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GEN III Prius In Malaysia

Discussion in 'International Owners' started by viista, Aug 24, 2009.

  1. viista

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    Greetings.

    GEN III was launched in Aug 18 in Malaysia. Manage to make my way to the UMW Toyota showroom and the salesperson was kind enough to go through all the Prius features. And we went for a test drive. Spec is kind a basic version over here. First time driving a hybrid and it was a new and excited experience for me.:dance:price wise is on the high side. RM175,000/-(USD50,000/-,SGD72,000/-):eek: Best part is, book now and it would only arrived April 2010.:( Considering to book one soon. This forum would be good for me to get to know the GEN III. Anyone interested on a scanned copy of the brochure, I can upload later.

    Cheers. Jeff
     
    #1 viista, Aug 24, 2009
  2. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    Hello and :welcome: to PriusChat! Selamat Datang PriusChat! (that's all I know so don't test me on other words haha).

    I would think it'd be more expensive in S'pore... maybe SGD 150,000?
     
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  3. viista

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    Terima Kasih(Thank You)! I am looking forward to own one soon. Toyota salesperson says there are already 7 confirmed orders at the moment. So I would like to be the 8th person.:)

    From Toyota Singapore website, it would be less than SGD100,00/-. So it could be a good buy for Singaporeans!:cheer2:
    Gonna spend as much time this weekend to go through this forum.

    Cheers. Jeff
     
    #3 viista, Aug 25, 2009
  4. Tideland Prius

    Tideland Prius Moderator of the North
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    Totally forgot about that word lol (and I can only count to 4 hahaha).

    ohh? but is that before COE and Road Tax?
     
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    Sounds like you been to this region before, don't you?:rolleyes:

    Not too sure about the COE and roadtax. Any Singaporeans can clarify this?

    Here are the pictures of the test drive unit earlier.
     

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  7. Tideland Prius

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    Yes I have... for about 4 years? I can't believe there are still Proton Sagas around (in your 2nd pic)
     
    #7 Tideland Prius, Aug 26, 2009
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    They're RDS - Radio Data System - features.

    TA = Traffic Announcement. Tells the radio to switch channels automatically when another known channel has a traffic report. It can also pause the CD to play the traffic report, then switch back to the CD when the traffic report ends.

    AF = Alternative Frequency. Tells the radio to try a different frequency for the current station. Useful in nationwide radio networks if going through a patch of interference.

    PTY = Programme Type. Tells the radio what genre of programme you're interested in, so that once you're out of coverage of the station you were listening to, it can find something similar.

    AF doesn't work very well on Gen 2 because the radio only has one tuner, so there's a brief interruption occasionally when it's trying to decide whether to switch frequencies. Better radios can sample the alternate frequencies without interrupting playback. I don't know if this has been improved in Gen 3.
     
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    Yup! There goes the explanation. Most useful when travelling states to states and forget about remembering which frequency to tune to. TA feature not widely used over here.
     
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    Yes, there are still around but with slightly newer facelift and etc... And there is a Hummer H2 at the background. Belongs to a Toyota sales guy!:eek:
     
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    Hi Tideland Prius,

    The list price of SGD99,988 is inclusive of COE but not Road Tax and Insurance. If without the GVR (Green Vehicle Rebates, 40% ARF), it would have listed as SGD114,190!

    https://www.borneomotors.com.sg/asp/ToyotaPriceListPassenger.aspx

    Here are the breakdowns in SGD:

    A.List Price_______99,988

    B.Total Basic Cost__83,321.42 (a+b+c+d+e+f-g)
    a)OMV___________35,505 (approx.)
    b)RF____________140
    c)ARF___________35,505 (100% of OMV)
    d)Customs Duty___7,101 (20% of OMV)
    e)GST@7%_______2,982.42
    f)COE___________16,290 (as of 20 Aug 09)
    g)GVR___________14,202

    C.Rebates________3,000 (a+b)
    a)In-house Ins.____500
    b)In-house Fin.____2500

    D.Others_________194 (a+b+c)
    a)In Vehicle Unit___150
    b)Number Plate____30.50
    c)Radio Licence Fee_13.50 (1/2 yr)

    Dealer's Profit______A-B-C-D=13,472.58 (USD9,327)
     
    #11 vincent1449p, Aug 27, 2009
  12. Tideland Prius

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    They facelifted it?!?! It looks the same to me lol.

    :eek: but better than the prices I remember before I left lol.
     
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    Hi Jeff,

    I just got mine delivered last week. When is yours arriving?
    Trying to gather Prius owners in our local soil here.....which is tough thing as the limited numbers here.

    You can check out Prius malaysia in Facebook.com

    Richard
     
    #13 rau, Sep 27, 2009
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