Few cars are as instrumental as the Honda Civic in threatening gas-guzzling land yachts and blowing up the whole tuned imports scene in America within a span of 50 years. In Malaysia, the Civic has always been associated with our own modification culture in both boosting VTEC power and pretending to be a Type R. Since 1972, nearly 30 million Civics have been sold in 170 countries around the globe and to call it a major success for Honda is an understatement. While the first-gen might look like a

The 2022 Volvo XC40 facelift has been revealed with sharper looks and updated infotainment system with Android Automotive OS. Volvo has given the XC40 a new front bumper with more angular design motifs, and the signature Thor’s Hammer LED headlights are still featured albeit in a triangular shape. The fully-electric (EV) Recharge P8 variant gets a frameless grille plate to keep it visually in sync with the Volvo C40 Recharge, aligning two of Volvo’s current EV line-up. Inside, changes are limite

In this week’s WapCar Ratings, we’re analyzing the 2019 Mazda 3 Sedan 2.0 High Plus to evaluate all aspects from driving performance to purchase and cost. Mazda 3 Sedan Driving Performance – 37.5/50 pts, feels like an extension of your body 2019 Mazda 3 2.0L Sedan High Plus - Facts and Figures Engine 2.0L 4-cylinder NA Transmission 6-speed automatic Power 162 PS @ 6,000 rpm Torque 213 Nm @ 4,000 rpm Weight 1,402 kg 0-100 km/h 9.9 seconds 100-0 km/h 38.3 metres Power from the 2.0-litre naturally

Volkswagen appears to be doubling-up its SUV strategy in America by releasing a couple of teaser images of its latest compact SUV which will slot below the Tiguan. The official reveal will take place on 13-October 2020 and some speculate that the model will be based on the Chinese-market Tharu. This will also be shared with the as-yet-to-launch Tarek for the Brazilian and Latin American markets. Some speculate that the Tarek name will be used in the Latin American markets but America might be ge

The Toyota Corolla Cross made its global debut in Thailand last week. Production has already begun in Thailand and the Corolla Cross will be in dealerships across the land of smiles later this month. As for the Malaysian market, the Corolla Cross will make its way here and UMW Toyota Motor hinted that it will be locally assembled. Currently, the manufacturing plant at Bukit Raja has a capacity of 50,000 units per year. According to MAA’s production data, the plant produced around 37,000 units la

We’ve previously reported a spy shot of the upcoming Toyota Corolla Cross and determined that the SUV will be coming with a big spoiler on its back. Now we have our first look of the front-end. It looks like Toyota is pulling all the stops to prevent us from even predicting the general shape of the car. As the front-end was heavily camouflaged and came complete with cut-out shapes created to deliberately confuse us. But from what little we can see it looks like the Corolla Cross will have a LED