We’re all huge fans of Hagerty’s YouTube content and they wrapped up 2022 with an accurately topical one hosted by the affable Jason Cammisa that was grown from the same grain as his other works in it being absorbingly fun, relatable and nuancedly informative if you knew what to latch onto. Their bull market video shone the spotlight on 9 cars and a motorcycle for enthusiasts in the USA that’re expected to significantly grow in value during the course of 2023 or within the next couple of years.

Troubled by sporadic disruptions in businesses due to FMCO as well semiconductor parts supply shortage, total new car sales (total industry volume, TIV) in Malaysia dropped to a new low of 508,911 units, the lowest in 14 years. New car sales were down 4 percent from year 2020’s TIV of 529,514. The next lowest point in Malaysia’s TIV history was 487,176 units in year 2007. A bulk of the drop came from passenger car sales, which contracted 5.9 percent. Persistent shortage of semiconductor parts an

In typical WapCar fashion, we walk and chew gum at the same time, and as Adrian piles the miles on the facelifted 2022 Perodua Myvi on its media drive event (happening now in Johor Bahru), we'll bring you some findings right from the driver's seat. In this edition, we'll share with you the CVT-equipped Myvi's cabin noise ratings. How quiet is it? Though its slightly louder during idle, our instrumented tests reveal that the Myvi is just as quiet as the Perodua Ativa on the road. Here's the resul

Don’t expect Perodua to ditch its aging but proven 4-speed torque converter automatic transmissions anytime soon. Even as the rest of the world is trending towards CVT-type automatic transmission for city cars, Perodua’s tried and tested Akashi Kikai 4-speed automatic transmissions will continue to be sold in Malaysia for many more years to come. There’s a simple reason to that. Perodua’s customers are happy with what’s offered to them right now, so why bother changing something that’s not broke

Well, yes and no. Yes, they are both 1.5-litre Dual VVT-i engine from the NR engine family and they are both made in the same Daihatsu Perodua Engine Manufacturing plant in Sendayan Techvalley in Negeri Sembilan. And no, they have slightly different engine codes, 2NR-FE for the Toyota Yaris and 2NR-VE for the Perodua Myvi. However, it’s just a different suffix for Toyota and Daihatsu. Wikipedia will tell you otherwise, saying that the Daihatsu's 2NR-VE is an steel block while the Toyota's 2NR-FE

In conjunction with BMW Group Malaysia’s 60 Years Celebration of MINI, the company has announced that it will be adding a new variant to MINI Malaysia’s model line-up – the MINI Cooper S Convertible. Soft top cars don’t have a huge following here in tropical Malaysia so it’s not surprising that MINI Malaysia’s allocation is limited to just 20 units. Priced at RM 279,888, the MINI Convertible, in Cooper S tune, carries a RM 30,000 premium over a similarly equipped MINI Cooper S 3 Door. As it carr