Kesultanan Siak Sri Inderapura

SALAH sebuah Kesultanan Islam-Melayu yang berperanan besar dalam penyebaran dakwah Islam di Indonesia ialah Kesultanan Siak Sri Inderapura. Kesultanan ini diasaskan pada 1723 oleh Raja Kecil (mendakwa sebagai putera Sultan Mahmud II, pemerintah Johor) yang bergelar Sultan Abdul Jalil Rahmat Syah.
Kesultanan ini terletak di Negeri Buantan, kira-kira 10 km di hilir kota Siak Sri Inderapura (sebelah timur laut Pekanbaru). Kesultanan Siak Sri Indrapura merupakan salah satu pusat penyebaran agama Islam di Sumatera Timur. Kesultanan ini mencapai kemuncak kegemilangannya semasa pemerintahan Syed Ali Abdul Jalil Saefuddin dengan wilayah kekuasaan yang cukup luas.
Kesultanan Siak Sri Inderapura berakhir pada 1946 apabila Sultan Syarif Qassim II menyerahkan kuasa kepada pemerintahan Indonesia.
Pertengahan abad ke-18, Islam berkembang di Siak dengan pengaruh seorang pendakwah Islam dari Arab, Syed Uthman. Dia berkahwin dengan puteri Sultan Alamuddin. Daripada keturunannya muncul Kerajaan Syed Uthman dan sejak itu Sultan bergelar Syed.
Perjanjian damai Siak
Pada zaman pemerintahan Abdul Jalil Muzhaffar Syah (1746-1760), putera Abdul Jalil Rahmat Syah, Siak berperang dengan Belanda pada 1752. Siak memenangi peperangan ini dan berjaya memaksa Belanda supaya berundur.
Bagaimanapun, pada 1858, Siak terpaksa menandatangani Perjanjian Damai Siak akibat kelemahan sultan yang memerintah dalam usaha menghadapi Belanda. Kandungan perjanjian damai itu antaranya termasuklah autonomi Kesultanan Siak diiktiraf oleh Belanda tetapi beberapa daerah taklukannya harus diserahkan kepada Belanda.
Kesultanan Siak mengalami kemunduran kerana perjanjian ini. Melalui Perjanjian Damai Siak, Siak perlu menyerahkan beberapa daerah taklukannya kepada Belanda. Pada masa itu, Siak mempunyai 12 wilayah taklukan: Kota Pinang, Pagarawan, Batu Bara, Badagai, Kualiluh, Panai, Bilah, Asahan, Serdang, Langkat, Temiang, dan Deli.
Istana Asserayahtul Hasyimiah
Salah satu peninggalan Siak Sri Inderapura ialah Istana Siak (Istana Asseryahtul Hasyimiah) yang terletak kira-kira 200 meter dari tepian/tebing Sungai Siak. Istana ini dibina oleh Sultan Syarif Qasim.
Istana ini dibina oleh Sultan Syarif Qasim. Di istana ini tersimpan barang bersejarah seperti kerusi kerajaan, pendua mahkota, baju kebesaran dan kelengkapan penobatan sultan. Istana Siak kini diJadikan muzium dan menjadi salah satu tumpuan pelancong di Riau.
Syarif Qasim 11
Sultan Siak terakhir, Syed Syarif Qasim 11, memerintah dari 1908 hingga 1946. Baginda berjasa dalam pengembangan pendidikan dengan mendirikan HIS (1915) untuk anak peribumi dengan tidak membezakan status sosial dan mendirikan Madrasah al- Hasyimiah (1917).
Untuk itu, baginda membawa guru dari Sumatera Barat dan al-Azhar, Kaherah. Untuk wanita, baginda mendirikan Latfah School (1926) dan Madrasah an-Nisa (1929). Pada 16 September 1973, nama Syarif Qasim 11 diabadikan sebagai nama lain Pekanbaru, Riau.

