wassup with viva?

[DOHC]

I've seen many ads selling few months old vivas..



Does viva have problems or something?

 

[prozac]

Dunno bout viva, but my kelisa value has been rock steady and never dropped since viva's introduction despite fears of a replacement model.

 

[netmatrix]

In fact i didn't see Viva as much on the road compared to when Myvi was launched. It seems that the pricing sort of sucks and damn close to Myvi for the premium one. If it doesn't sell, i can see Perodua for the first time, resort to plan B laio.

 

[zephyr3d]

u see pricing of kancil, kenari, viva n myvi.. itz so darn close to each other that itz just the matter of preference ...in styling that matters already.

unless u're going for the super basic kancil.. then that oughta make the differences, else.. y dont u just hit straight at myvi.

thatz what i tot...

 

[netmatrix]

Yeah thats what i thought too. and i believe the general public too. In that case, Viva isn't going to emulate the success of Kelisa, Kenari or Myvi. Kind of sad that Perodua marketing section fumbled on this.

 

[zephyr3d]

it will... if perodua decides to stop Kancil.. else itz going to be difficult... coz its just now a kelisa replacement.. itz just a miniature myvi, which many would see as it... y viva when u get myvi?

 

[netmatrix]

Well , if it doesn;t work out, they could sell scooters like JRD does. hahaha.

 

[butthead]

In fact i didn't see Viva as much on the road compared to when Myvi was launched. It seems that the pricing sort of sucks and damn close to Myvi for the premium one. If it doesn't sell, i can see Perodua for the first time, resort to plan B laio.

that is because of difference in size and price... until before Myvi was launched.. there was only Jazz, Getz, and (Yaris) in the market... personally i will place MyVi in the same group as this cars base on size and the functionality (let's exclude the build quality and brand name first)... the interesting point about MyVi is all the above mentioned cars costs over 60k with the Jazz and Yaris close to 90k... so MyVi has a big selling point to many consumers like you and me (to be more precise those that can't afford a huge monthly repayment)...and it has sort of a nice look too and there is no car within the same range as MyVi in Peroduas lineup...

so when Viva came out.. perodua only focused the consumers at the more premium version with ABS and airbag with their marketing and ads... so, to many people spending over 40k for a car that is halfway between a kelisa and kenari seems meaningless... furthermore... there is still Kancil which can be bought for under 30k... in fact where there is actually a economical 660cc version trim that cost under 30k... i think Perdodua already discontinued production of kancil for now... whatever there is in dealers should be ex-stock only... the amount of Vivas will gradually grow on the roads... but it will not be an immediate hit like MyVi... and one more thing which is... there is a lot of cars in the same range like Atos, Naza (forgot what's the name), picanto all which are quite competitively priced....

 

[butthead]

u see pricing of kancil, kenari, viva n myvi.. itz so darn close to each other that itz just the matter of preference ...in styling that matters already.

unless u're going for the super basic kancil.. then that oughta make the differences, else.. y dont u just hit straight at myvi.

thatz what i tot...

MyVi has a big price difference... but if one were to buy the most expensive Viva... then you're right... just buy a MyVi...

it's the same case as Kelisa 850cc... some people would like to buy a car which is bigger than a Kancil but would not want to pay as much... so a Kelisa 850cc would be their choice... it is the same as some people who might want to buy something a bit big bigger than Kancil preferably with a higher displacement engine but cost less than 40k... so they can either opt for a 660 or 850 viva... Perodua has given the consumers more choices... it is just whether the consumer can understand what choice they are given....

 

[zephyr3d]

well, yes. if u're talking basic models... i'm just questioning in terms of the permium models.. the pricing is just.. very very close..

 

[strangex2]

No ler, Perodua will still be producing the 660 Kancil because the outstation demand for that model is still VERY STRONG.

The VIVA allows a broader price range for customers to choose from. If they have just RM35k and just that (not wanting to take a loan, etc, various reasons), they can just buy a VIVA, no need to add another RM10k for a Myvi. But yeah, why get a VIVA if you can get a Myvi? Well, if you have all the money then go for it. But even RM5k is quite some money don't you think?


By the way, I'm seeing more and more VIVAs on the road now (KL area).

 

[alonso]

yeah..same info ive got from perodua salesman at my place here..there still got order for 660cc kancil until now but for kenari,kelisa perodua factory oledi stop the product early march 07, now all showroom sell the kenari and kelisa as while stock last no more stock for new car.....

 

[satria_95]

Basically, I see viva as another flop shit car. Period.

 

[PAUL_CJ]

i would say, it better than kancil since it a kancil replacement
n y they still producing kancil ? to drop down viva market?