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Hi there, First, get your mechanic to do the needed chedcks (ie, compression check) and confirm your engine needs an overhaul. Next, get a quote from him. Good Luck. TT.

Hi, I have an Axio Hybrid NKE 165 2014 model Mileage around 188000km. Major replacements from time to time: Hybrid batter replaced at Browns Hybrid on 2021 July (around 120000km) Rear shock replaced (KYB) Rear both Hub Razors replaced. AC Compressor replaced (reconditioned) Always used toyota engine oil and services, alignments done at correct intervals Have bills to prove all of the above. Any idea about current market value?? Thanks

Here is the next A lot of car money, the car is not from a famous car manufacturer. I am sure none of them in the Island.

Well....no one knows for certain what the Nissan Renault partnership is at or is headed (Renault does hold 100% ownership of some of Nissan's assets....). As for the Nissan-Mitsu-Honda...the talks failed earlier this year as Nissan didn't like the plans for the holding company (basically didn't want Nissan to be a subsidiary but its own company with Honda footing the bills) and Honda was turned off by the then-CEO (when in reality they just wanted Mitsubishi). With the new CEO on board the current plans seem to be more on restructuring Nissan's internals before heading into any merger with anyone (giving off extra production capacity to other manufacturers - of cars and components, shutting down plants - which for now seems to bring to an end the Vanette and potentially the AD van, sell/lease out Nissan HQ, etc..). But yeah..the Micra is the outcome of the Nissan-Renault alliance. Thanks to the alliance Mitsubishi revived the Grandis name badge after like nearly a decade. Sadly the Grandis is now a rebadged Renault Symbioz. They really didn't even try to make it look different.

Is that part of the old Nissan + Renault ownership? I thought Nissan is now owned by Mitsi and Honda only

It is also the base for the new Nissan Micra/March

That’s right! There’s a new electric hatchback out too, and at least in terms of design, they managed to stay faithful to the original while reimagining it, looks pretty rad Over to ya @john cooper

Renault 5 P.S. Bri Ponnambalam's GT Turbo was up for sale 2 months ago and someone snapped it, hope it has gone to a good home!

Aight, here's the next one - Should be a really easy guess for y'all!

@Duan27 : Your Turn.

Yeah...supposedly 62 or something in total when you include the test and race cars.

Did Trident come 1st or Horse? I think Trident and Enzo built on that chassis

Yes, this is the MC12 It's a brother to the Ferrari Enzo from another mother, and found out that the MC 12 only has 50 road legal units @Duan27 Your turn mate

Hi all, My Nissan d21 has sd 23 engine and it’s little bit hard to start in the morning. All the heater plugs changed recently and my battery is also in good condition. My mechanic says that’s because low compression. I wanna know; - how much is the cost to repair it. - also it has oil leaking issue. So is it better to do a full engine repair? And roughly how much it cost for a full engine repair? thank you

Typed out my guess a few days back and forgot to post it xD, was still thinking that I did The Maserati MC12? Though I’m fairly sure there aren’t any in SL Used to be one of my fav cars when I played NFS Shift on my dad’s Nokia N8, brings back a lot of memories

same happened to me with the Audi large banging noise when i hit small bumps, suddenly it dissapeared i checked the suspension system and agents said there are no issues, no one knows what happened

From a price point and what you get it does offer a good deal...but there is some cheapness to it. People might flock to it...whether people will buy it and actually keep buying it despite all of that would depend on whether the agent wakes up and starts offering a proper service. I had a friend who wanted to go check it out. Apparently, the sales staff were quite lethargic and did not care a rodent's rear-end. Hopefully that was just a once-off, but listening to how they fumbled up with people who were invited to test drive the car for the media...one has to wonder.

Well..it is the design language of the time. Even the Corolla...the new Corolla sedan feels quite cramped inside compared to the Axio, despite it being quite large (exterior wise). As for the drive...it is less sharp than the old Hondas but definitely more crispier than the Toyotas (coming from a Toyota can feel the difference). The New Hondas have a higher sense of refinement (i.e. more mature feel to it) than the immediately past models. Again...no matter which way you look at it...best value for money in terms of JDM vehicles.

I was in one recently -I get your point but i felt the interior was just too cramped (Me coming from an FK6 might contribute to that ) but then again I've driven the previous gen RU3 vezel and comparatively the interior seems a lot more snug, particularly headspace at the front, rear seats (3 people will be a tight fit) and the boot space (without folding seats). There is though a kind of sleekness in the RV5 that I found a bit appealing. But the drive is slightly more Toyotaish than HOnda-ish. The Atto is the new Vezel. The vezel is the new Premio. But look the package is appealing specially for daily runners and most of us have rooftop solars nowadays. It's a generally spacious car. It offers good bang for the buck also there is a rising interest for the Mira - it's probably the cheapest along with the Alto but many find the Mira to be an overall better package. One gripe I have with the magnite is that the lower spec comes with an AMT.

Magnite's gonna make this list I think. People seem to be very interested in it

The ones who go for EVs are all ordering Atto3 and in near future (after the next shipment in August) it will pass the number of Vezels on the road.

But it is !!!! It is wider than the widest prancing horse though. Interestingly, it is built on a horse chassis. Last year the manufacturer revealed a special model to commemorate this car's 20th anniessary.

To be honest....of all the cars out there, the Vezel does offer the best value for money. As we all have guessed, car prices are not low. Cars like Priuses, Corolla Hybrids, Corolla Cross and even an actual decent spec Yaris are quite pricey for the average person. Then we have cars like the Raize,Yaris Cross, Civic, ZRV, etc..which are not bad in terms of price (relatively and comparatively speaking) but the utility they offer is somewhat limited (good in some areas...poor in others...). The Vezel, I feel, neatly tucks in between all of those. The Corolla Cross is a better all-rounder, but in SL, the taxes are not in its favor. As for BYDs,a lot of people do seem to have anxiety about long-term ownership and resale value of an EV. As for the Prado...that is interesting. I feel that once people are not that impressed with the new-tech, they will find the 2.7L petrol abysmal (but then so was the 150 petrol...only decent powerhouse for both is the diesel..but then Lankans buy these just to sit in traffic). When my kids were here a few months ago we played a fun game. During their time here (10 days) we counted the number of LC250s on the road. This included major cities like Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka and Nagasaki. Total : 17. Add in the LC300 and the LX we counted 9 more. Upon returning to SL we did the same. 10 days...count the LCs. One day after we arrived had to drive through Kohuwela, Nugegoda, Maharagama. The tally was LC250: 29. LC300: 10, LX:4.

Couple of months later and we are seeing the Sri Lankan Car buyer trends. Combined there are over 1000 BYD's *registered* as of now. But there's one clear winner here- everybody's favorite "Jeep" since 2014 strikes again!!! Honestly though I expected more than 700 Wagon R's to be sold at this point - I guess the insane price tag these fetch have driven buyers away.