If there’s a category for the quirkiest car on sale at any Car of the Year award ceremony, the Suzuki Jimny might sweep the category because no other car can match it. Of course, we’re excluding other kei-sized vans or cars on sale in recond dealers because those do not count in official award ceremonies. Despite looking small, the Malaysian-spec Jimny does not qualify as a kei vehicle. In fact, the model sold globally is called the Jimny Sierra in Japan with those wide wheelarches, bumpers, and

The XU80 Toyota Harrier has been updated in Malaysia for model year 2023, concerning its safety features and adding a new variant called the Luxury SE. Prices have seen a 5.8 percent increase for the Luxury variant (now priced from RM 274,000, up from RM 259,000), while the newly-introduced Luxury SE retails from RM 277,000. Slight safety updates Key improvements include a Panoramic View Monitor and updated Toyota Safety Sense (TSS), with overall improvements to the SUV's Pre-Collision Brake det

All 2021 units are sold out Dealers awaiting new shipment Prices could increase Checks with Mazda dealers have revealed that all 2021 units of the Mazda 3 have been sold out here. This hints at the imminent arrival of the updated 2022 Mazda 3. Back in 2020, the Mazda 3 was given an update in Japan. Some of the changes aren’t relevant to our market like the upgraded Skyactive-X engine and Skyactiv-D oil burner. Other changes that are likely to make their way here include the retuned suspension to

Continuing our WapCar Ratings this week is the 2021 Volvo XC40 T5 Recharge, the smallest hybrid vehicle in Volvo Malaysia's line-up. Priced from RM 241,997 and locally-assembled (CKD) in Shah Alam, it takes on rivals like the BMW X1 and Mercedes-Benz GLA, the latter of which we've done a Ratings article last week. All photos and measurements were taken before MCO, and the scores you see here are relative to cars in the XC40's segment, and not new-car market as a whole. Volvo XC40 T5 Recharge: Dr

Kia Motors Corporation has finally released the first images of the new 2021 Kia Stinger facelift! Gran Turismo fans would find the new Stinger very familiar-looking, that’s because designers have worked to amplify and enhance the Stinger players have been piloting in the game since 2018! While the overall look of the new Stinger remains the same, it does get a new multifaceted reflector LED headlamps and LED daytime running lights (DRL). The headlamps also get darker smoked out covers while the

Following our earlier report that there are no more 2020 manufacturing year Kia Sorento and Kia Sportage models, Naza Kia Malaysia have reached out to us with a clarification on the matter. The company says the halt in sales is only temporary. The current situation - no 2020 models of Kia Sorento and Sportage - is due to a supply disruption affecting these two models but the company is unable to divulge further regarding the specifics behind the supply disruption. A company spokesperson says Naz