It's going for $62,999.

And if you're in a segment where your general buyers are looking for an affordable car, you don't want to be the odd one at the higher price point with nothing to back up the premium.

I drove the Chevrolet Aveo5 at the beginning of the year and returned the car thinking that at that price, it probably was a pretty hard car to beat if you consider the aesthetics on the outside and inside and how the car drives.

With a 1.4-litre engine hooked up to 4-speed automatic, the car manages to squeeze out 94 bhp from the 4-cylinder.It drives decently, doesn't excite anyone with its build quality but made it the better alternative with those striking looks.

The Savvy though, tries really hard to stand out - and comes off looks like nothing else on the market.

Exterior

From the side, the Savvy has a much more roundish shape than most of its other alternatives.

Not a bad thing. With the short overhang at the front and the curved roof and steeply raked rear section, the Proton really does communicate a playful and fun character from its exterior.

At the front, the re-styled proton badge sits proudly on the wide black wire-meshed grill with the very unique angular lamps skirting it. The clean front is helped very much by the bumper that sits flushed with the top half.

Past the slightly blistered wheel flares, the visible belt line starts from the front, cuts through the handles and carves its way all around the car. Being a straight line without any change in degree, the line, besides adding some design dept to the otherwise plain design, doesn't help this car along the sporty outlook the way a rising belt line could have.

At the back, two of the only features that exist and stand out are the oddly shaped tail lamps and the centre-fitted exhaust outlet.

Kudos to the designers for daring to place the exhaust where they did, but the straight lines dominating the car and the oddly familiar design cue on the rear windows (the abrupt hike in the rear windows body panel is reminiscent of the Hyundai Matrix, no?) really add no flavour to making this car look sporty.

Those stock rims aren't anything to smile about either.