Current sunny will not be phased out

[Swift]

heard from my SE that Tan Chong will continue bringing in the current Sunny even after the launch of the new Sunny. The current Sunny will be used to compete with the Vios and Lancer is the low 50k market, whereas the Latio will compete with Altis in the 60k region. The new Sunny targeted competitior is the new Civic 1.8 in the Cat B category...

 

btw, anybody who booked their sunny during the 47k price time got their COE already? Sunny just raised their price by another 1k. Ex manual selling for 51k now...

[Estrangable]

but the current sunny has been around for so many years....ard 7 years. Jeez, it's time to phase it out.

[Swift]

but then Tan Chong will not have a car to compete with the Vios and Lancer

And at least sunny is still "made in Japan".

[Acemundo]

this must be the car that's reaping the highest ROI.

 

7 years shelf life and continue to be sold as 1st hand car......and singaporeans will still buy it, cos it jepun make and cheap mah.....jepun higher quality than tomyam

[Acemundo]

it is such a joke, an old generation sunny being sold at the same time as new generation sunny?

 

why don't they just say they haven't finish clearing the stocks for the old sunny?

[Soya]

they did that b4 for the sunny & sunny VIP. give it a VIP name and the prehistoric past is easily forgotten.

[Kanr]

did not hear anyone ot the 47k but te price is better than to get other brands which i think so!!

[Acemundo]

hehe...so now the new one is sunny bluebird right?

 

i think tc just capitalise on the weakness of the singapore mkt well. sell anything made in japan cheap and they will get the demand. rebrand or extend the family name and it becomes a different car.

[Mzrmazda3]

Yap The current Sunny has been around since the series of SCZ/SDA

[Fortress]

honestly, Sunny is only used in Singapore, hence, you can take any model and brand it. It is called Sentra, especially in Malaysia or Campus USA. One of the many reasons it has been re-brand, in my view, is the marketing strategy to overcome the image of an Unsafe car.

Edited November 14, 2005 by Fortress

[Acemundo]

which lends weight to my suspicion they are merely clearing stock

 

instead of the grand old reason to fight the competitors like vios

[Swift]

why unsafe?

 

I booked a sunny last month but havent get COE yet...don't scare me leh...The car looked quite solid though. Finishing better than Vios which i was considering too.

[Fortress]

Yes, you are right. Remember the Sunny VIP, it was a useless piece of machine overseas, cause there is no tachometer, cannot go into those markets and Singapore has a delayed deadline, they re-flag as Sunny VIP and the people here thinks they got a great buy.

[Easyrider]

but then Tan Chong will not have a car to compete with the Vios and Lancer

And at least sunny is still "made in Japan".

 

I thought the sunny was made in Thailand too?

 

http://motoring.asiaone.com.sg/articles/N_...050704_001.html

 

'The capacity of the Nissan plant, located 21km east of Bangkok will rise to about 200,000 vehicles by 2008, from 130,000 today. Models include the Frontier pickup truck, the Cefiro, the Sunny, and several others not announced yet.'

[Fortress]

I meant one of the top 6 Unsafe car. Have a look, it is called Sentra, Sunny is a local name.

 

http://www.forbes.com/lifestyle/vehicle/20...tml?partner=rss

 

pardon me for rubbing salt on wounds, been saying this for a long time here. Hence I have never had a japanese car in my 22 cars.

[Sony]

I hope it's a manual which you are getting, overwise, do ask if extra fuel tank is an option anot.

[Swift]

yupz...getting the Ex Manual... Sunny auto is a fuel guzzler...

[Acemundo]

haha....i didn't know the sunny vip then had no tachometer.

 

but i do agree with you that the ease some of these pple delude themselves into thinking they got a great buy!