Thailand’s 10-hour Idemitsu Super Endurance Southeast Asia Trophy is our region’s most interesting race you’ve never heard of. Think of it as the Thai version of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, but with familiar B/C segment cars – regular cars that make up our region’s motoring landscape. Once again, Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda participated under his ‘Morizo’ pseudonym. He raced under his self-funded ORC Rookie Racing Team, in the same modified Toyota GR Corolla that burns hydrogen instead of petrol. O

Basic information about my car: 2018 Nissan X-Trail 2.0 Aero Edition RM86,000 Reasons why I bought this car: I travel up and down Malaysia Plus Highway often due to my career, a bigger and stable vehicle is needed for safety. The X-Trail replaced my 10 year old Suzuki Swift that will shakes from wind pressure whenever large oil tanker or long distance bus overtake too close. Car selection process ● I had a budget of: RM100,000 Cash ● Models that I have considered include: Mazda CX-5, Honda HRV,

The Hyundai Avante (known as Elantra in some markets, including Malaysia) has just been given an update in Korea. As reported by The Korea Herald, the 2022 Hyundai Avante comes with enhanced sound-absorbing doors and higher-rung variants are equipped with double-glazed front windows for a quieter driving experience. Standard kit also gets a boost with options such as ‘Smart Sense 3’ that includes rear AEB and safety exit warning. Ventilated seats at the front and a 10.25-inch infotainment system

UMW Toyota Motor is sitting on over 20,000 outstanding orders, according to documents sighted by WapCar.my. Sources familiar with the matter said the company is banking on the resumption of manufacturing activities to catch up on its 62,000 units sales target announced earlier this year. As of June 2021, Toyota had sold 33,705 units (23,232 passenger cars and 10,473 commercial vehicles), achieving 54 percent of its annual target. The problem for Toyota is not that it doesn’t have enough buyers,

You’ve seen the exterior. Now, let's take a peek inside as Honda has released a sketch of the all-new 2022 Honda Civic FE’s interior. According to Honda, the all-new Civic FE’s interior utilizes the latest “simplicity and something” design language and will be applied to future Honda models. Compared to the FC-generation Civic, the new-generation model gets a floating-style infotainment display, much like the Honda Accord. The sketch also reveals that the all-new Civic gets a single, unified air

It’s impressive how many modern cars today offer advanced safety features. It wasn’t that long ago that advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) suites were only offered on expensive, high-end cars. Now, even cars like the Perodua Axia offer ADAS and even some like the underrated Nissan Almera offer autonomous emergency brakes (AEB) as standard. These driving aids help enhance the vehicle’s safety, so much so that ASEAN NCAP has revised its methodology beginning from 2021. Also read: 2021 Perodu