March 2022's sales increased 31.9 percent, for Toyota and Lexus At least 2 new model launches later this year 2022 Toyota Veloz almost confirmed, new GR Sport Yaris / Corolla Cross / Hilux next? UMW Toyota Motor sold 8,487 vehicles in March 2022, up 31.9 percent from the previous month’s 6,432 units, a result that the company says put it at the top as Malaysia’s No.1 non-national car company. Of the total, sales of Toyota vehicles totalled 8,386 units, up from 6,336 units in February 2022, while

Proton-Perodua ended 2021 with a combined market share of 59.3% Reduction in market share due to shortage of Perodua Myvi Market share of national brands on uptrend for the last 5 years After a high of 62.3 percent in year 2020, the combined market share of our (quasi) national car brands Proton and Perodua have dipped back to under 60 percent, to 59.3 percent. The reduction is mostly coming from Perodua, whose market share dropped from 41.6 percent in 2020 to 37.4 percent in 2021. This was most

The Tesla Model Y has dethroned the long-standing Haval H6 to be China's best-selling SUV. That's rather remarkable, considering that the Tesla costs twice as much as the Haval, but there's more to it. The Tesla Model Y was launched in China back in January this year, with deliveries commencing later that month. It is manufactured at the newly-constructed Tesla Gigafactory in Shanghai. In September, Tesla sold 33,033 units of the Model Y in China, overtaking the Haval H6 (23,341 units), BYD Song

The Perodua D55L will be launched in the next couple of months, but one piece of the puzzle remains unknown – what will it be called? Back in 2018, Perodua registered a few names ahead of the then-new D38L’s debut – Aruz, Impax, Lasaq. No prizes for guessing which name was adopted for the D38L. Moving forward, it’s interesting to note that Perodua has yet to trademark any new names, which indirectly suggests that they could pick Impax or Lasaq for the D55L. That said, there is also a possibility

The new Toyota Yaris-based SUV was initially scheduled for a debut at the 2020 Geneva International Motor Show in March, but the reveal was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Could debut tomorrow Despite that setback, a post by Spanish publication Auto Nocion has claimed that Toyota will be launching the new SUV tomorrow (23-April), though the publication did not cite any sources. Wait, wasn’t the Yaris Cross announced last year? The difference between the upcoming Yaris-based SUV and the e

Now that the locally assembled (CKD) Proton X70 is finally here, you must be thinking: RM 122k for a C-segment SUV complete with panoramic sunroof? Now that’s affordable! But wait, is the affordably priced X70 the most practical option? The similarly priced Honda HR-V begs to differ. We know what you're thinking, the CKD Proton X70 is a C-segment SUV, while the Honda HR-V falls in B-segment category. But the biggest deciding factor here is the price of the cars. So it is inevitable to compare th