Monday, August 28, 2006

CAR NEWS TODAY

News flash.

Recently heard from a notable source that you can get a whopping RM7,000.00 discount off the price of the Toyota Vios and a huge Godzilla sized RM15,000.00 discount off the Toyota Camry at most of the Toyota dealers in town.

This discount is probably due to the fact that the passenger car market is on a downturn, which has affected both the new and used car markets. However, great deals can be made pretty soon, as we’re going to see another used car market recession like in 1997-1999 period. Hard times are ahead and its a buyer’s market with sellers suffering like crazy. We may see some other great deals soon.

Mugen Civic

I also heard that Honda Malaysia may launch a Mugen specified Civic 2.0 soon. It’ll be a manual with lots of goodies such as body kit, suspension etc. However, it’ll be a limited edition vehicle of 90 units with a higher than usual price. It may be something nice, but I’m worried about pricing which may be too high for most to buy and that of image, as hey, stop at a traffic light somewhere in Kuala Lumpur, there’s bound to be a Civic either in front of you or beside you. (Aside from Protons that is). Somehow, while the new Civic looks good with its futuristic cab forward design, it’s becoming too common for its own good. I don’t know whether it’s a bad thing or a good thing.

Kia Spectra

My friend’s wife has one and he tells her that its the best car in the world for around RM70,000.00. The only reason that its the best car in the world for RM70,000.00 is that when they test drove the car together it felt fine, supposedly better than the average Proton but it all went downhill after the purchase. He still tells his wife that the car is fantastic but tells everyone else that it is awful. Love is stronger than the truth. Don’t buy a Kia, you’d end up telling your wife, kids, parents, aunts that its a nice car, a powerful car, a superb car. Think of how many people you may have to lie to just to justify your ownership of that car. My friend is lucky, he only needs to tell his wife that lie.

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