BYD ended April 2024 by recording its best-ever monthly sales for exports, at 41,011 units, up 176.6% year-on-year. The figure excludes BYD buses, but includes BYD’s passenger sub-brands Denza and Formula Bao. To date, BYD has exported over 430,000 vehicles, including commercial vehicles. From January to April 2024, BYD sold 936,446 units of ‘new energy vehicle’ passenger cars globally, up 23.6% from the same four-month period last year. April 2024’s figures amounted to 313,245 units, up 3.5% fr

Nikkei Asia reported that BYD is to invest 17.9 billion baht (~RM 2.2 billion) in Rayong province, according to an official at Thailand’s Board of Investment. This move is said to make Thailand its production hub for Southeast Asia. "The WHA group has sealed a deal to sell a big plot of land in our industrial estate in Rayong province," said Jareeporn Jarukornsakul, industrial estate developer WHA's co-founder and chairman, to Nikkei Asia. The deal with WHA is expected to be announced soon. The

Since last week, Honda Malaysia begun organizing previews of its all-new 2022 Honda HR-V at various dealers, and from what we’ve gathered, the new B-segment crossover is on its way to be an immensely popular model, just like its predecessor. According to dealers we spoke to, interest for the all-new 2022 Honda HR-V is very encouraging. So much so that interest levels surpass the FE Honda Civic. Also Read: Despite parts shortage, 2022 Honda Civic FE tops Malaysia's Q1 C-segment sedan sales chart

Though Indonesia is a land where MPVs are king, it is threatened by the rise of crossovers and SUVs much like many markets around the world. With the all-new Honda BR-V scaring the likes of the Toyota Avanza and the Mitsubishi Xpander, Honda has another model in store to compete against smaller SUVs like the Kia Sonet and Toyota Raize. According to information gathered by OtoDriver, Honda is planning to launch a smaller version of the BR-V to compete in this lucrative and growing segment. Source

The current-generation Toyota Vios is in its eighth year of its lifecycle and is due for a replacement model soon. Now, a report from AutoIndustriya has revealed that the next-generation Toyota Vios will be launched in Thailand in August 2022, followed by a hybrid version a year later in August 2023. The next-generation Toyota Vios' codename is D92A - a Daihatsu format model code. Why Daihatsu, and not Toyota? The Daihatsu link to the Vios is via an internal Toyota-Daihasu company called Emergin

Eye candies are usually exquisite works of art that seem to be out of reach for many of us. Whether they’re models, artworks, or even cars, these beauties can’t be experienced by many of us regular folk. But hang on, as the overused saying goes: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Calling something pretty or beautiful is purely subjective. For some of us, we enjoy the beauty in what some might consider the mundane. Let’s face it, some of us would much rather get the girl next door than a super