Perodua has formally launched the 2021 Aruz. As anticipated, there will likely be no worth change for the up to date seven-seater SUV, so the entry-level X variant is worth at RM68,526, whereas the highest AV goes for RM73,226. The costs embody the federal government’s gross sales and providers tax exemption (to final till June 30, 2021), so they’re between RM4,374 to RM4,674 cheaper. A five-year or 150,000 km guarantee is normal.
The automaker has confirmed that the built-in facet steps, full with the Aruz badging under the rear doorways, will likely be normal for the X and AV variants. Additionally normal is an automated door-locking operate that kicks in above 20 km/h, however the doorways can even robotically unlock themselves within the occasion of an accident.
As for the color palette, the brand new Ardour Purple metallic paint successfully replaces the earlier hero color Amazon Inexperienced, however this shade of crimson is just unique to the 1.5 AV. The 4 different current colors stay on provide – Granite Gray, Electrical Blue, Glittering Silver, and Ivory White (strong paint).
So, that’s about all of the upgrades for the 2021 mannequin yr. Each variants share the identical 2NR-VE 1.5 litre naturally-aspirated four-cylinder engine, providing 102 PS at 6,000 rpm and 133 Nm of torque at 4,200 rpm. The Twin VVT-i mill sends drive to the rear wheels through a four-speed 4E-AT automated transmission, and has a rated gasoline consumption of 15.6 km/l (6.4 l/100 km) with the Eco Idle system.
Perodua president and CEO, Dato Zainal Abidin Ahmad stated: “Perodua expresses our gratitude to all our valued clients, whose suggestions helped us tweak the Aruz to raised fulfill the actual wants and needs of nearly all of Malaysians.”
“With effectively over 60,000 models offered since its 2019 start, the Perodua Aruz was already the nation’s best-selling SUV in 2019 and 2020, however, true to the ideas of Kaizen, we consider there are at all times methods we are able to make our merchandise incrementally higher,” he added.
