Spy-Shot 2011 Myvi Unveiled
The series of images below are supposedly for the 2011 Perodua Myvi Replacement, expected to be launched sometime in July 2011. Image credits goes to the boys at Funtasticko Design and Arena Kereta, via Prodas Auto Blog.
The yellow car above is supposedly the top of the line SE trim model, while the standard model is the white car shown below.
While the shot below is supposedly (but unverified) the interior of the 2011 Myvi. It features a bespoke interior different from its Japanese cousin donor car; the Daihatsu Boon / Toyota Passo. Features shown in the image below are supposedly for the top of the line SE trim.
The slow selling 1.0-liter variant will be dropped while a 1.5-liter variant will be added, powered by the Daihatsu developed 3SZ-VE engine that currently powers the Toyota Avanza / Daihatsu Xenia, Toyota Rush / Daihatsu Terios, Daihatsu Materia and Toyota bB. Note that the 1.5-liter 3SZ-VE is an iron block unit and has no relation to the Toyota developed aluminum block 1NZ-FE that currently powers the Toyota Vios and Yaris. The existing 1.3-liter K3-VE engine will continue to be carried over for the 2011 model.
As for the price, we have a slight hunch that the new model will see a rather significant bump in its price. The appreciating Yen is a major concern for Perodua. Key powertrain and electronic components are still imported from Japan. While steel and tire prices both saw significant increase since last year. Ignoring the 1.0-liter variant, a current model standard specs 1.3-liter Myvi SX manual starts at RM 43,400, stretching all the way to RM 52,900 for the Myvi SE automatic.
Below are images of the Myvi's original donor car; the Daihatsu Boon.
And below is the Daihatsu Boon's Toyota badged cousin - the Toyota Passo. The Passo is supplied to Toyota by Daihatsu's Ikeda plant under a joint development agreement between the Japanese minicar specialist and its parent company Toyota.
These are accessories package for the new Passo. Probably give some ideas to the fanboys who like to modify their Myvis to look like their Japanese cousins.
Styling package from Toyota Original Accesories
Exterior Dress-up package
I kinda like the Shinju x Orange design. Has a hint of the Fiat 500 Abarth to it.
Modellista Accessories package
And lastly the one that every Myvi racer boy wants - the TRD Sportivo version.
In Japan, both the Boon and Passo are available in 1.0-liter and 1.3-liter engine options, in 2WD and 4WD, all mated to a CVT transmission. Given the low preference to CVTs here and price premium of CVT, we doubt this transmission will be adopted locally. Other features available in Japanese market cars include electronic stability control (ESC) or as the folks in Osaka / Nagoya prefers to call it, VSC in Daihatsu-Toyota lingo, as well as anti-whiplash protection front seats, side airbags are also available.
We have always try to inform consumers that independent studies confirm that ESC / ESP / VSC (or call it whatever you want) is the single most important safety feature after seat belts. What you want is not more airbags, but something that prevents you from crashing in the first place. But as how things always goes on this side of the world, we are quite sure the next Myvi will not feature VSC.
Daihatsu has only two main export markets - Indonesia (via P.T. Astra Daihatsu Motor) and Malaysia (via Perodua Manufacturing Sdn. Bhd.). In January 2011, Daihatsu announced that it is pulling out of the European market by 2013, while the company pulled out of Australia in 2006, China in 2009, Vietnam in 2007 and from from USA in 1992. In its recent pullout from Europe, Daihatsu cited rising Yen as the reason, but truth is that Daihatsu's products have lost the interest of its overseas consumers long ago, except for Indonesia, where the cheap Xenia / Avanza struck the right cord amongst Indonesian consumers, and in Malaysia, where the company took advantage of a so-called National Car policy that started in the 1990s, allowing the company to rebadge its models as Perodua and selling them at substantially lower prices (or increasing price of other non-national brands, depending on how you see the argument). Perodua in Malaysia is represented by two separate entities, Perodua Sales Sdn. Bhd which headed by a local MD while Perodua Manufacturing Sdn. Bhd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Daihatsu Motor Co., and is controlled by Daihatsu's own management.
