At the recent Perodua media conference, the second Malaysian carmaker revealed that it has 220,000 backlog orders remaining. Around 15,000 of those orders were made during the sales tax (SST) exemption which ended on 30-June 2022. Perodua CEO Dato' Sri Zainal Abidin Ahmad told the media that some of the cars might not be able to meet the registration cutoff time which ends on 31-March 2023. However, the carmaker said it will absorb the SST for those cars that would not be delivered in time for t

In an earlier iteration of this comparison, we pit the two range-toppers together: how the hybrid 2022 Honda HR-V RS fares against its rival, the Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid (link here). But then again, there's a market for their cheaper counterparts too, and that's a question we'll try our best to answer in this piece. 2022 Honda HR-V price in Malaysia Variant Price 1.5 S RM 114,800 1.5 E RM 129,800 1.5 V RM 134,800 RS e:HEV RM 140,800 Meanwhile, here's prices for the Toyota Corolla Cross range

Spyshots of the D27A Alza have been leaked At least 2 variants available Could get the Ativa front design but everything else is similar to Xenia The Perodua Alza is the oldest model in the second Malaysian carmaker’s line-up and as such its chapter is ending with its all-new replacement, codenamed D27A, possibly due to launch soon. Whether the 2022 Perodua Alza will keep the name remains under wraps for now. But what isn’t under wraps is what it would look like as videos and screenshots of it h

Proton announced today that it has recorded its highest ever monthly sales in 7.5 years, with 14,989 units sold (including exports), beating the company’s last record in September 2013. Proton says it now has a 23.5 percent market share in Malaysia. Year-to-date, Proton’s cumulative sales stands at 32,826 units (including exports), its highest ever since March 2012. Deliveries of the Proton X50 has improved slightly, with total of 3,513 units were delivered, 5 percent higher than February 2021.

Honda has officially introduced the all-new 2021 Honda HR-V in Japan, roughly six months since spyshots of the model first surfaced in September 2020. The new model will only go on sale in Japan in April, with prices set to be announced then. What’s new? The Honda HR-V, which is sold in Japan as the Honda Vezel, gets a completely redesigned exterior. It now gets a sleeker-looking front fascia, which at a glance, looks like a Mazda. Moving to the sides, the new-generation Honda HR-V continues the

SUVs are all the rage these days and car manufacturers are more than happy to comply, as larger cars like SUVs offer more profit margins than a subcompact hatchback or sedan. In fact, this trend isn’t just limited to Malaysia – it is also apparent in countries like China. So much so that buyers in China collectively bought 1,129,042 new SUVs in December alone. For context, our Malaysian Total Industry Volume (TIV) in the whole of 2020 was 529,434 vehicles. Covid-19 notwithstanding, buyers in Chi