The latest 2022 Perodua Myvi was launched in November last year. It’s a very heavy facelift that involved not just the face and rear bumpers, but introduced a new CVT gearbox and brought the Ativa’s Perodua Smart Drive Assist features down to Malaysia’s best selling car. However, the car didn’t launch with a customary GearUp bodykit, just a few minor accessories. Well, here’s what appears to be the official GearUp bodykit for the 2022 Myvi facelift, taken at a Perodua showroom and promoted on Facebook by RiderAth.
The 2022 Myvi’s new face is a neat one,
cleaner than the original third-gen Myvi as it did away with the sizeable fog
lamp housings in favour of a vertical LED daytime running light strips placed
at the extreme ends of the bumper. The GearUp kit you see here
solves the issue with a heavy hand, “blackening” the open area with a bumper
add-on piece. It envelops the LED DRLs and give the visual impression of huge
air intakes.
Those black bits are extended to the
protruding front lip, which replaces the silver strip on the standard car and
has a metallic GearUp logo in the middle. It’s not all black though; there are
body coloured “fangs” to complete a super aggressive X face. The side skirts
are in a matching two-tone style. While the GearUp rear end isn’t as fierce at
the face, there’s still a lot going on. The Myvi’s simple rear spoiler is
replaced by a significantly larger wing that’s more protruding at the sides.
It’s also two-tone and very prominent, but doesn’t have Proton-style holes in
them.
The lower part of the rear bumper gets
extensions to match the front and sides, and the middle section gets a
diffuser-style trim in black. Like the front, there’s a GearUp logo in the
middle. This Cranberry Red AV also wears door visors that were offered from
launch.
