This is the Honda City Hatchback, a brand-new model that made its Malaysian debut back in December 2021 across 4 variants. It supersedes the Honda Jazz as Honda Malaysia’s B-segment hatchback offering. Seen here is the top-of-the-line RS variant, priced from a cool RM 109,800. Why does the Honda City Hatchback RS costs more than RM 100k? The short and simple answer is the City Hatchback RS’ sophisticated e:HEV two-motor full-hybrid petrol-electric powertrain. On top of that, it also offers RS-sp

Yes, we know the video sounds like a bunch of Peugeot propaganda and to an extent, it is. However, if you peel away the layers of spin speak, you’ll notice that plenty of effort has gone into acclimatising Peugeot vehicles locally-assembled at their plant in Gurun, Kedah, to cater for the demands and requirements of the regional market. Prior to this, the brand didn’t exactly infuse a reassuring sense of confidence in buyers though the majority of that blame should be shouldered by the previous

With 26,240 units sold in 2020, the Toyota Yaris is Thailand’s best-selling B-segment hatchback, outselling all its rivals by a rather comfortable margin. According to headlightmag's monthly sales report, the Toyota Yaris commanded a 32.6% of Thailand’s B-segment hatchback market, ahead of rivals such as the Honda Jazz (15,568 units), Suzuki Swift (10,320 units), Mazda 2 Hatchback (7,342 units), and MG 3 (4,856 units). Although the numbers may seem impressive, keep in mind that the Yaris’ lead m

At Tuesday’s line-off ceremony of the soon to be launched Proton X50, the Chairman of Proton Holdings Dato Sri Syed Faisal Albar revealed that the X50 project will purchase about RM 1.8 billion worth of automotive parts from local vendors annually. “As a company that manufactures locally, Proton’s growth means more money is injected into Malaysia’s automotive vendor ecosystem leading to more jobs and wealth creation. This is vital at a time when COVID-19 has significantly hit Malaysia’s economy,

The JNCAP has rated the Toyota Raize’s rigid DNGA platform with 5 stars in the collision safety performance evaluation. The Raize managed to achieve the top rank even though JNCAP has revised their collision safety performance evaluation criteria. The new Raize is the first compact car built on Daihatsu’s DNGA platform. Daihatsu and Toyota created the platform with a goal of providing car passengers with the best driving performance, luxury, safety, and peace of mind. Daihatsu has certainly achi

Honda will debut the all-new fourth-generation Honda Jazz at the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show, alongside the tenth-generation Honda Accord and the electric-powered Honda e. While Honda has not released much information about the all-new Honda Jazz, its European arm has confirmed that the all-new model will be offered only as a hybrid model when it goes on sale in 2020. Tom Gardner, Senior Vice-President of Honda Motor Europe said, “In 2020, Honda will launch the next generation Honda Jazz and today, we