Perodua MYVI

Although they have made a far better fist of styling the PeroduaMyvi than they did with the ridiculous Kelisa and Kenari, it still feels staggeringly cheap and lacks any trace of desirability.

• Comfort

  The secondhand Toyota underpinnings don't provide a class-leading ride, but the real drawback for driver and passengers is the engine's complete lack of refinement at higher revs.

  

• Performance

  The one engine offered in the Myvi is an 86bhp 1.3-litre 4-cylinder lump. As disheartening as that sounds it's considerably better than Perodua's previous efforts. Although that's not saying much is it?

  

• Cool

  The Myvi would be exceptionally cool if the only other cars on the planet were also made by Perodua. Which is a very dark and sinister vision in which we'd all be out of a job and probably heavily medicated.

  

• Quality

  Like Peroduas past, the Myvi looks and feels dreadfully cheap due to the budget materials the company is forced to use, but to it credit everything does seem to be well glued together.

  

• Handling

  The Myvi is based on the last generation Toyota Yaris, so it's actually fairly nimble and composed at speed. There's a decent amount of grip from the chassis and body roll is kept to a minimum.

  

• Practicality

  That weird roofline gives the Myvi a significant leg up in this area. Lots of headroom in both front and rear, and with that the advantage of a decent amount of leg room too.

  

• Running costs

  Discounting the inadvisable auto' gearbox option, the Myvi is both cheap to buy and cheap to run thanks to a low insurance grouping and impressive fuel economy. But a car with such an undesirable badge on the bonnet is going to do badly at resale.