I stick by Jeremy!! It is like a tin can. When you sit in the front seat, even if you are 5.5 your knees are at your ears. Worst car of the century!

Emily, Malvern, England

I have owned & driven a Kelisa & it does everything well for what it is designed for, it is a basic, no frills economical car but lets face it, you are not paying a lot for it so you cannot compare it to cars that cost much more.
For commuting or city driving they are wonderful little cars !!

mike kelso, yeovil, somerset

I agree with what Jeremy said....I myself drive a Kelisa just to get me from point A to B. Saves a lot of fuel rather than my STi spec C which is a weekend car. Driving the Kelisa i can just simply park anywhere that fits, it's quite flexible. Think bout this...RM40 bucks can last me a week! Other than that, the build is aweful plus the paint job too...overall, it's still good, don need so much care bout this cheap car.

Bryan, KK, Malaysia

whatever car, whatever name you called it , they're all the same only one thing can make them different. Its how you feel about the car if you like at it you will say, that was the best car you've driven. between the name and the brand i rather choose its reliability, safety and reasonable price.

dy, miri, malaysia sarawak

JC's views aren't that of a man spoiled by supercars. Elsewere on this site you can find that he also can be positive concerning 'normal' cars.
The thing with THIS car is that it just is a ridiculously crappy car that is pourly built and as unsafe as a G-Wiz. It might be cheap, but if that's all there is to a car it simply isn't worth its existence. Cars should be built with passion instead of thriftyness!
Imagine what will happen if someone in a nice Range Rover drives into you (let's be honest, this car will be overseen any time when you're in a Range Rover). When crashed with a Range Rover it will problably just annihilate.

O , Tilburg, Holland

13.5p per mile? For that? I bought a used '99 1.8L Miata last year (after a dude in a pickup truck totalled out my '93 1.6L Miata) and have carefully kept a record of every cent I've spent on it, and thus far it has cost me 0.28 U.S. dollars per mile - that includes car payments, license tags and insurance too. I'll admit my gas consumption is probably a bit higher, as the Miata gets respectable mileage but it always tempts you to take the longer scenic route whenever you drive anywhere.

W. Kiernan, Lutz, Florida, U.S.A.

Agree with JC. Kelisa is really a piece of joke that tries to copy the mini from the 60s. Unfortunately, it failed terribly. For the same amount, save up a bit more and get something more decent. Malaysian cars suck big time.

Joe, Skudai / Johor Bahru, Malaysia / Johor

Jeremy's views are that of a man who is spoiled by supercars. His butt is already tuned to that of a Ferrari. to the practical, the perodua is just right for the urban runabout coz you can't even get past 30mph so what's the point of having a 212mph supercar to run around london or any other town for that matter? excellent japanese build quality & reliability is tops for me. performance? i'll just go to the aftermarket stuff & get what i want & not what the manufacturers want me to have.

Alexei, Malabon, Metro Manila

all the negative comments abt kelisa is juz so unjustified. i totally agree with Ken, JB , Malaysia. Safety features is 101% important but a reckless driver driving a Merc,a Jaguar, a Porsche, a Lexus, or even a hyundai, a mazda, a suzuki etc., will always be a reckless driver! Practice this, open the door of ur car and say a prayer and starts ur engine with a prayer. the rez of the journey, juz be a good driver.

shaif, serangoon north, singapore

the perodua kelisa is basically a daihatsu cuore with the perodua badge on it, and a restyled front end. so you are getting japanese build quality and reliability with malaysian prices

Brett, Workington, England

In Cyprus in the 1970's before the Turkish Peace Offensive, I rented a car from Hertz. That was a Turkish [of course] "Anadol" estate car, which as far as I could make out, was a Turkish-made derivative of a Ford chassis with special local features. Those included a fibre-glass body so soft and forgiving that when you rode over a bump - and I recall a few bumps on the roads - the doors opened. All of the doors. It gave a new urgency to wearing seat-belts. Mind you, the thing did run on olive oil, it seemed, so there was a benefit. Being glass-fibre, the bodywork did kind of heat up during the summer, but the windows did open, so you had some kind of airconditioning available. I have driven cars since in many places, but the Anadol experience was something I will always remember. I offer it in competition to the JC choice. He lives a sheltered life.

Trefor Thomas, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA

Well i am totally agree with Clarkson comment regarding kelisa malaysia made car i suppose ,but what my understanding is the parts of this vehicle is clone pick from here and there and manufacture locally and engine imported. The car is not worth the value ,sefety fetures doesn't
exist what the point of reliability and saving money by oil consumption, we are not saving our money to spend up there
I mean after death. So well my advice is take this criticism professionally and work to improve what is lacking to make it
at least medium best car.

abdul hassan bin ahmad, penang, malaysia

I'm a third world student and any third world car is good for me as long as it is cheap, reliable and easy to maintain.

MH, KL, Malaysia

Ken.

It's a Perodua. And cars made by Perodua are world's apart from Proton. Perodua is actually comparable to Korean makes in terms of quality, and reliability is never an issue. We generally called these small cars from Perodua as indestructable, (not in the sense that in a crash). But it will never break down or die on you like a Mercedes/BMW/Audi/Jaguar/Maserati/Alfa or whatever non-Jap makes.

Bobby, KL, Malaysia

Im English, working in Malaysia and own a Kelisa, I enjoy Jeremies commentary style on cars alot and its wrong to take it too personally because at some time or other most car manufacturers will be criticised in a style only he knows.

The Kelisa...yes Im afraid of lamp posts, yes Im happy its cheap to run and sips fuel, and apart from the silly silver clip strips over the wheel arches its held together quite well. I thought this would be an ideal car in London where 88 mph is irrelivant and fuel is expensive.

One finds In a hot and humid climate like Malyasia the dynamic exceleration mentioned is just fine because we are just biding our time between makan! (meal times)

Andy, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia

Proton cars are designed to get from A TO B.

If you want design etc be willing and able to pay for it and buy a Merc, Lexus, Ferrari, Porsche etc.

Proton cars are people carriers like the VW Beetle. Don't expect too much.

But Clarkson should point out that Proton cars are essentially reliable cars, cheap to maintain and have helped many low income families and pensioners enjoy cheap and reliable motoring throughout the world.

Ken, JB, Malaysia

You no nothing about cars. but the next comment was are trasparent and he know all about it :
http://driving.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/driving/article524333.ece

nanten, KL, malaysia