The Honda WR-V is Honda’s latest small SUV. Positioned below the Honda HR-V, the WR-V made its global debut earlier this week in Indonesia. Honda Malaysia has yet to confirm if the WR-V will be launched here, neither do we expect them to. Like many companies, Honda Malaysia cannot, and won’t comment on its future product plans, at least not this early. But there is not even a slightest doubt if the Honda WR-V will be launched in Malaysia. It is coming here. You don’t need to connect too many dot

Proton’s announcement that it will be looking to introduce its first production electric vehicle (EV) model by 2027 might sound like a long time coming but Proton once dabbled in EV technology at least ten years ago. Of course, almost all those past experiments and prototypes were nothing more than scuppered dreams that toyed with Malaysian car enthusiasts when they were auctioned off back in 2020. Despite the Proton EMAS eventually being pulled out of the auction, the same fate can’t be said fo

With less than 2 months to go before the year ends, Proton’s sales has finally caught up and improved upon last year’s miserable MCO-marred performance. Cumulative sales from January to October 2021 now stands at 84,999 units, up 1.6 percent over year 2020. More importantly, its October sales came in at 13,362 units, up 28.7 percent from September. The Malaysia Automotive Association (MAA) has yet to announce its official tally for October’s Total Industry Volume (TIV) but Proton says TIV is est

Following a surprise announcement on Valentine's Day, Proton has officially brought back the R3 moniker with the 2021 Proton Saga and Iriz R3 Limited Edition, both of which were launched alongside the 2021 Proton Persona and Exora Black Edition. Do they have any other claim to fame other than being your shot at getting a factory-painted black Proton, typically reserved for government use? Let's find out. 2021 Proton Saga R3 Limited Edition - from RM 42k What's new? R3 stickers, window banners, b

You can say that you want about Perodua. Good if you like the company, but the company couldn’t be bothered if you think lowly of its budget cars anyway. Since launching the first Kancil in 1994, the company has developed a laser-like focus on its customers, giving them what they want, which turns out to be just very regular cars that are cheap to buy, cheap to run, cars that go about their duties with zero drama. Perodua ended September by recording its highest ever monthly sales of 25,035 unit

Proton recently announced its sales performance for Q1 2020 and despite Malaysia going into a nationwide Movement Control Order (MCO) in March, the national carmaker still managed to shift 21,757 units. An improvement of 20.4% compared to the same period in 2019. All Proton’s core models saw an increase in sales between 17 to 602% - the latter for the Proton Iriz. While the Proton X70 saw a decline of 48% in sales (attributed to the transition to the locally-assembled (CKD) model and MCO), it st