Fully imported from Japan, priced at RM 168,888 Subscription plan available Complimentary JomCharge membership (one year) Edaran Tan Chong Motor (ETCM) has launched the new 2023 Nissan Leaf facelift. As before, the EV is fully imported (CBU) from Japan, and is priced at RM 168,888. Previously, the pre-facelift Nissan Leaf was priced at RM 175,800. For 2023, the Nissan Leaf gets a new full-black front grille, which features the new Nissan brand logo. It is flanked by headlights with integrated LE

Ask Americans which carmaker they trust the most, and it'll be Subaru, as the brand is once again named the Most Trusted Brand for the eighth consecutive year in the 2022 Kelley Blue Book Brand Image Awards. The Kelley Blue Book Brand Image Awards are based on consumer sentiments, rated on factors such as comfort, quality, safety, and performance. Helping Subaru achieve its reputation are high average scores of the Subaru Forester, Subaru Outback, and Subaru Crosstrek (XV to us), among other mod

Hyundai Sime Darby Motors (HSDM) has officially launched the 2021 Hyundai Kona Electric in Malaysia. With prices starting from RM 149,888, the Kona Electric is now the cheapest EV in Malaysia after the Nissan Leaf. There are three variants available for the fully-imported (CBU from Korea) Hyundai Kona Electric - e-Lite, e-Plus, and e-Max, priced at RM 149,888, RM 169,888, and RM 199,888 respectively. Prices are with import, excise duty, and SST exemptions. This follows the Budget 2022 announceme

The topic of electrification is dominated by battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and rightly so, but it is also important to note that as of April 2021, there are only 2,769 BEVs in Thailand – the region’s leading market for electrified vehicles. Never mind tiny Malaysia’s 500 plus BEV population. There are however 194,789 hybrids on Thai roads. Today, one in every five new passenger cars sold in Thailand is a hybrid, a fact that is often overlooked. It’s a quiet revolution of sorts. A quiet revolu

Overseas media has spotted the Toyota Corolla Cross testing in the United States, fueling speculations that it's the next market to receive the hit new SUV. On the surface, the camouflaged Corolla Cross looks pretty much like ours, even down to the wheels that are available on our forthcoming 1.8V variant. However, it might also have certain market-specific visual differences too. Powertrains are still up in the air in the meantime: Japanese media speculates that it's the hybrid being tested, bu

Seven out of the top 10 car models kept by US car owners for 15 years or longer are made by Toyota, according to data compiled by car-focused search engine iseecars.com, which has tracked over 660,000 cars sold in the US between 1981 and 2005 for this study. Top 10 Brands Owners Keep for 15 Years or More Toyota 9.8% Honda 8.1% Subaru 8.0% Acura 7.9% Mazda 6.3% Mitsubishi 5.5% Hyundai 5.5% Chrysler 5.5% Nissan 5.3% Lexus 5.2% The company’s data showed that 9.8 percent of Toyota owners have kept t