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Khalid Al Walid part 2

DIKATAKAN seramai 3,350 anggota tentera musuh mati ditangan tentera Islam pada Perang Muktah berbanding hanya 12 orang di pihak Islam. Tidakkah ini bermakna kemenangan luar biasa pihak Islam? Apatah lagi bila mengetahui bilangan tentera Islam hanya seramai 3,000 berbanding di pihak musuh, 200,000 orang.
Walau bagaimanapun kedengaran juga daripada segelintir pihak yang mendakwa kemenangan sebenarnya tetap di pihak tentera Rom Byzantine, bukan di pihak Islam.
Alasannya, pihak Islam tidak berjaya menawan Muktah (Wilayah Karak, Jordan) yang ketika itu merupakan wilayah di bawah jajahan Rom.
Apa pun persoalannya, terpulanglah bagaimana cara ia difahami dan ditafsirkan mengikut kepentingan masing-masing.
Malah, jika dikatakan tentera Islam sebenarnya kalah dalam peperangan ini, maka ia bukan menjadi satu kesalahan atau terkutuk di sisi Allah. Ini kerana menang atau kalah tentu banyak hikmah dan pengajaran yang patut dijadikan peringatan dan sempadan.
Berbalik kepada Pedang Allah, Khalid bin Al-Walid, beliau menunjukkan dua peribadi yang cukup berbeza ketika mengepalai tentera di Perang Uhud dan Perang Muktah.
Pada Perang Uhud, Khalid menentang Islam, namun beliaulah yang paling kuat mempertahankan Islam semasa Perang Muktah.
Marilah kita mengenali Khalid Al Walid kerana dengan mengenali beliau maka ia menambahkan lagi koleksi tokoh-tokoh Islam yang wajar kita kagumi.
Selain menjadi salah seorang hero dalam Islam, beliau dikatakan salah seorang antara panglima tentera yang paling hebat dalam sejarah peperangan dunia.
Ia setanding dengan Ghengis Khan kerana kedua-duanya tidak pernah kalah dalam mana-mana peperangan yang mereka sertai.
Tetapi tahukah anda kehebatan beliau ini sama sekali tidak membuatkan Khalid berasa bangga tetapi lebih kepada mengeluh sendiri.
Sebagaimana umat dan pahlawan-pahlawan Islam yang lain, pada jiwa Khalid juga kental dengan cita-cita untuk mati syahid di medan tempur. Namun hajatnya tidak pernah tertunai atau kesampaian.
Beliau sentiasa membawakan tentera Islam kepada kemenangan dengan tiada musuh yang berjaya dan mampu menumbangkan Khalid.
Namun Khalid akhirnya terpaksa akur apabila ada sahabat yang memujuknya: "Engkau tidak boleh mati syahid wahai Khalid! Ini kerana engkau telah dilantik sebagai Pedang Allah oleh Rasulullah dan pedang Allah tidak boleh patah (gugur syahid) di medan perang."
Tiada perang yang tidak dimenanginya. Walaupun mencari syahid tetapi yang pasti Khalid mempunyai kedudukan yang sangat tinggi di akhirat.
Ini kerana beliau sendiri mempunyai luka-luka dan parut peperangan di seluruh badannya yang boleh dijadikan bukti.
Kehebatan Khalid
Ini sebagaimana kata-kata Khalid sebelum beliau meninggal dunia: "Aku telah berperang lebih daripada 100 kali dan tiada di badanku ini walaupun seinci kecuali padanya penuh dengan pukulan pedang, tusukan panah dan tikaman tombak. Dan inilah aku, yang akhirnya mati di atas katilku sendiri."
Kata-katanya itu tertulis di bahagian luar kompleks makamnya di Syria yang tidak putus-putus dikunjungi umat Islam.
Melihatkan kepada rupa bentuk pedang milik Khalid yang masih tersimpan elok sehingga hari ini, serta sentiasa menarik perhatian orang ramai. Dari situ kita sudah boleh mengagumi akan kehebatan Khalid.
Apatah lagi melihatkan rupa paras Khalid itu sendiri, pasti lebih mengagumkan.
Dikatakan juga Khalid dan Saidina Umar Al Khattab adalah dua pahlawan Islam yang tiada bezanya yang kebetulan kedua-dua mereka adalah sepupu.
Dilahirkan dalam keluarga bangsawan terkemuka, suku Bani Makhzum dalam golongan Arab Quraisy dengan bapanya Al-Walid ibnu Al-Mughira merupakan ketua suku tersebut.
Bani Makhzum lazimnya bertanggungjawab dalam soal peperangan bagi mempertahankan golongan kafir Quraisy Mekah.
Lalu sejak awal kelahiran Khalid, beliau telah dibentuk untuk menjadi pahlawan sejati apabila ketika usia bayi beliau telah dihantar untuk tinggal bersama puak-puak Arab Badwi di padang pasir untuk diasuh hidup secara lasak dan tangkas.
Sehinggalah usianya memasuki enam tahun beliau kembali ke pangkuan keluarga di Kota Mekah menjadi seorang anak yang membesar dengan begitu gagah dan berani.
Lebih-lebih lagi, mempunyai Umar sebagai sepupu, perwatakan fizikal dan peribadi mereka sememangnya sama, termasuk wajah.
Kedua-duanya sama tinggi dan mempunyai bahu yang lebar, dada yang bidang dengan janggut dan jambang tebal di muka.
Khalid adalah jaguh gusti yang terkemuka di Kota Mekah dan pernah bergusti dengan Umar sehingga patah tangan Umar. Sebagai meneruskan tradisi kekeluargaan beliau juga sangat hebat mengendalikan kuda, malah dikatakan penunggang kuda terbaik di Semenanjung Tanah Arab ketika itu.
Sejak kecil juga Khalid sudah mahir bermain pelbagai alat senjata terutamanya pedang, tombak dan anak panah.


