BYD has yet to trouble the top-tier Japanese brands like Toyota or Honda in Malaysia’s overall car sales, but it will soon surpass second tier brands like Ford and Nissan. It has already propelled past VW. According to data compiled by RHB Investment Bank, Sime Darby Beyond Auto, the distributor of BYD cars in Malaysia, sold 1,919 units in the first quarter of 2024. RHB says BYD now controls 71% of Malaysia’s battery EV (BEV) segment. That puts BYD ahead of VW’s 412 units and Volvo’s 560 units,

Honda Malaysia (or the Company) today announced a proactive product recall involving the City, City Hatchback, HR-V and BR-V in a precautionary safety measure. The details of the affected models are in Table 1. Honda recalls 2022 Situation Model Model Year Units Affected A City 2021 1,068 City Hatchback 2022 B HR-V 2020 343 BR-V 2021 116 The recalls are for the following situations: A. Inspection of the nut torque on the Alternating Current Generator (ACG) This recall is a precautionary safety m

Saga, X70, X50 round off top three sales Pakistan is biggest export market 41% better sales than last month National car maker Proton ended a challenging first quarter of 2022 with reduced sales as a combination of flood affected local vendors, disruptions to logistics and a chip shortage conspired against their efforts. The situation is improving and the outlook for the second quarter is positive but the overall sales numbers for the first three months of the year reflect the challenges the com

Earlier spyshots of the upcoming new 2021 Proton Iriz and its sedan sibling, the Proton Persona, often centered around the duo’s exterior and interior, with each spyshot revealing a bit more information. This time around, a spyshot depicting the front of the new Iriz Active in the dark seemingly confirms yet another new feature will be introduced on selected variants the duo – LED headlights. That said, according to our friends over at Funtasticko, LED headlights could be range-topping variant-o

Things are about to get interesting in the B-segment sedan category. Honda has previewed the Honda City RS and made quite a fuss with its video commercial not so long ago. Now, we witness the debut of the all-new Nissan Almera in Malaysia. Both cars are now open for booking. On the outside, both cars look great. The Almera is much better looking than its predecessor and the City is an aggressive-looking B-segment sedan. Both cars utilise black trims in the front to give an appearance of a bigger

Back in 2015, Proton showcased an all-electric car – the Proton Iriz EV. Today, we were lucky enough to get a glimpse of some rather bizarre Proton cars being auctioned away. There were more than 10 Proton electric vehicles at the lot, but the best condition electric car would be the Proton Iriz EV. Five years ago, the Proton Preve and Proton Suprima were still in production, the Proton Persona was still based on the Gen2, Proton was 30 years old, and the thought of Proton making an SUV was absu