Thailand's top compact cars compared

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Thailand's top compact cars compared

1st place TOYOTA COROLLA

Published: 22 Oct 2012 at 00.00
Newspaper section: Life

FOR: All-round driving manners, value. AGAINST: Dull interior and exterior design.

- Nissan is back with a proper C-segment saloon in the guise of the Sylphy, hoping to get cosy with the Thai market’s top two players: Toyota Corolla and Honda Civic.

- In order to make this comparison as fair as possible, we used the 1.8-litre versions in grades rounding out at some 900,000 baht. Due to reason of unavailability, the Corolla test car came in E spec rather than G, which is the one being measured up.

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durieu
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Discussion 10 : 06 Dec 2012 at 16.0710
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Taxi or not, in Europe we have the choice, the quality and the prices are lower than in Thailand. The Thai system maintains people in logic of the producer and do not authorize them to be in the consumer way regarding at least the cars. If it is to enrich the workers, it could be good, but it is not, because currently, the only competitive advantage in your producer logic is the low cost of workers. Due to this fact you are obliged to keep a lot of workers in poverty and to maintain tariff barriers… Then, you cannot get the better cars for the better price. The good way to have is innovation, productivity, open market, and to increase insid
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Discussion 9 : 05 Dec 2012 at 19.009
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well taste is also a factor and if you like to drive a taxi... for me not a problem, but the average Thai don't like to have an "taxi". Well in Europe the taxi's are Audi, Mercedes, BMW, but that's another story. By the way, see last week already 3 Sylphy "taxi's". Be warned, hahaha...
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Discussion 8 : 31 Oct 2012 at 01.308
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The Peugeot 408 sold in Thailand looks more “higher-class” with more smart material inside and more power for a price not very different.
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tau
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Discussion 7 : 26 Oct 2012 at 09.287
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Where is the Ford Focus,Mazda,Mitchu,or are they to far advanced?
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Discussion 6 : 24 Oct 2012 at 11.426
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I agree with Pitanu, the Ford Focus knocks these three into a cocked hat, all round a truly great car, European car of the year a few times, when were any of these three European car of the year?
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Discussion 5 : 22 Oct 2012 at 21.225
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Economy is one thing.. Style is another.. You have got to admit that these are just plain, ugly cars. Their style is reminiscent of the US cars from the early 80's..
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Discussion 4 : 22 Oct 2012 at 13.204
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D#3, don't mean to take sides, but there's a valid point made in the story. The Corolla is just as economical as the Sylphy, yet is more powerful. Need not ask which is a better achievement.
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Discussion 3 : 22 Oct 2012 at 12.073
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Note that the writer of this story considers it negative that the Nissan focusses more on economy - and thus the environment - than on "oomph". What an outdated look at cars and the world! Of course, certain men need a car with loads of HP and high top speed (although they will hopefully never use either to the fullest), but most people nowadays care more about their finances and the environment, if only for the sake of our kids (which too many men father, but never foster).
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Discussion 2 : 22 Oct 2012 at 12.012
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"Since these three compact family saloons tend to attract the masses" we left out the Chevrolet Cruze, the Ford Focus and the Mazda 3, to name but a few REALLY interesting alternatives, which is one reason why these three tend to attract the masses: focussing on the biggest advertisers.
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Discussion 1 : 22 Oct 2012 at 06.571
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I know it was a review for top compact cars in Thailand, but it would have been interesting to also include Ford Focus, Mazda 3 and Hyundai Elantra, then we would see who is the real champ of the compacts.
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