In conjunction with the Merdeka and Malaysia Day celebrations, UMW Toyota Motor has released a heartwarming short film celebrating our nation's unity, alongside a host of sales and aftersales deals to sweeten the occasion. Entitled ‘Pewaris Harapan Negara’, the short film captures the passion Malaysians have for making a positive impact, which UMW Toyota shares through its commitment to engineer happiness for all. The short film features the children of UMW Toyota staff members singing ‘Sejahter

498-litres of bootspace is the number that equalises the just-launched-in-Malaysia 2022 Perodua Alza and upcoming 2022 Toyota Veloz. However, don't pin them as mere carbon copies, and that's what Toyota wants to say in their latest bare-it-all teasers. Beyond a familiar, blocky profile, the Veloz seperates itself from the Alza with a different look everywhere else. Its' front fascia has been reworked and though it features LED headlights too, there's a wilder bumper and grille arrangement, the l

Downsizing. It is a dirty word to many car enthusiasts, but apparently unavoidable. Even purveyors of large engines, Mercedes-AMG, recently announced that its venerable 4.0-litre, twin turbo V8 engines will be replaced with hybrid 4-cylinder ones. Quite a shock to the system, yes. If you, like me, lived through the late 1980s and entire 1990s, you'd know that premium and performance cars of that era mostly came with large-capacity engines. 2.0-litre engines? That was the minimum entry ticket bac

So I'm in all the WapCar WhatsApp groups (you should join, they're the best if you want to meet other car people) and shortly after the handsome 2021 Toyota Yaris facelift broke cover, some members were abuzz with this question: "Why aren't we getting the JDM, TNGA-based 2020 Toyota Yaris here?" But this set of pictures tells a different story, or at least it seems on the surface. What is this Japan/European-spec Yaris doing in Thailand? Wearning no camo and with manufacturer trade plates has it

Established in 2003, Race Rally Research, better known as R3, is Proton’s official performance and motorsports division. Headquartered in Proton’s Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Shah Alam, R3 does more than just cosmetic accessories or sport rims, as they have the desire to achieve the same status like what NISMO is for Nissan and STI for Subaru. Because of that, the team at Proton R3 felt that they needed to come out with a complete tuned-up car with a factory warranty to prove that R3 can be se

Earlier this month, we saw spyshots of the all-new W223 Mercedes-Benz S-Class with almost zero disguise and we had a brief look at its interior in action. Mercedes-Benz has released a teaser image, which appears to corroborate the design we saw from the leaks. It sports a familiar design, resembling the 2020 E-Class facelift from the front and the CLS from the rear. The grille has grown in size but personally, I think it fits the S-Class. Inside, there is a large vertical screen that serves more