Perodua has issued a statement concerning Daihatsu's recent announcement on the company's new additional procedural irregularities that has also affected the Axia, Alza, Aruz, Ativa, and Bezza. In summary, this new issue (seperate from what happened back in April and May) stems from a recent investigation by an independent third-party committee that revealed 174 new problems within 25 test categories. As such, the committee has saw the need to immediately suspend deliveries of Daihatsu-developed

The chatter of a group of people is something Honda reveres. They call it waigaya, a neither Japanese nor English onomatopoeia coined by Soichiro Honda’s business partner, Takeo Fujisawa, that loosely translates to the hubbub of conversation. It’s very well documented too; executives will testify these flash meetings formed the backbone of their innovations and success. Certainly lots of that was happening among customers last week, as the 2023 Honda WR-V kicked off its pre-launch nationwide pre

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

After months of teasing around 16 cities in Indonesia, the all-new second-generation 2023 Honda WR-V finally made its global unwrapping debut in the archipelago. Unlike its jacked-up Jazz predecessor, the all-new WR-V looks like a proper SUV. Billed as Honda’s latest entry in the lucrative compact SUV market, the all-new WR-V is similarly sized as the Perodua Ativa which has been making waves in Indonesia where it is sold as a Toyota Raize/Daihatsu Rocky. There are 3 variants offered for the all

Shortage of spare parts, especially for Proton X70 and X50 is forcing users to look for alternatives Spare parts traders cannot order Geely parts directly from China, because Chinese market parts don’t comply with UN regulations that are adopted in many markets, Malaysia included. Certification of compliance must be applied. Independent workshops say requiring cars to be repaired by authorized service centres as a condition for warranty, is anti-competition Ministry of Transport will be looking

Updated 2019 Perodua Axia now open for booking Base Axia E 1.0 (MT) doesn’t come with ABS Top-spec gets Electronic Stability Control (ESC) and ASA 2.0 Perodua recently announced that the public can now place a booking for the updated 2019 Perodua Axia with 6 different variants available. Prices have gone up slightly across the board to reflect the host of newly added improvements and features in the little hatchback. One welcome addition is the newly added ESC for GXtra variants and up. This lea