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Khalid Al Walid - part 1

(gmbr hiasan . bukan pedang khalid)

Khalid bin Al Walid terkenal sebagai pahlawan yang gagah berani sehingga mendapat gelaran SAIFULLAH atau pedang Allah. Beliau mendapat gelaran tersebut ketika berlakunya perang Muktah pada tahun 8 hijrah. Dalam perang tersebut tentera Islam seramai 3,000 orang berperang melawan tentera Rome yang berjumlah 200,000 orang.

Apabila panglima Zaid bin Harithah gugur maka tempatnya diambil alih oleh panglima Jakfar bin Abi Talib. Apabila Jakfar gugur maka tempatnya diambil oleh Abdullah bin Rawwahah. Dan apabila panglima Abdullah juga gugur maka tentera Islam melantik Khalid bin Al Walid sebagai pemimpin mereka. Dengan kebijaksanaannya tentera Islam berjaya diundurkan dengan selamat setelah menimpakan kerugian yang besar terhadap tentera Rome.

Berita tersebut sampai kepada Nabi Muhammad SAW lalu baginda bersabda yang maksudnya

Zaid memegang panji-panji kemudian gugur. Panji-panji diambil oleh Jakfar dan dia pun gugur juga. Panji itu dipegang oleh Ibnu Rawwahah dia pun gugur juga,

Rasulullah SAW diam sebentar dan kelihatan baginda menitiskan air mata. Kemudian baginda bersabda lagi

Akhirnya panji-panji itu dicapai oleh Si Pedang Allah dan Allah mengurniakan kemenangan kepada mereka (kaum muslimin)

Panglima Khalid bin Al Walid mempunyai pertalian yang rapat dengan Rasulullah SAW. Tetapi sebelum masuk Islam dia salah seorang penentang Islam yang paling keras. Ketika berlakunya perang Uhud Khalid bin Al Walid berjaya mengkucar kacirkan tentera Islam serta membunuh 50 orang tentera pemanah yang ditempatkan oleh Rasulullah SAW di atas bukit Uhud.

Tetapi setelah memeluk Islam Khalid bin Al Walid menjadi tentera yang paling keras menentang mereka yang memusuhi Islam. Kerana keberanian, kegagahan dan kebijaksaannya dia dilantik menjadi pemimpin tentera Islam dan terlibat hampir 50 medan perang yang besar.
Antaranya, memerangi golongan murtad, menakluk kerajaan parsi, kerajaan Hirah dan puncak kegemilangannya apabila berjaya mengalahkan tentera Rom dalam Perang Yarmuk.

