The Honda WR-V is a latecomer into Indonesia’s fast growing budget SUV market. Up until last year, the A-segment SUV was dominated by the Toyota Raize / Daihatsu Rocky duo – Indonesian twins of our Perodua Ativa. All that changed when the Honda WR-V was launched in November 2022 and deliveries started in December. Within 3 months, Honda is now sitting on over 5,000 outstanding orders and as of February 2023, the Honda WR-V controls over 40 percent of Indonesia’s A-SUV segment. Cumulative 2023 sa

Less than 6 months since the Chery Omoda 5 went on sale in China, the new B-segment SUV has now landed in Malaysia. In China, the Chery Omoda 5 is priced between RMB 92,900 (~RM 60k) to RMB 126,900 (~RM 82k), undercutting the Honda XR-V 1.5 NA there (sold here as the Honda HR-V, priced between RMB 132,900 to RMB 152,900) by 20 to 43 percent, depending on variant. The Omoda 5 is part of Chery’s preview event held recently, giving us a sneak peak of Chery’s most eye-catching model to-date. It is w

The all-new, 2022 Honda BR-V could make its market debut in Malaysia as early as next year. This is following news that the all new Honda BR-V will be launched in Indonesia by the end of this year. According to a report by Otodriver, production will start in Indonesia in December 2021. Apart from that, the all-new BR-V will also be assembled in Malaysia and India. “The next-gen BR-V will only be made in Indonesia, India and Malaysia. Malaysia will bring in CKD (Completely Knocked Down) units fro

With UMW Toyota Malaysia (UMWT) launching the new 2021 Toyota Innova facelift alongside the also refreshed Toyota Fortuner earlier this month, we’re gonna take a closer look at the range-topping 2.0 X variant. Priced from RM 129,677 excluding SST which is valid until 30-June 2021, the Innova 2.0 X facelift costs RM 2,551 more than the pre-facelift 2.0 X. With that price bump, what are the features that make this facelift worth it? Exterior – Major changes in the front, not so the rest The most o

The new Toyota Yaris-based SUV was initially scheduled for a debut at the 2020 Geneva International Motor Show in March, but the reveal was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Could debut tomorrow Despite that setback, a post by Spanish publication Auto Nocion has claimed that Toyota will be launching the new SUV tomorrow (23-April), though the publication did not cite any sources. Wait, wasn’t the Yaris Cross announced last year? The difference between the upcoming Yaris-based SUV and the e

Well, yes and no. Yes, they are both 1.5-litre Dual VVT-i engine from the NR engine family and they are both made in the same Daihatsu Perodua Engine Manufacturing plant in Sendayan Techvalley in Negeri Sembilan. And no, they have slightly different engine codes, 2NR-FE for the Toyota Yaris and 2NR-VE for the Perodua Myvi. However, it’s just a different suffix for Toyota and Daihatsu. Wikipedia will tell you otherwise, saying that the Daihatsu's 2NR-VE is an steel block while the Toyota's 2NR-FE