Perodua leads the styling and development of the Bezza's upper body structure, with technical support from Daihatsu.

The Perodua Bezza was developed with an emphasis on fuel efficiency, and is the company's first model to feature stop-start idling and regenerative braking.

[1][2] The production of Perodua's first sedan was approved in 2015 by its chief executive officer, Datuk Aminar Rashid.

Perodua lead the styling and development of the Bezza's upper body structure, with technical support from Daihatsu.

However, Perodua did not develop the Bezza from scratch, as it is powered by Toyota-engineered engines and is based on the Daihatsu-engineered Axia platform.

The GXtra comes with an enhanced kit list, where side skirts and chrome door handles have been added to the exterior.

Piano black trim has been applied on the dashboard and panel surrounding the multimedia system, which itself has been improved with Bluetooth connectivity.

In other areas, the air-con vent surrounds, steering wheel spokes and gear lever base now gain a satin finish.

Each variant comes with rear bumper sensors, Anti-Lock Braking System (ABS) and Electronic Brakeforce Distribution (EBC) as standard, while the 1.3L variants get additional Vehicle Stability Control (VSC), Keyless Entry and Push Start and front bumper sensors.

The Standard G variant is equipped with 14-inch seven-spoke alloy rims, fabric seats, polyurethane steering wheel, an audio system with USB, handphone or smartphone slot at the rear console, fixed rear seat headrests, 60:40 split folding rear seats, remote boot release, manual side mirrors without turn signals, body-mounted signal indicators, and power windows.

[18] Perodua claims ECE fuel consumption figures of 22.8 km/L for the manual variant and 21.3 km/L with the automatic, both exhibiting a 1.2 km/L improvement over the old 1KR-DE2.

[18] The 2020 facelift version saw the discontinuation of Premium X MT variant which meant a 1.3 litre engine could no longer be paired with a 5-speed manual.

This debuted in the Perodua Aruz, which includes Forward Collision Warning with pedestrian detection, Automatic Emergency Braking (operative from speeds of 4–80 km/h), Pedal Misoperation Control and Front Departure Alert, which alerts the driver of the vehicle in front has proceeded ahead, e.g. from a traffic light.

[15] Perodua has achieved promising sales for the Bezza, with a total of 5,000 bookings received for the new model on the first day after its launch.

[27] On 7 June 2017, the Bezza 1.0L (automatic transmission) made its debut in Sri Lanka at a launch organised by Perusahaan Otomobil Kedua Sdn Bhd's (Perodua) official distributor, Unimo Enterprises Ltd.

[28] In mid-2017, Perodua Brunei's official distributor, GHK Motors Sdn Bhd made available the 1.3L Premium X variant with manual or automatic transmissions, optional body kits, and 2 years warranty.

In mid-2019, the Bezza 1.0 GXtra was launched while the manual or automatic transmissions were still unchanged but the 1.3 Premium X was dropped from the model range.