Di zaman khalifah Saidina Omar bin Khatab, panglima Khalid bin Al Walid dipecat dari jawatannya. Namun dia terus berjuang walaupun Cuma sebagai tentera biasa. Kemudian dia membawa isteri dan anak-anaknya menetap di Syam. Ketika berada di sana berlaku wabak taun menyebabkan anak-anaknya meninggal dunia seorang lepas seorang sehingga kesemua anak-anaknya seramai 40 orang meninggal dunia.

Kemudian dalam tahun 21 hijrah Khalid bin Al Walid jatuh sakit. Ketika terbaring di atas ranjangnya panglima yang mendapat gelaran Pedang Allah itu menangis kerana hajatnya hendak mati syahid di medan perang tidak kesampaian.

Ketika meninggal dunia panglima agong itu berusia 55 tahun. Semasa dimandikan terdapat 80 bekas parut luka diseluruh badannya. Khalid bin Al Walid tidak meninggalkan harta yang banyak kecuali seekor kuda dan pedang yang pernah digunakannya dalam peperangan.

Bila berita kematian Khalid bin Al Walid sampai ke pengetahuan Saidina Omar bin Khatab, beliau berkata Tuhan rahmatkan rohmu wahai Abu Sulaiman (gelaran khalid) sesungguhnya semuanya tidak sebagaimana yang kusangka.

Khalifah Omar amat bersedih dengan kematian panglima Khalid bin Al Walid. Satu ketika dia berkata, aku memecat Khalid bukan kerana benci tetapi dia terlalu keras terhadap musuh. Aku tak mahu orang menyangka kemenangan tentera Islam kerana Khalid menjadi ketua. Dan satu lagi, Khalid terlalu sayangkan anggota pasukannya. Apabila mendapat harta rampasan perang dia tidak menunggu arahan sebaliknya terus membahagikan harta rampasan perang kepada anggota pasukannya.

Saidina Abu Bakar AS Siddiq berkata, Tidak ada lagi wanita yang mampu melahirkan anak seperti Khalid.

Adi bin Hatim pula berkata, nama Khalid dapat mengalahkan musuh sebelum peperangan berrmula.

Saidina Omar bin Khatab menyedari kesilapannya memecat panglima Khalid bin Al Walid dan bercadang hendak melantik semula sebagai ketua panglima tentera tetapi beliau telah meninggal dunia. Kata Saidina Omar,

Khalid telah menjadi raja dengan sendirinya. Tuhan rahmatkan Abu Bakar sesungguhnya dia lebih tahu mengenai laki-laki itu (khalid) lebih dari aku.

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KERTAS SOALAN TAMAT

setelah asyik kena reject dgn ketua panitia (dem), akhirnya soalan aku diterima jugak..
byk songeh sungguh..tunggu la aku jadi ketua panitia thn depan ..hoho
mat salih kata : what comes around goes around

p/s : gmbr kena susun seniri la ..

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Dari bicara dari suara
Aku kira dapat aku mengenal dirinya
Dari naluri dari keharuman
Aku pasti
Dialah kekasih yang ku tunggu

Wajah penuh cinta
Berbau asmara
Pasti tiada sangsi lagi kerana tiada tahu
Sekuat mana harummu

Engkau yang kenal aku mengenal
Sejati di dalam erti cinta sebenar
Bicaralah sayang bersuara sayang
Pasti saja aku akan terus mendengar

Wajah penuh cinta
Berbau asmara
Pasti tiada sangsi lagi kerana aku tahu
Sekuat mana harummu

Kaulah mentari akulah rembulan
Sedang dalam dalam percintaan
Senyummu itu adalah rindu
Rinduku ini adalah milikmu

perodua kembara

In August 1998, the ill wind of the Asian economic crisis had already stormed in a year earlier. Consumer confidence was gone and where car sales were concerned, each month from the fourth quarter of 1997 had seen declines. The whole market would contract substantially and for the SUV segment, the decline would be a massive 70% that year. The decline of this segment in particular was also due to the fact that the government had increased duties for SUVs and 4WDs in October 1997, causing many popular models to go up in price suddenly.

