Proton Savvy tetap dinamakan Savvy untuk pasaran U.K. dijual dengan harga hampir 8000pound atau RM40k...antara kata2 yg pedih "The interior looks like it belongs in a car built 20 years ago".
kalau xberapa faham bahasa 2 sila guna google translit...ala B.I mudah je 2.
It’s not a bad looking car and displays a modicum of aesthetic flair. The stepped window-line may look slightly uncomfortable for a car so stubby, and the ‘sporty’, centrally positioned chrome exhaust should not be interpreted as promising performance. The truth is, you will find yourself yielding on many a green light stampede.
The Savvy’s 1.2-litre unit’s linear power delivery serves up 75bhp at 5500rpm and 77lb ft at 4250rpm, but it’s a harsh, vocal delivery, especially when stretched to its 6100rpm red line. There’s also an intrusive booming noise in the cabin as you approach peak power which encourages you to make the most of a five-speed gearbox that feels both sloppy and stodgy. There’s also a five-speed automatic available, if that’s your preferred option. Claimed economy for both automatic and manual variants is 49.6mpg with CO2 emissions of 134g/km.
The interior is roomy enough for a car of this size (3710mm long, 1643mm wide and 1480mm high overall) but it’s lacking in refinements and creature comforts. There is a confusing use of interior plastic colours and the three-spoke steering wheel, complete with TT-mimicking aluminium ringlet, is similarly low-rent.
The lack of reach and rake adjustment of the steering wheel is likely to impede taller drivers' views of the top of the day-glow yellow dials. The car's gearlever and handbrake lever gaiters are tailored out of that '80s vinyl plastic which feels worse than it looks, and the glovebox on our car didn’t sit flush to its mountings. Not having a key-operated boot release is also an oversight. The boot itself can swallow loads of just 207 litres with the seats up, which isn’t great but fair enough, stretching to 909 litres with the split-fold rear perches in the prone position.
But it’s not all bad. The Savvy’s ride is firm but comfortable, coping well with pot-holes, drain covers, cats eyes and other road detritus, but vague steering prevents the experience from being anything an enthusiast might describe as ‘fun’. The rear seats offer impressive space and all-round visibility is good, which compensates for the standard but useless-in-practice rear-parking sensors.
When it first appeared the Savvy was a positive move for Proton. But now the opposition, not least from Proton’s own home-market rivals Kia and Hyundai, has upped its game to a quite considerable degree. As a new supermini, the Savvy doesn't offer anything different. And with Kia and Hyundai pitching their base Picanto and i10 models respectively at prices within a hair’s breadth of the Proton it’s no longer got the USP of being a low-cost, budget option. In short, and in the light of how the budget city-car game has moved on recently, the Savvy lacks polish and the brand lacks credibility, and that makes it tough to recommend.
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