The New Perodua Aruz Might Pair Nicely With The Perodua Care Seats!

Perusahaan Otomobil Kedua Sdn Bhd (Perodua) launched the facelifted 2021 Perodua Aruz baring a price tag of RM 68,526 (unchanged price) for the X variant and RM 73,226 for the AV variant (on the road before insurance in Peninsular Malaysia). 

Some of the highlights for the improvements include side steps to ease ingress and egress on both variants, automatic door-locking above 20 km/h, as well as a new passion red body colour, exclusively for the AV variant. 

“Perodua expresses our gratitude to all our valued customers, whose feedback helped us tweak the Aruz to better satisfy the real needs and wants of the majority of Malaysians,” said Perodua president and chief executive officer Datuk Zainal Abidin Ahmad.

“With well over 60,000 sold since its 2019 birth, the Perodua Aruz was already the nation’s best-selling SUV in 2019 and 2020, but, true to the principles of Kaizen, we believe there are always ways we can make our products incrementally better.

“This incremental adaptation of the Aruz is in line with the Perodua Smart Build blueprint; another example of our symbiotic collaboration with our suppliers to customise our products to better suit Malaysian needs and wants, and through this, developing further the capabilities of our suppliers towards true self-reliance,” he added.

Under the hood, the Aruz is equipped with an aluminium-block 1.5-litre Dual VVT-i four-cylinder engine that is paired with an electronically-controlled automatic transmission and Eco Idle. The vehicle has the fuel efficiency of up to 15.6 km/l. 

Coming as standard for the Aruz are six airbags and vehicle Stability Control. However, the AV variant is equipped with a generous set of Advanced Safety Assist (ASA) 2.0 suite of driver-assistance systems. Hence why the Perodua Aruz has been awarded the maximum five-star ASEAN NCAP safety rating. 

On top of the launch of the facelifted Aruz, the company has also recently introduced the Perodua Care Seat which is a new child seat that is suitable for children of all ages up to 12 (or weighing up to 36 kg). The Care Seat is priced at RM680 in Peninsular Malaysia and RM695 in East Malaysia. 

“The Perodua Care Seat forms part of our continuous drive for higher road safety as a caring, People First company, in line with the government’s aspirations,” said Zainal.

“It bears repeating that all children should be properly secured in child seats in moving vehicles for their safety. In encouraging this, Perodua is bringing out a product that is durable, adaptable, comfortable, affordable and meets safety standards,” he added.

Not only is the Care Seat ISOFIX-enabled but it also complies with the ECE R44/04 standards. In addition to that, it can be rotated to face forwards or backwards, as well as comes with six recline angles and a harness that self-adjusts according to the position of headrest.  

“The Perodua Care Seat is more cost-effective as the same seat can be used for the child throughout, without needing to change from an infant to a toddler seat as the child gets older,” mentioned Zainal.

“Perodua will continue to spread awareness, educate and advocate the use of child seats amongst our customers. We hope the use of child seats in Malaysia will become commonplace one day – this would go a long way in reducing road injuries and fatalities, especially of our precious young ones,” he added.

The Perodua Care Seat is available in grey or blue and comes with a one-year warranty. Now on sale at all authorised Perodua outlets nationwide!