Against this background, Perodua launched an all-new model, the Kembara mini-SUV. It seemed crazy to launch at a time when monthly sales were one-third of what they had been a year earlier. But the product planning had been done, the investments made and the national carmaker had to go ahead. Other plans for that year were deferred but the Kembara launch had to carry on as planned.

I remember the press launch well, a time when there were grim thoughts behind the smiles. They held it at Tanamera, a sprawling estate near Sungei Buloh belonging to a rally driver. The grounds were ideal to show off the new SUV which had been adapted from the Daihatsu Terios.

I had a brief drive that day and that was my only experience with the Kembara till this weekend. For some strange reason, the person in charge of dealing with the press at that time didn’t understand that motoring journalists are loaned cars for testing. It was the case with the Kancil and the Rusa but when I enquired at the event, I got a most amazing response: “You have to write in to us officially and then we will think about your request.”

In 1998, I had already been in this line for 20 years and must have been loaned hundreds of cars, sometimes without even having to ask. And here was this kind of response which had me totally stunned that I did not know what to answer back. And so I didn’t bother after that since I was already going through my own woes with the economic crisis and didn’t have the inclination to ‘beg’ for a testcar.

I mention this episode because, five years later, at the press preview of the Kembara DVVT, there was an entirely different – also surprising – occurrence related to the same matter of a test-drive vehicle. Unlike other such events where a new model is introduced and then it is a while before test vehicles are loaned out, Perodua had 14 units of the new Kembara DVVT fully registered and ready to hand over right after the event. No more ‘writing in’ and needless to say, the person who hadn’t a clue about such matters is no longer in the company.

Anyway, I was really happy to be able to get behind the wheel of the new Kembara as I have always liked the styling. When I first saw it in 1998, it was not long after I had tested the Mercedes M-Class in Alabama and I was struck by the similarity in the looks. The shape of the rear side glass especially had similarities and the Kembara looked to me like a scaled-down version of the German SUV.

The latest version retains the styling with a bolder front end and a sporty touch with those twin beam headlamp units. I don’t go much for the dark section that runs from the bottom of the grille onto the airscoop but I guess it does add to the character in some ways and if nothing else, you’ll be able to tell the new from the old!

In fact, at a glance, it will be hard to tell the difference unless you work in Perodua. That’s not surprising since all the body panels are unchanged and this new model is not, in industry terms, a ‘model change’ but a mid-life upgrade. So the focus has been on cosmetic changes to freshen up the looks.

However, unlike most mid-life upgrades, the Kembara has received a substantial engineering change in the form of an all-new engine. This is the new K3-VE engine and a separate article describes it so I won’t get into it again here. But it is notable that this is the first 1.3-litre engine in Malaysia (among locally-assembled models) to feature variable valve timing, a mechanism which broadens the effective powerband, improves combustion and reduces toxic emissions.

It’s a concept which was first seen in an Alfa Romeo in 1985 but not so well known, and it was only when Honda introduced its VTEC that it became a familiar idea to enthusiasts. And more recently, Toyota has put VVT-i in its latest engines too.

DVVT (which stands for Dynamic Variable Valve Timing) does make a difference to output and raises it to almost that of a 1.5-litre engine like that of the Honda City. More significantly, as I discovered, it enables the engine to provide good low-end torque and still have enough ‘breath’ at the higher end.

For those who have driven the previous Kembara, this should be good news (that is, if you are going to change to the new one) because it was one of the issues that Perodua wanted to address. While the low end zippiness is also a function of the gearing (I’ll get into that later), I found that the top end performance was strong and in my test runs at the famed (but secret) Ladang Tihsllub, I found that Perodua had lied about the maximum speed.

They claimed 151 km/h (6.3 km/h more than before) for the Kembara DVVT EZ which has automatic transmission but my test unit maxed out at 155 km/h with 5260 rpm showing on the tachometer. Mr Ooi (this is the guy who made the claim in the presentation)… you have some explaining to do about giving us misleading claims!

