“World’s worst car Kelisa” replaced, Long Live Perodua ViVA
On 4 April I asked in Parliament what action the government would take to counter negative remarks made by foreign car critics Jeremy Clarkson.
What did Jeremy said about the Perodua Kelisa.
“This is without doubt the worst car, not just in its category but in the world”.
This comment infuriated the government. Deputy Minister Suliman Abdul Raman said that Perodua would always be proactive in improving quality and services.
Just over a month, Perodua launched the ViVA to replace the Kelisa.
If Kelisa is so good, then why stop it? Although I do not agree with Clarkson, there must be basic in the complaints that Kelisa lacks safety features to absorb the impact during accidents.
It is good to hear that the ViVA would have more safety features especially the doors.
Maybe Jeremy Clarkson would come out with better appraisal for the ViVA. Hope he does not have to blow up the ViVA to see how good it is.
I’m sorry to disappoint u, bt Viva is still another “unimaginative junk, built with no soul, no flair and no passion”.
YB Kon Yeow,
I hv no intention of being rude, I respect you n I support DAP’s effort to uphold justice in this unfortunate land, but you are now a laughing stock of the petrolheads in Malaysia and in the world.
You need to watch more of Jeremy Clarkson’s video to understand his behaviour. He not only targets the Kelisa, but tonnes of other cars, mostly Korean and fellow Malaysian cars.
He’s not blowing it up to test the car’s rigidity or resistivity against explosives, but because he hated the car for being built for the sake of making money, not for being a beautiful car, or an exiciting machine to drive on tracks, or practical from their point of view (they can definitely get better cars for the same amount of money paid to buy the Kelisa in UK, so why bother with inferior product?). Admit it: driving a European car feels more exciting n “something” rather than a Kelisa. The Kelisa, feels bare, “just a machine to get you from point A to B”. And it’s too small to be practical enough either.
You may think that’s fine, but for petrolheads like Jeremy Clarkson, myself and millions others around the world, we definitely want something more when we hit the tarmac. These excitements, sadly, are only offered by the Europeans, which are unfairly taxed to become laughably expensive that it makes almost no sense to get them.
Perodua needs to learn to be more independant rather than just cut n paste from Daihatsu cars. They need to tell the world (of petrolheads) that they are somebody rather than just a fake Japanese car manufacturer pretending to become a Msian car manufacturer so that they can get special discount similarly enjoyed by Proton.
Comment by tokmoh — Tuesday, 15-05-2007 @ 15: 05.09
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Argh….made some grammatical error, but I hope anyone can understand it.
Oh another thing, Here’s the general comment on Viva.
Pros:
- More spacious than the old Kelisa and Kancil
- More fuel efficient than the Kelisa (not sure about the kancil though)
cons:
- Looks just as boring as those old models.
- Ludicrulously expensive for a 1.0L car (RM40k++), is Perodua becoming more like Proton now, milking money from the rakyat? I’m afraid it has.
Oh, perhaps I should mention Jeremy Clarkson once destroyed a Porsche becase he hated it (he is a fan of Ferrari, so Porsche is their natural enemy). He destroyed a Toyota Prius hybrid car because it pretended to be environmentally friendly, but in reality, a normal, modern diesel car is more fuel efficient and produce less carbon dioxide than the “green car”.
He hated Japanese, Korean and Malaysian cars because they’re not built to be a great machine, rather, because they were only interested in making money. They’re as dull as a glass of mineral water, or a plate of plain white rice, you can get the idea when you put it beside a European car. The Europeans would feel like a glass of champagne, or a plate of premium nasi briani with extra well-done mutton curry made with the best of santan, and complimented with the freshest green vegetables. A complete, wholesome meal in stark contrast to plain rice. They’re both food (cars), which would you rather have?
Japanese, Korean and Malaysian cars need to learn how to add the spices to their cars. Until they can become something that makes them feel as special as how a Eruopean car would make you feel, until then they would be destroyed by Jeremy Clarkson.
Comment by tokmoh — Wednesday, 16-05-2007 @ 11: 17.31
i’m sorry, but i know a few malaysians, and NONE of them like malaysian cars.
I’m willing to bet the new ViVA would be as rubbish as the perodua, if not even worse
Comment by Cassio — Friday, 25-05-2007 @ 21: 19.26