You may have noticed our king of the road, the Perodua Myvi, slugging it out in the Sepang 1000KM (S1K) endurance race last year. That made it the first and only Myvi to take on the gruelling S1K race and this year, the team are back with a vengeance for a stronger finish under a new name. Now dubbed the DMM 204 Speedster, the team are gearing up for the 2023 S1K with new faces and new sponsors but with the same goal of bettering their record last year. The demanding race sees even experienced t

The Malaysian automotive landscape completely changed on 25 May 2005 with the launch of the first generation Perodua Myvi. P2 was the second choice among Malaysians and it was even stated explicitly in the name but the Myvi became a sensational smash that Perodua began overtaking Proton as Malaysia’s best-selling brand not long after. The Myvi has gone through 3 generations since its launch nearly 20 years ago and barely stepped off the top podium in the sales chart every year. It’s not the same

Perodua Myvi vs Toyota Yaris : how do they compare? The Perodua Myvi and the Toyota Yaris are actually more alike on paper than you think. Here’s what their specifications look like next to each other, in their highest variants. Perodua Myvi 1.5 AV vs Toyota Yaris 1.5G benchmark specs Price : RM58,800 vs RM84,808 Engine : Both have a 1.5-litre inline-4 engine Transmission : Both have a CVT Power : 103 PS and 136 Nm vs 107 PS and 140 Nm 0-100 km/h : 10.2 s vs 9.6 s Fuel economy (l/100km) : 4.7 vs

In case you were living in another planet, the wraps came off from the 2022 Perodua Myvi facelift. The earth is round, Malaysia is a tropical country, the Myvi will continue to be exceedingly popular in showrooms. So far, it's business as usual on every front. 16 years on, the Myvi remains on of the most enduring nameplates with the Malaysian car buying public. Why? Easy, the Myvi was a car that was easy to maintain, idiot-proof to drive, nippy around town, and best of all, had an affordable sti

The UMW Group’s automotive sales surged by 63.8 percent to 36,358 units in October 2021 compared with 22,193 units sold in September 2021. The stellar growth was achieved on the back of strong recovery in sales of Toyota (including Lexus) and Perodua vehicles in Malaysia. UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) registered sales of 8,500 units in October 2021, 5.8 percent higher than the 8,033 units sold in September 2021. Toyota Vios continues to be the marque’s best-selling model for October 2021, followed by

In the early 2000s, the hardworking people at Perodua were scratching their heads trying to understand why sales of their oldest model, the Perodua Kancil was increasing. Isn’t that a good thing you ask? Well normally, you would expect demand for an ageing model to decline over time. However, between 1995 and 2002, sales of the Perodua Kancil grew by 56 percent, from 39,856 units to 62,279 units, outpacing the industry’s overall growth by 6 percent. This is highly unusual because by 2002, the Ka