National carmaker Proton closed 2023 by posting its best sales performance since 2012, achieving a fifth consecutive year of sales growth. In December, 12,711 units were sold, bringing the year-end total to 154,611 units (domestic + export), a 9.3% increase over the 2022 sales of 141,432 units. Proton's overall market share is calculated at 19.4%, and it ended the year ranked second in overall sales, maintaining this position for the fifth consecutive year. Strong market demand for the Persona,

Was the last decade better for green motoring in Malaysia than today? You recall UMWT alone offering three models – the Prius, Prius C, and the locally-assembled Camry Hybrid – but that was that, and their successors never made it here. How did that happen? Policies shoulder the brunt of the blame; as tax breaks went away, prices for these cars became a little too uncompetitive for most Malaysians. Hybrids then fell to the wayside. But leave it to the Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid to challenge thi

Two out of 3 of Kia's global best sellers are SUVs CKD Kia Sportage to launch in Malaysia in 2023 Kia sold 2,777,056 vehicles globally in 2021, up 6.5 percent from 2020 but still down 1.2 percent from the pre-pandemic / pre-semiconductor shortage 2019, when Kia sold 2,812,294 cars. As before, the Kia Sportage remains Kia’s global best-seller, selling 363,630 units last year. The Kia Seltos (298,737 units) and Kia Forte (240,627 units) rounded of Kia’s top-3 best sellers. The Kia Sportage has bee

Proton aims for sales recovery in final months of 2021 as production, sales, and export activities resume. From June- to August-2021, Proton managed to achieve a total volume of 5,354 units, comprising a mix of online registrations and exports. Up to the end of August, total volume was 62,637 units, an increase of 1.6% over the same period in 2020. Units sold from June - August 2021 Model No. of units Saga 1,645 Persona 1,091 Exora 303 Iriz 753 X70 790 X50 764 Total 5,354* *sales of other models

We talked about Kia’s SUV line-up last week, so let’s take a look at the SUVs from their parent company, Hyundai this week. Like Kia, Hyundai too has plenty of SUVs on offer worldwide, 3 of which are brand new models introduced less than a year ago. At a glance, the Hyundai SUV lineup is not as complicated as its sister company’s list of cars. Although with 3 B-segment SUVs on sale, it might leave one scratching their heads on why they need so many B-segment choices. But here’s a rundown of whic

Ever since the first locally-assembled (CKD) Honda model (which was a second-gen Honda CR-V) rolled off Honda Malaysia’s plant in Alor Gajah, Melaka in 2003, it took nearly a decade to produce one million cars. In celebration of that milestone, Honda Malaysia has produced 7 one-of-a-kind "1 Million Edition" models, each representing a Honda model that is currently on sale. You can stand to drive home one of these 7 special models in their 1 Million Dreams Campaign. We’ll go into the details of t