Proton has entered a strategic partnership with CARSOME to offer customers a seamless solution to trade-in their old cars. Besides CARSOME, two other online bidding companies are also on-board with Proton. Proton says the partnership with CARSOME will provide customers with a range of benefits, including enhanced convenience, trustworthiness, competitive trade-in values, transparency in pricing, secure payment and ownership transfer, daily auctions, faster disposal, and comprehensive inspections

Based on sales data obtained by Headlight Mag, 2022 was a healthy year for vehicle sales in Thailand with 849,000 units sold throughout the year. It was an increase of 11.8% compared to 2021 (759,119 vehicles) and the Kingdom’s best-selling brand is Toyota. The triple ellipses brand sold 288,809 vehicles in 2022 which translated to a 34% market share. Though it is the best-selling brand in Thailand, the best-selling car wasn’t a Toyota but rather the Isuzu D-Max. Thanks to the D-Max’s sales, Isu

While Malaysian politicians are bickering over the controversial decision to replace the Proton Perdana with the Toyota Vellfire as the government’s official transport, the Kenya Police Service has added the Proton X70 to its line-up. According to Proton Kenya’s Facebook page, 30 units of the SUV were handed over to the African country’s police force. The Kenyan-spec X70 is only available with one variant, the Premium 2WD which is powered by a 1.5-litre 3-cylinder turbocharged engine (177 PS/255

Isuzu Philippines has released teaser images on their Facebook page on the arrival of the all-new 2021 Isuzu D-Max in the country. According to the teasers, the all-new D-Max will be launched virtually via Facebook and YouTube on 4-March 2021. Based on the few teasers that were uploaded, the Filipino-spec D-Max could resemble that of the Thai-spec D-Max. As such, the Filipino D-Max will be imported from Thailand. Just like the Thai-spec D-Max, the Filipino-spec D-Max could be powered by two engi

The Mazda 2 is often regarded as one of the best handling B-segment hatchback money can buy. After nearly seven years of being on sale, a replacement is said to be coming soon. If reports from Japan are to be believed, the next-gen Mazda 2 could debut as soon as September 2021 – seven months away. At least for the Japanese market, the next-gen Mazda 2 will ride on Mazda’s own platform, unlike the European market Mazda 2, which is slated to be a rebadged TNGA-B Toyota Yaris. Yikes. Platform aside

Once the forays of the wealthy, sports utility vehicles (SUVs) are now commonplace. It's hard not to take notice, and recently a reader got in touch with us through our WapCar Forum asking what's the best sub-RM 150k SUV they can buy in Malaysia. And since we're all about the details, the cars we list here take into account the extension of SST exemption until 30-June 2021. Oh and do take note that the government's plan to revise the existing Open Market Value (OMV) calculations has been shelved