D offers basic spec while Type-M offers Aerokits and leather seats.
Gallery
 Olive green pre-facelift model. |  Facelifted model. |
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