National carmaker Proton closed 2023 by posting its best sales performance since 2012, achieving a fifth consecutive year of sales growth. In December, 12,711 units were sold, bringing the year-end total to 154,611 units (domestic + export), a 9.3% increase over the 2022 sales of 141,432 units. Proton's overall market share is calculated at 19.4%, and it ended the year ranked second in overall sales, maintaining this position for the fifth consecutive year. Strong market demand for the Persona,

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..

The Toyota Corolla Altis has seen better days. Sales is faltering not just in Malaysia but also in Thailand, where Big T reigns supreme. Even after accounting for the Corolla Altis’ sizeable fleet sales to Bangkok’s iconic taxi companies, more than half of Thailand’s C-segment sedan market is still dominated by the Honda Civic. That's a big change from 20 years ago, when the Corolla Altis was the dominant sedan of the early 2000s. The Corolla Altis was a car that everyone young and old would cov

The Volvo XC40 Recharge T5 plug-in hybrid has already gone on sale in Thailand, imported from Malaysia. Specifically, it’s imported from the Volvo Car Manufacturing’s plant in Shah Alam. The Volvo XC40 is the only model in Volvo Car Malaysia’s line-up to not be offered as a plug-in hybrid, so it’s only a matter of time before the plug-in hybrid variant is launched in Malaysia. Currently, the XC40 is only offered in Malaysia in one T5 R-Design AWD variant, priced from RM 241,450 (SST-exempted, va

The 2020 Toyota Corolla Cross is officially unveiled in Thailand and we have some photos courtesy of our friends at Autofun. Let's take a closer look at the newest Toyota crossover. Straight away, we would definitely call this Corolla Cross a looker. We initially thought it might look like a jacked-up Corolla hatchback with plastic cladding but this is better. There is black plastic cladding that surrounds the bottom and the wheel arches. The top of the line 1.8-litre Hybrid Premium Safety featu

The wait is over. The 2020 Proton X70, now rolling off the Tanjung Malim plant, is officially launched and prices start from RM 94,800 to RM 122,800. There are 4 variants for the locally assembled 2020 Proton X70 CKD: Standard, Executive, Premium and Premium X. Standard - RM 94,800 (-RM 5,000) Executive - RM 106,800 (-RM 3,000) Premium - RM 119,800 (replaces AWD Executive, previously priced at RM 115,800) Premium X - RM 122,800 (-RM 1,000) What's new? For starters, there is a new colour named Sp