Perodua Viva City Car

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Perodua, local partner of Japanese minicar specialist Daihatsu, has introduced the new Viva city car based on the latest Daihatsu Mira.

Perodua produces a wide range of minicars rooted in Daihatsu models. Cheapest is the 12-year-old Kancil that is related to the third-generation Daihatsu Mira. The Viva, on the other hand, is based on the latest, sixth-generation variant. Its styling has been updated, so it is in line with Perodua's Myvi, the company's first self-developed model. The Kancil is staying in production because demand is still strong.

The Viva is priced from $8,300 to $13,000, depending on engine and equipment. Power comes from three different variants of a three-cylinder engine: 660cc, 850cc, and 1.0-liter. The largest engine is equipped with variable valve timing and electronic fuel injection.

At the launch ceremony, Perodua officials said they are targeting 6,000-7,000 units a month, which is about 5 percent of the company's yearly sales target of 161,000 vehicles.

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Toyota Reportedly To Build a new Smart-Fighting city car

Toyota reportedly will put a Smart-fighting "city car" into production in 2008. The automaker will unveil the car in concept form at the Frankfurt auto show in September, Car magazine is reporting.

Toyota had previously shown a city car at Frankfurt. The Endo concept was unveiled at the Frankfurt show in 2005. The Japanese automaker also has a minicar currently on the market, the Aygo. The new model reportedly will be even smaller — at about 118 inches long versus the Aygo's 134 inches — and will be considered a "3+1" that would seat two adults in front, one in back and have room for a child in the rear-seat position behind the driver seat.

Media are projecting sales of the new little car to start in the summer of 2008.

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