The engine had a nice feel to it (Microchips, my 11-year old sidekick, commented that it sounded like a ‘Tamiya engine’) and I found that it offered very linear power delivery from the low end to high end. There was some shift shock in the transmission during kickdown but the vehicle would accelerate smoothly past lorries on the highway.

In town use, the Kembara DVVT proved a great little vehicle to use. Though larger than the Kelisa and Kancil, it still had the same maneuverability with good low-end torque to nip ahead of traffic. It was also great for parking although I found that the view backwards was not so good to judge distances and you would have to rely on the reverse sensor (which was too sensitive).

In the previous Kembara with the old engine and gearbox, one of the issues was its high revs which led to noise and high consumption. The high revs were due to a gearing strategy which was intended to provide nippiness at the low end where most people would be driving. Maybe the strategy was okay for Japan where driving speeds are low but in Malaysia, with our North-South Plusway especially, consistently higher speeds are possible and so the issue of noise and high revs surfaced.

To address this, there is a new first gear ratio in the manual gearbox which is 7.2% higher and for the automatic, which is an all-new electronic transmission, all the ratios are different and higher than before (with the exception of the 1:1 in top gear). However, the final drive ratios for both transmissions remain the same but with the higher power output, it means that you can get the same speed for less rpm.

I asked a Perodua owner about the rpm at 110 km/h and was told that it was at about 4000 rpm which is pretty high. Well, the new one is down to a more reasonable 3600 rpm which brings noise down and of course, burns less fuel (14.8% less than the old engine, claims Perodua).

Talking of noise, Perodua also makes claims of significantly lower noise levels, mainly as a result of the new engine and transmission. In fact, the claim is that it is quite close to the Toyota Corolla Altis and quieter than the Proton Waja. This, I would presume, is then a lot quieter than the old Kembara and having tested the other cars, I would say that it is comparable in terms of cabin ambience. At highway speeds, I found that a conversation didn’t need shouting and I didn’t feel that I had to go slower in that respect.

The handling is what you would expect of a tall and narrow vehicle although I must say that if you can pick a clean line through a corner and are a bit brave in spite of the roll, you can get round at a fairly brisk speed. The full-time 4WD helps and the Sime Alpinas also gave a good account of themselves in such a situation. Of course, I would not recommend everyone to try it as you must understand the dynamics of a tall vehicle and drive accordingly.

The Kembara was never intended as a serious off-roader but with the high ground clearance, you can certainly go further off the tarmac than a Kenari or Kelisa (unless it happens to be the one that is used by the Perodua rally team). I didn’t find a situation where the 4WD was really needed since it’s been dry.

There’s a manually-operated centre differential lock as standard and I have often wondered why they would put this feature in for such a vehicle that is meant more for the ‘urban jungle’. Using the diff lock means that there’s exactly 50:50 split of torque between front and rear axles and if you use it on a surface with good grip, the wheels on one axle will be dragging since front and rear axles usually spin at different speeds.
The Perodua people tell me that while the ordinary motorist won’t need the diff lock, those in the construction industry do. The Kembara is the cheapest 4WD around and so it is ideal for them to use as transport on site work. Having the diff lock is therefore welcome when they get stuck in muddy areas.

Off-road, the ride comfort is not too bad (of course, you do not speed around in such terrain) and on the highway, the vehicle is comfortable enough for long journeys. Thought the wheelbase is not long, there isn’t pitching and passengers behind reported no discomfort over bumps.

The seating position is nice and high, something which people. However, I must say the cabin does feel a bit narrow although I would not complain either. There is reasonable storage space with a small console box between the seats but no cupholders, though. And for those who don’t make use of the handsfree audiophone which is installed in some versions, there is still space along the centre console to keep your phone.

When I first saw the audiophone in the Kelisa (or was it Kenari?), I thought it was a clever idea and commended Perodua for being the first to offer such a feature. Unfortunately, it was primarily developed with Nokia handphones in mind and those with other brands had to ask for an adapter. I was very curious about its operation so I insisted on getting a demonstration by the Perodua people, just to be convinced it worked. It did but I told them that I thought the flaw was that it was not ‘universal’ enough.

