greeting everyone, i am also struggling between a preve or Exora or persona sv.
90% of driving will be spending on city, highway only occasionally during holiday. the reading i hv done understand that all above model do well on highway but they are vary on city drive.
My question about their performance:
- how good is the respond to move the car from full stop in front of traffic light? (cfe optimum torgue kicks in after 2k rpm right)the gap from 1k rpm to 2k rpm is easily passed when u revved the engine.thus u dont have to worry abt that,its not like the engine did not produce any power below 2k rpm.i will pull as usual and when in boost it pulls easier.
- would it be like dragging a cow to tree kinda way of driving the car under traffic jam condition?u need to get used to the cvt then only u can adjust to the driving character.its not just proton,all cvt equipped vehicle are like this.its not abt how much power or when the power is deliver,its abt how it deliver the power.and no,its not like dragging something tied to a tree.
- how was it perform if going up hill like genting? (normal family trip way of driving )i have no complain.6 adult up cameron,with smiling face.
- i know they are petrol hungry type of engine but how far it will push?its not like other force induction engine.its far from refine.i havent done constant calculation but best i got is 12km/l.moderate driving
my thought/dilemma:
- persona SV would be a good value for money buy but it come with older tech n specs. rm45k cant complaint right?agreed.
- Exora and Preve have the same CFE engine, exora has the space and riding height which i like, preve have all the safety feature it can offer among the Cseg range in budget. also both can act as family car for 4 people.if u have only 2 child and the baby factory is shut down,i suggest the preve.it have enough space and will reward u when u want to go for a weekend drive.exora wins on huge space only.
- Inspira is actually in my top list but since it is out of budget, put it away
i test drive persona before but that was the older version and i kinda have a bad impression to it as maybe the test car was overly abuse by tester. what i can remember is noisy NVH on the cabin and the engine reeving sound is too obvious to ignore, this happend even when the SA trying to talk to me and he had to raise his voice
never test drive Preve or Exora, but had experience in sitting into colleague Preve CFE for a short drive to Lunch but that time i did not pay attention to the car so i dun really can recall anything about it except the GPS display is sux as there is no map but it still nagivating.
i am waiting for raya 2014 to see if there is any attractive promo but now would be a good time to start understanding them.
Hope all sifu can shine my way to the right choice.
Than you.
choice is up to u.u also note that most driving is done in the city thus a car that is easy to manouver should be in yr list.
i strongly suggest u go for a test drive,bring yr family along during the test.
