To say that the present Perodua Alza has been a long-serving mannequin for the automaker can be understating it – having made its debut in November 2009, the B-segment MPV turns 12 this month, an eternity within the present scheme of issues. Within the time since, the seven-seater has undergone two facelifts, the first in January 2014 and the second in September 2018.
A alternative is properly due, initially said to be coming at the end of 2021. Properly, a next-gen Alza is certainly on the cards, nevertheless it seems to be like the brand new D27A received’t be showing this 12 months. First, time must be known as on the present Alza, which continues to be being constructed.
That is available in January subsequent 12 months, which is when remaining manufacturing takes place. In a word to sellers that was sighted by this publication, the corporate stated that it’ll stop manufacture of the present Alza on the finish of January, with the mannequin set to be formally phased out from February 2022.
Deliberate manufacturing numbers for the ultimate three months have been additionally revealed – this month, 2,820 items of the Alza throughout all variants can be assembled, with 2,283 items being scheduled for December. The ultimate construct will include 1,100 items in January.
The corporate says that the rationale for the phasing out of the automobile in February is as a result of swap from Euro 2 to Euro 4 exhaust emission laws as of January 1, 2022 (the implementation for current automobile fashions was initially focused by the DOE for Oct 1, 2021).
Nonetheless, the automaker stated it managed to attraction for manufacturing of the Alza to proceed till January. Regardless of the brand new laws, gross sales and registrations of the automobile can be allowed till shares are exhausted.
Given these timelines (and impending third-gen Myvi facelift debut), the reveal of the second-gen Alza seems to be like it would solely occur subsequent 12 months. Whereas nothing has but been confirmed, the brand new automobile is prone to borrow heavily from the 2022 Toyota Avanza playbook. Our earlier D27A render publish suggests what the new Alza could possibly look like.
