Renault is terminating its common purchasing agreements with Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors, to pursue a different project-based approach, which Renault says is more agile and will allow Alliance members to better tailor their products to the unique needs of each region. Formed in 2001 during the Carlos Ghosn era, the Renault-Nissan Purchasing Organization (later expanded to include Mitsubishi Motors) was created with the goal of extracting greater savings by combining the volumes of all three All

The all-new 2023 Toyota Vios (D92A) is bound to enter Malaysia sooner rather than later, in a bid to upstage the current GN-series Honda City. The question remains: how soon? We'll take a look of previous UMWT locally-assembled (CKD) launches here, notably the previous-gen Vios and the Toyota Corolla Cross to hypothesise. Previous-gen Vios and Corolla Cross The Vios as is currently sold in Malaysia – NSP 151 – dates back to 2017. Its pre-facelift model debuted in Thailand as the Yaris Ativ in Au

A couple of weeks back, we broke the news that the facelifted 2020 Toyota Vios is coming in December and with it, a go-faster Gazoo Racing (GR) variant. Now, Toyota has set off another ticking timebomb by teasing the facelifted 2021 Toyota Yaris. It's still a small teaser, with only an image of the upcoming Yaris' LED headlight plastered on Toyota Malaysia's website and social media. The design is very similar to the Thailand-spec Yaris, but expect some design tweaks around the car to suit our m

We have another much-awaited car to talk about this week as the locally-assembled (CKD) in Pekan 2020 Mitsubishi Xpander is now open for booking in Malaysia. Due to be officially launched in November, only one variant of the B-segment SUV is offered and prices aren't revealed yet. Only one variant to choose Only one variant of the Xpander is offered, but it comes with a host of features including: LED head and tail lamps 360-degree camera Android Auto and Apple Car Play support We'll cover the f

The 2020 Mitsubishi Xpander is almost upon us, as the new people mover from Mitsubishi has been spotted in Malaysia yet again. Seen in these set of photos is an Xpander finished in Red Metallic – a colour that is offered in Indonesia and Philippines, but not Thailand. Thanks to reader SY for these photos. Earlier, a Jet Black Mica (could also be Graphite Grey Metallic) unit was spotted, confirming that we will be getting the facelifted model. Last year, Mitsubishi Motors Malaysia (MMM) confirmed

Honda Malaysia gets the Chinese New Year festivities ball rolling with the 2020 Starts Now campaign. Get up to RM 10,000 worth of rewards and even an exclusive gift when you purchase a Honda between now to 31st January 2020. The RM 10,000 campaign is spread across 3 types of rewards namely the special Prosperity Reward, RM 888 Extra Bonus and Exclusive Gift. All customers who register a Honda model in the list below between 1st January 2020 to 31st January 2020 are eligible for the rewards: Hond