The yellow car above is supposedly the top of the line SE trim model, while the standard model is the white car shown below.
While the shot below is supposedly (but unverified) the interior of the 2011 Myvi. It features a bespoke interior different from its Japanese cousin donor car; the Daihatsu Boon / Toyota Passo. Features shown in the image below are supposedly for the top of the line SE trim.
The slow selling 1.0-liter variant will be dropped while a 1.5-liter variant will be added, powered by the Daihatsu developed 3SZ-VE engine that currently powers the Toyota Avanza / Daihatsu Xenia, Toyota Rush / Daihatsu Terios, Daihatsu Materia and Toyota bB. Note that the 1.5-liter 3SZ-VE is an iron block unit and has no relation to the Toyota developed aluminum block 1NZ-FE that currently powers the Toyota Vios and Yaris. The existing 1.3-liter K3-VE engine will continue to be carried over for the 2011 model.
As for the price, we have a slight hunch that the new model will see a rather significant bump in its price. The appreciating Yen is a major concern for Perodua. Key powertrain and electronic components are still imported from Japan. While steel and tire prices both saw significant increase since last year. Ignoring the 1.0-liter variant, a current model standard specs 1.3-liter Myvi SX manual starts at RM 43,400, stretching all the way to RM 52,900 for the Myvi SE automatic.
Below are images of the Myvi's original donor car; the Daihatsu Boon.
And below is the Daihatsu Boon's Toyota badged cousin - the Toyota Passo. The Passo is supplied to Toyota by Daihatsu's Ikeda plant under a joint development agreement between the Japanese minicar specialist and its parent company Toyota.
These are accessories package for the new Passo. Probably give some ideas to the fanboys who like to modify their Myvis to look like their Japanese cousins.
Styling package from Toyota Original Accesories
Exterior Dress-up package
I kinda like the Shinju x Orange design. Has a hint of the Fiat 500 Abarth to it.
Modellista Accessories package
And lastly the one that every Myvi racer boy wants - the TRD Sportivo version.
In Japan, both the Boon and Passo are available in 1.0-liter and 1.3-liter engine options, in 2WD and 4WD, all mated to a CVT transmission. Given the low preference to CVTs here and price premium of CVT, we doubt this transmission will be adopted locally. Other features available in Japanese market cars include electronic stability control (ESC) or as the folks in Osaka / Nagoya prefers to call it, VSC in Daihatsu-Toyota lingo, as well as anti-whiplash protection front seats, side airbags are also available.
We have always try to inform consumers that independent studies confirm that ESC / ESP / VSC (or call it whatever you want) is the single most important safety feature after seat belts. What you want is not more airbags, but something that prevents you from crashing in the first place. But as how things always goes on this side of the world, we are quite sure the next Myvi will not feature VSC.
Daihatsu has only two main export markets - Indonesia (via P.T. Astra Daihatsu Motor) and Malaysia (via Perodua Manufacturing Sdn. Bhd.). In January 2011, Daihatsu announced that it is pulling out of the European market by 2013, while the company pulled out of Australia in 2006, China in 2009, Vietnam in 2007 and from from USA in 1992. In its recent pullout from Europe, Daihatsu cited rising Yen as the reason, but truth is that Daihatsu's products have lost the interest of its overseas consumers long ago, except for Indonesia, where the cheap Xenia / Avanza struck the right cord amongst Indonesian consumers, and in Malaysia, where the company took advantage of a so-called National Car policy that started in the 1990s, allowing the company to rebadge its models as Perodua and selling them at substantially lower prices (or increasing price of other non-national brands, depending on how you see the argument). Perodua in Malaysia is represented by two separate entities, Perodua Sales Sdn. Bhd which headed by a local MD while Perodua Manufacturing Sdn. Bhd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Daihatsu Motor Co., and is controlled by Daihatsu's own management.
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