Perodua has launched its mini people mover yesterday. The car is named Alza, which was said to mean 'rise' in Spanish. This is the third car in Toyota Passo Sette/Daihatsu Luminas family and as usual, Perodua version carries difference aesthetic for front end design as well as the interior design.
As can be seen from the photo, the headlight has gained particular attention. The curve at the bottom of the headlight unit blends really well with the bumper design. Amber
Rear end, meanwhile, is as close to its japanese sibling as current Myvi does with its
Passo/Boon brothers. After a dramatic front fascia design, the rear end design,particularly the flat tailgate and bumper is a kind of anti-climax to what is actually pleasing design to the eye.
Passo/Boon brothers. After a dramatic front fascia design, the rear end design,particularly the flat tailgate and bumper is a kind of anti-climax to what is actually pleasing design to the eye.
As of the launch yesterday, there are two interior design available. The first one is for the automatic version, which features centre console mounted gear shift, together with triangular placement of air conditioning dials. This console design is particularly attractive and very contemporary in appearance.
The manual version, on the other hand,appears to be like an afterthought variant whereby the gear lever is floor mounted as per Myvi (complete with carryover floor console). This is, aesthetically, not a problem per-se, but the deletion of gear shift at the centre console left the panel to be very void and ugly indeed. The rotary dials are horizontally arrange as opposed to previously-mentioned triangular arrangement for auto version.Upon quick check on Toyota Japan website revealed that there is no manual variant in japan,hence explaining the awkward layout of the console.
The interior is spacious for the first two rows,where the seats are nicely shaped,spaced and trimmed.But the third row is best left folded or only to carry kids as its quite crammed.
Overall perceived quality seems to be good,with consistent panel gaps and flushly fitted neighboring body panel.But the interior seems to have a very cheap-looking texture,particularly for plastic parts below waist level.Lower center console,lower door trim panel and lower dashboard panel are very lightly textured,cheapness further accentuated by light colouring.The upper level plastic part such as door trim upper and top portion of the dashboard fare a bit better, textured akin to Toyota Vios, rather than featuring deep,better texture pattern as on Myvi.
The door slam sou nd and feeling is solid.It thunk instead of crash like Myvi. Operation effort through door outer handle is also nicely tuned for the showroom car.
All in all Alza is commendable effort by Perodua for its first MicroMPV. There's so much to be liked for this car.It may not have all the space in the world like its fellow national MPV rival,but its appears t o be attractive enough for its intended target market.
Six variants are available from the launch, standard and premium grade for each manual and automatic transmission and additional Advance version. Grade level are differentiated by safety features like ABS,EBD and airbags as well as asthetical differences (rear spoiler,front fog lamp, chromed and silvered interior bits) all of which are lacking in the standard grade variant. Price ranges from mid RM50k to RM70k for top of the line Advance version.
This is all for now,coming soon are more detailed analysis of Alza design and engineering.Stay tune!
Six variants are available from the launch, standard and premium grade for each manual and automatic transmission and additional Advance version. Grade level are differentiated by safety features like ABS,EBD and airbags as well as asthetical differences (rear spoiler,front fog lamp, chromed and silvered interior bits) all of which are lacking in the standard grade variant. Price ranges from mid RM50k to RM70k for top of the line Advance version.
This is all for now,coming soon are more detailed analysis of Alza design and engineering.Stay tune!
