Last year in 2008, an interview with Perodua managing director, Datuk Hafiz Syed Abu Bakar in The Edge Weekly has revealed some plans about Perodua that year. Besides their plan of rebranding Perodua which gives Perodua a new slightly modernized logo and launching the new Kembara which is currently known as Nautica, he also said that Perodua will launch a new three row 6-seater MPV in September 2009. Datuk Hafiz likened it to a Toyota Wish, but a smaller version.
In April this year, while Proton gears up for its Proton Exora MPV to be launched, according to Datuk Hafiz in BERNAMA, Perodua is also prepping up its MPV, set to be launched in Q3 this year. The new Perodua MPV is internally called the Perodua D46T codename and is expected to be priced between RM57,000 to RM66,000. Perodua's D46T to be said that it will be based on the Toyota Passo Sette (image below) which measures 4,180mm long, 1,695mm wide and 1,620mm tall, with 2,750mm wheelbase.The same Bernama report also confirmed it will come with a 1.5 liter engine, likely the 3SZ-VE in transverse-mounted front wheel drive configuration.
Also in April, Perodua displayed it's D46T at the Minggu Saham Amanah Malaysia 2009 in Johor Bahru. It show us that the front seats are joined together as a single bench, and the arm rest in the middle looks like it can be flipped up to become a small backrest for the middle area and a dashboard that has its dash-mounted shifter very intact which means it’s not been moved to the floor.Besides that, the air conditioning controls have been changed from automatic climate control with an LCD panel to a manual 3-knob version that looks like it shares parts with the Toyota Vios, but this 3-knob control is also found in the low spec versions of the Passo Sette.
Apparently, Perodua also played a teaser video (see video below, which was originally uploaded by funtasticko5 at youtube.com ) for the MPV. The video revealed the MPV's exterior looks such as it's slightly different headlamps compared to the Passo Sette, the bumper which features a wide central air intake flanked by two large round foglamps and alloy wheels. Moreover, the video also revealed that the MPV will be launched in November 2009.
Here.. are the spy shots and a video of Perodua's future MPV:
source:
paultan.com
youtube.com/xenonturbo
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