Car Showrooms are Hot!

I was doing research on MPVs or MultiPurpose Vehicles and Hybrid Cars. My dream car is one with high mileage. One that use fuel miserly. Today, there are two options in Singapore - Prius by Toyota and Civic Hybrid by Honda. The Prius is very silent. We can hear only the aircond blowing. The Honda Hybrid is like the normal car, the engine is always running and is noisy compared to Prius. Honda handles more like a regular car. The Prius is quite different in handling and does not seem to have the pickup capability (or accelerate fast). It is very green as the engine does not idle. It stops completely at red lights and does not kick in until the car is moving at 25 km/hr or more.

There are so many MPVs nowaday that finding one that fits makes me dizzy. The cheapest is Suzuki. It is called APV and is a little truck converting into a minivan. The floor is high and literally requires the passenger to climb up. Mazda has a reasonable price of $77K MPV with neat seat arrange where the middle row can be converted to captain seats with table in the middle or made into a bench seat to fit 3 passengers. Honda Oddessy has an electrically operated last row seat that folds it neatly into a flat bed to allow large items to be carried. Toyota price is the highest for MPV with basic features and fittings. Parallel Imports has many other types of MPVs. Our concern for parallel import is servicing. With so many vehicles on the road, I am sure there must be plenty of workshops capable of servicing the cars that authorised distributors refused to service. Nissan has two models of MPV as well. The Lafesta has a unique glass top that allow the passengers a good view of the night sky. It will be too hot to open on sunny day with the greenhouse effect.

Every showroom we go are well frequented with loads of people going for test drive. Another indicator that the economy is doing well...