25 percent of production capacity to be taken up by D74A 2023 Perodua Axia 330,000 units will be produced at Perodua’s two plants in Rawang Around 6,600 units of Toyota Veloz will be produced for 2023 Perodua has two vehicle manufacturing subsidiaries in Malaysia, operating two plants in Rawang - Perodua Global Manufacturing Sdn. Bhd. (PGMSB) and Perodua Manufacturing Sdn. Bhd. (PMSB). Both are managed by Daihatsu Motor via the holding company Perodua Auto Corporation Sdn. Bhd. (PCSB), itself 41

Proton has announced that they will honour all existing Letter of Understanding (LOU) despite interest rate hike. No need to resign hire purchase agreement. Proton now leads in vehicle exportation in Malaysia. With 380 units in July, exports for 2022 have risen to 3,102 units and surpassed the 3,018 export sales for the whole of last year. This bolsters Proton position as the leading vehicle exporter in the country and places the company in a strong position to help improve Malaysia’s trade bala

Wigo gets a more powerful 1.2-litre engine Android Auto and Apple CarPlay as standard Axia offers ASA 2.0 and stability control, both not available on the Wigo This adorable Metallic Orange hatchback you see here is called the Toyota Wigo and it is a distant relative to our Perodua Axia. The Vietnam-spec Toyota Wigo is imported (CBU) from Indonesia and it went on sale there in mid-2021. Prices start from VND 352 million (~RM 65k) for the manual variant, while the automatic variant is priced from

The Proton CamPro engine, since its inception in 2004 in the Proton Gen.2, has the recognition of being the only Malaysian-developed engine to-date. That alone could have been a remarkable achievement for Proton, but there’s a catch – CamPro isn’t exactly known for its fuel consumption. Over the years, the CamPro engine received numerous updates and improvements, including the CamPro CPS in 2008, turbocharged CamPro CFE in 2011, and CamPro VVT in 2014 – all of which suffered from poor fuel consu

The Proton Saga received a facelift in 2019 with a host of updates. On top of that, prices were reduced, starting from RM 32,800 (RM 32,400 without SST) for the Standard MT and RM 39,800 (RM 39,300 without SST) for the Premium AT. One of the most significant changes in the facelift exercise is the new 4-speed automatic transmission, replacing the CVT. Pros and cons Having lived with both the Saga FLX and Saga 2019, the 4-speed automatic is a far better daily companion. The transmission works smo

The Proton Persona is Proton’s B-segment sedan that is based on the Iriz hatchback. The model does have any direct rivals in the B-segment national car market. Here, we will take a closer look and see how much does it cost to maintain and insure the Persona over a 5-year period. Like its Campro-powered siblings, the Proton Persona requires an oil change at the 1,000-km mark, which costs RM 121.09. After the 1,000-km service, the Persona requires a service at every 10,000-km/6-month interval. For