Well, I still don’t have a Nokia but when I connected my Motorola to the cable, I was able to hear the other party on the audio speakers! Maybe you Perodua owners find it no big deal but to me, it was like ‘wow… cool!’ since I have never used such a feature (although I did try the phone in the Volvo S80 once). The only thing was that my friends remarked that there was echoing in the sound and I felt I had to shout at the microphone stuck on the instrument panel.

What else can I tell you about the new Kembara? I consider it a very practical vehicle indeed and I realized this on a trip to the supermarket yesterday. I bought a bookshelf and a lot of groceries. I had not realized that that the back seats can fold down; so rather than having to put the long bookshelf box on the seat and maybe hitting the ceiling, I found I could let it lie flat and there was still space for Microchips to sit behind.

The fact that the back door is side-hinged is really great because it is easier to open. The floor level (there is a depression under it for hiding things) is high so it is also easy to dump the grocery bags in. I am pretty sure that many Kembara owners do this regularly but were it a top-hinged door (which requires lifting up), they would be less inclined to do so.

Finally, a word about build quality, always of concern to Malaysians when it comes to our national cars. I found nothing that didn’t work properly and there were no rattles from anywhere. The gaps were all consistent and in overall terms, I would rate the Kembara DVVT as well put together - not surprising since their QC target is much higher in 2003 than it was in 1998… and they are aiming higher still.

I liked the Kembara DVVT – maybe I might have felt differently about the first one considering the remarks I have heard from owners – and I’ve always told friends that it’s probably the vehicle I would buy when I retire and need something small and affordable, especially since I like SUVs. It is practical and nippy enough, plus with the new DVVT engine, should be reasonably economical to run too.

Claimed performance figures:
Top speed: 151 km/h
0 to 100 km/h : 13.6 secs
40 – 80 km/h: 5.84 secs
Fuel consumption: 11.02 kms/litre

Technical Details of the Kembara DVVT

kembara dvvt 1.3cc

It is base on my experience to owe and drive the car. Kembara which is the name sold in Malaysia, it actually call Daihatsu Terios, Its cause me RM50K +/- to buy the car. The specification of the

car you can get in www.perodua.com.my we have Kembara club in Malaysia, if you interest to know more can visit www.kembara.net

Well, it is a DVVT 1.3cc manual petrol version that bought, it suitable for 4 adults, the pick up for this small SUV is not bad can compete with 1.5CC normal sedan car. It have 180mm ground clearance which almost same height with all those big cc 4x4 car (before modification off road version). It is a full time 4 wheel, so although its small s

ize but connering not bad. The faster I drive in highway is 150km/h which the fuel paddle still not touch the floor (can go further depend whether you dare or not). what I impress is the real sit can folding up and you can put a lot of thing on it, beside the real sit also can act like front sit if the real sit people want to sleep (pull down the sit back) whereas many car can not do it.

I know many people concern the fuel usage due to currently petrol price ... I use my car all season, besides go to work daily jammed hours morning and evening 45km distance and use for Saturday and Sunday outing. I use to keep tract of my car fuel usage, its give my 14km/l, on only highway it give 16km/l. For auto version (my elder sister) is give 11km/l. I may conclude that is not considered fuel monster compare to others 4x4 car.

Yes, one more thing I like is the spare tyre is attach on the real door not under the car boot, because I saw some is under the car boot when want to change tyre, you have to bent down your kneed and body to take out the spare tyre (not change tyre yet you already dirty your hand and leg).

I bought the car at Dec2004, now already 2006 Jun, till now no problem (touch wood) and the fuel consumption still the same 14km/l, only go for regular car services. Yes the air filter for me a little bit expensive, it cause my RM170/= but later I found out there are cheaper version not original only RM30 in the market.

Overall, it is good and sporty, but if you looking for spacious it is not this car, my advice on this car is suitable for small family below 4 person or for daily job (it is small and easy to park and find the place to park, due t its high you can drive up road side to park too).