Perodua has issued a statement concerning Daihatsu's recent announcement on the company's new additional procedural irregularities that has also affected the Axia, Alza, Aruz, Ativa, and Bezza. In summary, this new issue (seperate from what happened back in April and May) stems from a recent investigation by an independent third-party committee that revealed 174 new problems within 25 test categories. As such, the committee has saw the need to immediately suspend deliveries of Daihatsu-developed

After 10 years of hiatus, Proton makes a comeback in the South Africa market. The first two models to launch in South Africa is the Proton X50 and Proton X70. The Proton Saga will be made available by late-2022 or early-2023. This comes after Proton appoints new South African dealer earlier this year. Proton's official distributor, Combined Motor Holdings (CMH), saw a gap in the market for a premium SUV within the budget of the average buyers. Premium SUVs are often out of the reach of these buy

If you Google the word “eccentric”, French cars will appear in the images section. Alright no they won’t, but the point is that the French just seems do things differently, insistently. Yours truly have had a go in the all-new 2022 Peugeot 2008 and I can confirm that it is textbook eccentricity. Just to recap, the 2022 Peugeot 2008 is a B-segment SUV that goes against rivals like the Honda HR-V, Proton X50, Toyota Corolla Cross, etc. Most of which have been rather popular amongst Malaysian buyer

If you've sat inside the Perodua Ativa, one thing must've stuck out to you - the placement of the central locking buttons. Unlike most cars that you might be familiar with, the Ativa's central locking buttons are situated on the centre tunnel, right next to the handbrake lever. This is vastly different from the arrangement in its donor car, the JDM Daihatsu Rocky which has no buttons - not even on the driver's door. Actually, that's one of Daihatsu's steps to further 'Malaysianise' the Ativa fro

Perhaps one of Malaysia’s most highly-anticipated models, the Proton X50, has been caught beside its larger sibling, the Proton X70, giving us a good look at how much smaller the X50 is. Compared to the Proton X70 (4,519 mm x 1,831 mm x 1,694 mm), the Proton X50 is 4,330 mm long (189 mm shorter), 1,800 mm wide (31 mm narrower), and 1,609 mm tall (85 mm shorter). The Proton X50’s 2,600 mm wheelbase is also 70 mm shorter than the X70. We’ve also compiled a table comparing the Proton X50 against it

The Toyota Raize (and its Daihatsu Rocky sibling) have proved to be a popular model in Japan, but can the Perodua-derivative achieve the same results? According to data sourced from the Japanese Automobile Dealers Association (JADA), Toyota sold 10,220 units of the Raize (Daihatsu did 3,153 units) in January, putting it well ahead of the Toyota Corolla (8,480 units) and Nissan Note (7,529 units). The momentum continued in February, as Toyota sold 9,979 units of the Raize (Daihatsu Rocky did 3,41