UMW Toyota Motor has issued a statement concerning Daihatsu's recent announcement on the company's new additional procedural irregularities that has affected the Toyota Rush, Vios, and Yaris, produced at the Assembly Services Sdn. Bhd. plant in Shah Alam, and the Veloz that's made alongside the Alza at Perodua Manufacturing Sdn Bhd, Rawang. 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

The BMW Group announced its third quarter earnings before tax (EBT) margin came in at 10.6 percent, down 0.4 percent from the preceding quarter; however, the numbers were dragged down by its Motorrad motorcycle business. The company’s 4-wheeler automotive segment – the segment were are interested in - recorded an EBT margin of 9.8 percent, up 0.6 percent from the previous quarter, and 0.9% higher than the same quarter last year. The increase in profit came despite a marginal 0.6 percent drop in

Toyota to launch 5 GR / GR Sport models in Malaysia on 17-February Toyota GR Corolla and Toyota GR86 are confirmed Toyota GR Supra is also hinted, likely to be the new 6MT variant Silhouette of Toyota Hilux and Toyota Corolla Cross also shown, likely to be dressed up GR Sport variants While we wait for Honda Malaysia to make an announcement on the launch of the FL5 Honda Civic Type R, UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) has jumped ahead to announce that it will be launching 5 new GR / GR Sport models next w

Everyone tends to feel a little empowered behind the wheel of a pick-up truck and rightly so too; you’re in a huge hunk of metal and seated above everyone else on the road. Occasionally though, that elevated seating position can blind drivers with an inflated sense of invincibility much like the case of this Isuze D-Max that delivered its load of vegetables back to the ground in unfortunate circumstances. The incident happened in the land of pick-up trucks; Cameron Highlands. Now, most drivers t

With the recent ASEAN launch of the all-new 2022 Honda Civic FE in Thailand, we noticed that Honda Sensing is now standard across the range (albeit without the LaneWatch camera, which is exclusive to the RS variant). At the time of writing, only the Honda Civic TC-P variant gets Honda Sensing in Malaysia (FC generation). When it comes to ADAS suites, Honda's Sensing is one of the most accomplished ones out of the box. How does one improve on an already great product? Which got us wondering, is t

In the early 2000s, the hardworking people at Perodua were scratching their heads trying to understand why sales of their oldest model, the Perodua Kancil was increasing. Isn’t that a good thing you ask? Well normally, you would expect demand for an ageing model to decline over time. However, between 1995 and 2002, sales of the Perodua Kancil grew by 56 percent, from 39,856 units to 62,279 units, outpacing the industry’s overall growth by 6 percent. This is highly unusual because by 2002, the Ka