The new Stellar Diamond Pearl introduced for the first time on the 2023 Honda WR-V won’t be exclusive to the WR-V alone. As opposed to certain model highlight colours which are model specific, the Stellar Diamond Pearl could be offered on more upcoming Honda models, depending on customer demand. Also read: Here to battle the Ativa, 2023 Honda WR-V launched in Malaysia; priced from RM 90 k, 1.5 NA, Sensing Speaking at the WR-V pre-launch press event, Executive Coordinator of Honda Malaysia, Yujir

National carmaker Proton continued its strong start to the year by selling 52% more vehicles in February compared to the same month last year. With 14,033 units (domestic and export) sold last month, sales volume was 20.1% higher than January while for the first two months of the year, year-to-date (YTD) volume has swelled by 88% to 25,714 units. The company’s market share for the month is estimated to be 22.7%, placing it second in the rankings, and representing a 7.3% increase over February 20

At Proton’s opening of their new engine assembly line in Tanjung Malim earlier this week, it’s made clear that only the direct-injected 1.5-litre three-cylinder mill (TGDi) is assembled here, while the multi-point injection (MPI) variant is imported from China. Speaking at the press conference, Muhammad Hasbullah, Deputy Chief Operating Officer of Powertrains, said that while “the plant is designed to produce a few more variants of the [1.5-litre three-cylinder engine], at the moment the focus i

UMW Toyota Motor is off to a good start in 2022, achieving a combined sales results of 7,528 units for Toyota and Lexus in January 2022. This is a significant increase of 96 percent compared to the same month last year of 3,845 units. With Toyota reclaiming its No.1 non-national brand title after six years last year, the global automaker is off to an excellent start. Among the passenger cars, the Toyota Vios reigns as the best-selling Toyota model, accounting for 28 percent of total sales this m

Toyota RAV4 Based on an investor's newsletter published by RHB Investment, UMW Toyota Motor is planning to introduce three new SUV models in Malaysia, to further meet demands in the trending SUV market. The newsletter claims that all three models will be introduced within the next 12 months, but checks with our own sources suggests that this is no longer the case, and only one SUV model will be launched this year. Introduction of the remaining two models has been delayed to next year. Details ar

Honda Malaysia has announced that prices of selected Honda models will increase by about 5% to 9%, depending on the model and variant. The price hike will come into effect today (21st February 2020), which will affect the Honda City, Honda Jazz, and Honda CR-V. Jazz 1.5 S: RM 75,300 (up RM 5,058) Jazz 1.5 E: RM 81,400 (up RM 5,084) Jazz 1.5 V: RM 88,700 (up RM 5,067) City 1.5 S: RM 78,500 (up RM 4,664) City 1.5 E: RM 84,600 (up RM 4,645) City 1.5 V: RM 91,600 (up RM 4,617) CR-V 2.0 2WD: RM 151,1