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The Bangkok International Motor Show is Thailand’s biggest and most important car sales event. Held between 29-March to 11-April, sales figures at the motor show are often used as an indicator of the pulse of Thai car buyers, thus setting expectations for the rest of the year. A total of 53,438 vehicles were sold (booked) during the two-week long event, according to figures released by the motor show organizer Grand Prix International. As expected, Toyota leads the sales chart, with 8,540 bookin

Jaecoo Malaysia will be accepting registrations of interest (RoI) for the Jaecoo J7, starting from 10-April 2024. Customers keen in pre-ordering one can register their names at Jaecoo Malaysia’s website. Alternatively, Klang Valley customers can visit the brand’s roadshow at 1Utama Shopping Centre (Level LG, Highstreet). Prices have yet to be confirmed, but Jaecoo Malaysia’s President, Leo Chen, has confirmed that it will be below RM 200,000, thus putting it in the same price bracket as the Hond

The facelifted 2024 Renault Captur has been unveiled for the European market, featuring a host of tech and powertrain updates, as well as a few nip and tucks to keep styling fresh. Now if it looks like a different Captur than what you’re used to seeing in Malaysia, that’s because it is. This new Captur you see here is the facelifted 2nd-generation model which was introduced in Europe in 2019. Malaysia – and a few other developing markets – still get the 1st-generation facelifted model that was f

While Thailand’s automotive market is still mostly dominated by Japanese brands, the battery electric vehicle (BEV) segment is controlled by the Chinese. Thanks to incentives, the Kingdom’s BEV market saw a 684% growth in sales last year and is expected to continue to rise in 2024. In late 2023, Honda Thailand announced itself as the first mainstream Japanese carmaker to begin local production (CKD) of a BEV model. The Honda e:N1, the name given to the Thai market version of the European-spec e:

The Japanese automotive industry was rocked earlier this month when Nissan was fined by Japan’s Fair Trade Commission for owing around JPY 3 billion (RM 94.4 million) to suppliers for decades. Following that, Japan’s Nikkei reported that Honda will be paying suppliers lump-sum payments instead of protracted instalments for auto part dies. The metal dies used in car part manufacturing are often made to order and adhere to strict quality standards. This would incur high costs which are usually bor