New car: You take the hit of depreciation.
Used car: The seller took the hit of depreciation, you take the hit of wear and tear.
Kia Forte RM97k, 2012 car selling 77k, that's a hit of 20% in 1 year.
Let's say the Kia Cerato RM118k, taking a hit of 20% in 1 year, means the next year your car worth RM94k
Toyota Altis, used car going for RM115k year 2012, for the 2L version. New price is 131k. That's 16k difference or 12% hit. And the best part? They sell like hot cakes. You can try searching used car classifieds for Altis that is more than 2 weeks old, try calling and most likely the car is sold.
Spare parts? Toyota is plenty and cheap, and you have Taiwan option and kereta potong option.
To be very frank with you, the cars worth buying is:
Myvi, Alza
Vios
Lanspira - bargain of the century
any UMW Toyota except for Avanza and Fortuner.
For the same price of a brand new Kia Cerato 2L (118k), I rather buy a 2.0L Honda Accord 2012. Still got warranty, it is a bigger car, it is a Honda, got VTEC, and its more comfortable.