Best Cars to Beat City Traffic in Malaysia

Road Traffic in Malaysia is one such term that even fatigues your senses when it comes around in your mind. It is one dreadful thought that you have to face daily before starting your journey to work. Sometimes I wonder that a normal Malaysian motorist experience traffic jams more than the breakfast jams. This inevitable nightmare is slowly taking out the entirety of our driving pleasures, as we have to face it no matter how. Therefore, we can only placate the effect of this imaginable torture created by a bunch of immovable cars with the right pair of wheels. Those cars which can provide a sense of ease and comfort while driving along the traffic, with decent power under the hood and enough space to haul a family.

We have compiled a list of the best cars in Malaysia to beat the rough city traffic with poise.

1. Honda City

One of the best sedans offered by the Japanese Carmaker carries deeds in its name. The widely celebrated Honda City is a blistering rival to the Toyota Vios since ancient times and now it is kept against the Nissan Almera too. Honda City is the best selling sedan in Malaysia and has gone through a series of facelifts and revamped designs that has brought out the best of this city car.

Honda City is one of the best cars in the segment in terms of interior space and comfort. The car brags the biggest title in B segment with more than adequate headroom and legroom for its passengers in the rear.

Honda's handling technologies have been proven all across the globe and this makes the Honda City perfect to manoeuvre around the traffic. Honda has worked a lot upon City to induce sharper handling without sacrificing road comfort. All this sums up the Honda City at number one position in out list.

2. Toyota Vios

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Toyota Vios is another great choice from the ingenious box of Toyota. The widely loved family comes second in our list being the most celebrated horse from Toyota's stable. Vios needs no introduction as a city car because it is already a best-selling B-segment sedan in the Malaysian market after Honda City/Jazz.

Considering the high sales of Vios, UMW Toyota recently revived the car with added specifications including the all new features like keyless entry and a push/start button across the range. The interior has also been tweaked into black from the beige colour to proffer an ultimate sense of comfort.

Besides the comfort stats, Vios is widely acclaimed for its taut handling, which makes it more oriented towards the heavy city traffic. Also, the company has improved the Noise Cancellation windscreen which will not allow the annoying traffic noise to disturb your comfort inside the cabin. These features sum this car as a perfect car to beat heavy traffic.

3. Nissan Almera

The third car coming again from the Japanese legacy is the Nissan Almera. It is one of the most stylish and wide looking cars in the B-segment market. If you’re looking for a comfortable and powerful B-segment sedan with ample interior space, then Nissan Almera is the car for you. Almera brags the largest interior space in its class also the car features the largest seats that are heavily comfortable to retain tough traffic as well as long rides.

The car received its facelift in January 2015, that involved a completely redesigned front fascia with unique headlights and a reshaped bumper. Almera was also bestowed by its maker with a Nismo kit, this update brought a completely revised front grille with three bars (original had four bars), a new front bumper and chrome trim around the fog lamps. Also, the anchors of the car were tweaked to form a new Y-spoke design 15-inch alloy wheels (with 185/65 tyres).

So, these were the Best City Cars to Beat Traffic in Malaysia. All the three are good in their own terms, whether its comfort, power or handling. The choice completely depends on your needs and size of your pocket.

What you want from a City car, it can be more power or more space or more comfortable seating.