In Malaysia, the Toyota Innova is seen as a humble family MPV (or airport taxi) but in Indonesia, it represents a lot of pride that dates back 45 years. Known as the Toyota Kijang in the archipelago, it is the car that kicked things off for the Indonesian automotive industry. The Kijang has been an endeering endearing name among Indonesians to the point that it was even considered Indonesia’s unofficial national car. There have been a few homegrown carmakers popping up in Indonesia since the fir

The Toyota Corolla Cross is now Toyota's bestseller in Brazil, beating out its stablemate, the Toyota Corolla sedan. Toyota's latest compact SUV, launched in Malaysia earlier in March this year, sold 4,710 units in June 2021, overtaking the Corolla's 3,544 units in the same period. Also read: Priced from RM 124k, Toyota Corolla Cross launched in Malaysia, full ADAS, 3D 360-deg cam, TNGA This is remarkable because it marks the first time in Toyota's history in Brazil that the Toyota Corolla has b

The all-new 2022 Honda Civic sedan went on sale in the US last week and media embargoes for its review were lifted at the same time. With multiple publications sharing their impressions on the 2022 Honda Civic, we thought we’d summarize them for your consumption. How does the 2022 Honda Civic FE drive? In short, it’s a familiar experience for those who are accustomed to the outgoing FC-generation Honda Civic, except that it’s improved in just about every aspect. Roadshow by CNET said that the 20

You can find thousands of them in almost every country, Malaysia included, and they're usually very hardy too. Nope, I'm not talking about cockroaches nor kapchais, but rather the Honda Civic. As the nameplate celebrates its 49th year, we now have the 11th-generation Civic to look forward to, codenamed the Civic FE. What is the all-new Civic? It's the latest in a line of models that harks back to 1972. Hence, for the 11th-generation the Civic gets a safe new look (but evidently rather divisive..

First launched in Malaysia in 2016, the FC generation Honda Civic is going into the fifth (and final legs) of its 5-year model life but look at it today, it hasn’t even aged one bit, not even when parked next to its younger rivals like the Toyota Corolla Altis, or even higher priced imported rivals like the Mazda 3 and Hyundai Elantra. Korean rivals like the Kia Cerato are now nowhere to be seen while other European pretenders that used to vie for the crown have since packed up and left – Volksw

The Mitsubishi Outlander debuted in the year 2014 and is now rather long in the tooth. However, a the replacement model is on the way and test mules have been spied testing since September 2019. As expected, now that Mitsubishi is part of the Renault Nissan Mitsubishi Alliance, the next generation Outlander will share platform with the next generation Nissan X-Trail. According to a report by Japan’s Nikkei business daily, the next generation Outlander will be powered by a Nissan engine, a sign o