What took place?
The Myvi has been the best selling product of Perodua for a very long time, until recently been taken over by its own yourer brother, the Axia. Today, we had the Perodua Myvi for a day with us via the Socar App for a day to carry out some Goget jobs, an app which allows people to send items across town via despatch drivers.
Its kinda like Grab for parcels and items. So naturally space, fuel economy and comfort are much desired attributes for a car to do the GoGet jobs in. Let’s explore and see what it was like to use the current Myvi as a daily workhorse.
Things we like
Practicality
The Perodua Myvi is a decently practical car that has sufficient storage all around the car. The generous number of cup holders aside, the boot itself is pretty spacious. 5 big sized boxes fitted in the boot with ease, especially once the seats were lowered.
It’s flat floor at the back is also handy to carry fragile items that might roll about, like cakes. We could easily carry a 9 inch cake with ease thanks to the versatile space the Myvi provided everywhere.
NVH improvement
The new Myvi has better wind noise and tyre noise suppression when the car is driven at speeds. If we had to suggest an improvement though, it would be to add some soundproofing at the wheel arches because noise from stones and sand thrown up by the tires is audible and that could be annoying at times.
Headlights
The new Myvi comes equipped with LED front headlights, which provided sufficient viewing distance. The LED headlight also provide proper lights dispersion that aftermarket LED light bulbs could not achieve. Apart from being usable, the LED headlights also brings in a touch of elegance and sophistication.
Gearing
The new Myvi that we’ve tested is fitted with a 1.5 liter engine with a 4 speed gearbox. But the highlight here is the gearbox. It might not be the smoothest gearbox, but the gearing was surprisingly well spaced. The best example for the gearing ratio is when the car is travelling at 110km/h, the engine rpm is still hovering around 2500 rpm, which in turns that it helps on the engine efficiency when doing long distance cruising
Smart tag
The build in smart tag that is fitted in the new Myvi is a class leading equipment that not many cars come with. You don’t need to search for the smart tag when you are coming up to a toll booth thanks to this feature. Another advantage of having an integrated smart tag is that you don’t need to worry about low battery. Very handy indeed.
Things that can be improve
Ergonomics
When on the road with the new Myvi, we had trouble trying to get into a comfortable seating position. You are seated very high up even at the lowest setting, and the back support falls short. This can get quite tiring after long hours of driving. The tall seating position also causes the sun visor to block the view up front when you flip the sun visor down to cover from the sun.
Auto start stop in gear
The auto start stop can be very jerky during start up. A slightly smoother operation may avoid the unsuspecting from getting startled the first time the car starts and stops.
Material use in cabin
The new Myvi is still a car that’s meant to be affordable, definitely Perodua will not lavish the interior with Nappa leather and Alcantara. But some of the hard plasict materials that can be found around the cabin could be improved with soft touch materials. The front of the car’s dashboard has consistent alignment, but moving to the rear, some of the panels have misaligned panel gaps.
AC hard to understand
The air conditioning controls is slightly confusing because on other cars, you lower the temperature if you want the car to feel cooler, but in the new Myvi, it’s the opposite. You increase the coolness by increasing the “temperature” setting in the car. That was a slight cause of annoyance, but we guess it would be second nature after a couple of days.
Conclusion
The new Perodua Myvi has come leaps and bounds ahead of its predecessor. Its good to see that Perodua is prioritizing local usage trends with the accessories and design of the vehicle. All in all, its proven to be a good workhorse thanks to its good gearing, well thought out cabin, and sheer space. Although there are improvements that can be made, it’s still a good car to buy. Are you a Perodua Myvi owner? Do you agree with what we said? What are the cars you would consider to be the alternative for the Perodua Myvi? Share with us in the comments below!
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