Nissan Teana in Malaysia, and Honda Accord Minor Change

Early last month, we revealed that Nissan Teana will be coming to Malaysia (again, this time in CKD form) by November, at about the same time, the Teana has overtaken both the Camry and Accord to be the top selling D-segment model. In September 2010, Dongfeng Nissan sold 16,548 Teanas against 16,063 Accords by Guongqi Honda. Guangzhou Toyota sold 13,027 units of Camry in the same month. October sales data have yet to be published.

Edaran Tan Chong Motor have started to drum up interest by posting some promo materials on Facebook. We did mentioned that the Teana is tailored to suite the taste of mainland China. However we certainly didn't expect to see Chinese text in ETCM's promo video though! Two variants will be offered. Unlike the Camry and Accord which offers 2.0-litre and 2.4-litre 4-cylinders, engine sizes offered in the Teana are a 2.0-litre 4-cylinder and a 2.5 V6. Sold in locally assembled form, expect competitive pricing for the 2.0-liter. The flagship 2.5 V6 however is estimated to retail at RM 175,000, that quite a lot of money to ask for a Japanese sedan.

In our opinion, the Teana is peerless when it comes to comfort. It's the perfect Japanese sedan to be chauffeur driven in.

Side note, you may be interested to know that the Honda Accord will receive an update by early 2011. The Accord Minor Change (more like micro-minor change) however will spot any major styling exercise, compared to the previous Camry update. Changes adopted are expected to be very similar to those found in the American market Accord (differentiated by their Federal regulation required amber front turn signal lenses). Interior changes are limited to new fabric design and rearrangement of control buttons (frequently used controls like air-con are moved closer to driver).