The Honda WR-V is a latecomer into Indonesia’s fast growing budget SUV market. Up until last year, the A-segment SUV was dominated by the Toyota Raize / Daihatsu Rocky duo – Indonesian twins of our Perodua Ativa. All that changed when the Honda WR-V was launched in November 2022 and deliveries started in December. Within 3 months, Honda is now sitting on over 5,000 outstanding orders and as of February 2023, the Honda WR-V controls over 40 percent of Indonesia’s A-SUV segment. Cumulative 2023 sa

As the largest music streaming service in the world, you’re probably going to want Spotify in your car’s infotainment system. Now, ACO Tech has made that possible for Proton users with the streaming service being made available via integration with its Atlas in-vehicle infotainment operating system. With the collaboration, Atlas users will now have access to Spotify’s library of over 82 million audio tracks and over 4 million podcast titles while on the road. All they have to do simply cast the

At a recent virtual meeting with Dr. Håkan Sandquist, director of powertrain strategy at the Geely-Volvo Car jointly owned powertrain specialist CEVT AB, we posed a question to the person who lead the development of the Proton X50’s three-cylinder 1.5 TGDi and 1.5 MPI, will Geely go smaller than 3-cylinders? Beyond the 1.5-litre 3-cylinder, Geely also has a 1.0-litre three-cylinder for the Chinese and European market. So how small is too small? The simple answer is that 2-cylinder engines are un

We see many eager readers looking to put a Proton X50 in their porch. Some of you are also looking to trade-in whatever you have now too. But if you're coming from, say, a Perodua Myvi, we'll show you why you shouldn't expect that maintaining an X50 is just the same as maintaining the hatchback. Tyres will be more expensive Generally, tyres for SUVs will be costlier than standard tyres because they're bigger. For obvious reasons, never stinge here. Make it a habit - set aside some money for when

Following its success in Australia (100 units sold out), the 25 units of the MINI Cooper SE have been sold out in Malaysia. Launched in Malaysia less than a month ago, the electric MINI was only available in the three-door option. The MINI Cooper SE’s price tag of RM 218,380 is lower than what we expected it to be. The attractive price could be the reason for its success in Malaysia. The BMW i3s is priced much higher than that. Being an electric car, the road tax of MINI is charged by the amount

It is no surprise that I am a strong believer of Android Auto – it encompasses everything you could possibly ask for in an infotainment system, including voice command, navigation, and music streaming. There's no need to fawn over the Proton X70's voice command, which we have to add, doesn't come with Android Auto or Apple CarPlay. With Android Auto, you use voice control to read/reply WhatsApp messages and enter a destination to Google Maps or Waze, as well as selecting your playlist on Spotify