Because of Spongebob’s climb, the used Avanza Reborn is full of fans

TANGERANG, KOMPAS.com – Toyota Avanza second generation alerts 2011 – 2020, or commonly called Avanza Rebornhad experienced popularity on the stock exchange used carrecently.

This popularity is acknowledged by some used car dealer at the automotive center. The reason is also quite funny, namely because of the phenomenon of ‘spongebob ramp‘, a viral incident that was popular in the middle of the year.

For your information, the term Spongebob incline refers to a road with an abnormal elevation and a very steep slope angle, even above 30 degrees. There is already a lot of social media documentation that records incidents like this.

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The connection between this incident and the increase in sales of the Avanza Reborn is because this LMPV car uses rear drive (RWD), and the price is now very cheap.

Michael Mandala, Person in Charge of the Center Used car Mandala Mobilindo Gading Serpong said that demand for the Avanza Reborn had indeed increased drastically during July-August 2023.

“Usually, if there is stock, I direct the customer to take the car. But yesterday there was a lot that’s it“The customer came and asked for an Avanza Reborn directly,” he told Kompas.com, Tuesday (21/11/2023).

Michael admitted that he was surprised when demand for the Avanza Reborn soared. After some time, he realized that this was influenced by a viral incident.

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“It turns out that because of Spongebob’s climb, there was one customer who told the story. “People are also strange when looking for a car,” he said while joking.

He admitted that he understood a little about why the Avanza Reborn had gone viral. According to him, RWD cars are known to be more powerful and have more power.

For your information, the 3rd generation Avanza, aka the latest alert, already uses a different platform and has changed to a front drive (FWD) type.

“If people are looking for RWD, cheap, good, yes Avanza Reborn. There’s nothing else,” he said.

Regarding the price, Michael admitted that the price tag for a used Avanza Reborn varies quite a lot depending on condition. The lowest price he ever gave was IDR 95 million, for the 2012 alert.

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