The Toyota Yaris Ativ (Vios for Malaysia) continues its dominant sales streak in Thailand, once again topping the monthly sales chart for April 2023 according to data gathered by Autolife. Toyota's plucky-but-recently-controversial sedan ended the month with 2,867 units sold versus the Honda City's 1,229 cars moved. The numbers have dropped slightly since the January-March averages of 5,000-plus units monthly, but still good enough to maintain a clear lead over Honda. Also read: Priced from RM 8

Despite being an ageing model, sales for the Honda BR-V in Malaysia have been healthy with around 4,000 units sold in 2021. Though an all-new second generation was unveiled in Indonesia, Malaysians might have to wait a little longer and as usual, our northern neighbour is probably getting dibs first. According to Autolife Thailand, the all-new BR-V could be launched in the Kingdom in August 2022. Unlike the outgoing Thai-spec BR-V which was assembled at Honda’s Ayutthaya plant for the local mark

Forget about Waze’s pothole reports, Mercedes-Benz cars equipped with Car-to-X (C2X) communication can now share live reports of potholes to other compatible vehicles. The Dutch government however, has gone one step further and it wants to enlist drivers of such Mercedes-Benz cars to help it monitor road conditions. In what is possibly the first of its kind of such efforts, the Netherlands’ Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (Min I&W) has awarded a 2-year contract to Mercedes-Benz t

If you own or are planning to own a vehicle with the “H” badge on the grille; the Korean version that is, Sing Kwung Premium Sdn Bhd has opened the doors to its new Hyundai 3S centre in Malacca that carries an EV charger for the marque’s growing range of electrified vehicles. If the “3S” in the name didn’t give it away, there’s a showroom, a spare parts centre and a service centre at the new outlet. The service area houses five fully equipped service bays; including two Quick Service bays. It’s

Shortly after prices for the 2021 Toyota Vios facelift were announced, we heard you ask: 'What's new? What's still the same?" These questions are what we'll be answering in this article. Exterior - Hey there, good lookin' Like its recently-facelifted 2021 Toyota Yaris stablemate, the redesign makes the Vios look more mature. Toyota has done away with the catfish-esque design of the pre-facelift model, this time employing sharper LED head lamps with integrated daytime running lights (DRLs) to acc

In a recent announcement by the Nissan-Renault-Mitsubishi alliance, it has been decided that Mitsubishi Motors will take the lead in the Alliance’s business in South East Asia, while Nissan will take a step back to focus on USA, China, and Japan. What this means is that the Alliance will adopt a so-called ‘Leader-Follower’ system, whereby each Alliance member will focus on developing products in markets they are strongest in. For example, Nissan will stop/cutback on development work for the next