Indonesia’s de facto national car, the Toyota Innova has been crowned the country’s best-selling car of 2023 with 66,459 units sold according to Gaikindo’s sales report. This is followed by the Toyota Avanza (62,275 units) and the Honda Brio (62,008 units). There is a disclaimer for the Innova’s sales figures though as it combined the numbers of both the outgoing rear-wheel drive (RWD) Innova which is only available with a diesel powerplant, and its front-wheel drive (FWD) successor. The FWD Inn

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia (TMMIN) has just released its production data for export markets in the first half of 2023 (H1 2023) which saw 139,581 units being made at its plants all over the archipelago. Toyota alone contributed 52.6% of the total figure of export production models in Indonesia during H1 2023. Based on Gaikindo’s data, a total of 248,004 units of completely built-up (CBU) vehicles were exported from Indonesia. TMMIN doesn’t have the data for individual models but the mo

In what seems like a blink of an eye, another year has passed and 2022 is now behind us. While we took a look at what SUVs and MPVs that will be coming soon (sedan to follow next), let’s take a look and see which cars were axed last year. Compared to 2021, last year witnessed fewer cars that were discontinued. Regardless, the departure of some of these models leave a void that may or may not be filled in the near future. BMW X2 The F39 BMW X2 was launched in Malaysia back in 2018 as an imported

A local dealer has revealed initial details of the locally-assembled (CKD) Kia Carnival on its Facebook page. According to the post, the CKD Kia Carnival will be available in three variants, with prices estimated between RM 235k to RM 260k. The post also mentioned that the CKD Kia Carnival will be offered in 7- and 8-seater configurations, perhaps determined based on the selected variant. Further details in terms of specs are still scarce, although the post mentioned that the CKD Kia Carnival wi

New Innova could switch to FWD, unibody layout Looks set to receive some form of electrification Expect it on roads as early as October 2022 The possible front-wheel drive all-new 2023 Toyota Innova has popped up again on our radar, this time in similar guise of a development mule in Bengaluru, India, after first making an appearance in Thailand last month. It was caught by MotorBeam and reshared to Instagram by Indonesian automotive sleuth, Indra Fathan. While they only managed a side and rear

Dinamikjaya Motors, the new distributor for Kia vehicles in Malaysia and subsidiary of Bermaz Auto, is expected to launch the locally-assembled (CKD) all-new Kia Carnival sometime in early 2022, according to an investors’ newsletter by RHB Investment. The timeline is more or less consistent with Bermaz Auto’s reply to questions from the press regarding the commencement of locally assembled Kia models at the company’s jointly-owned (with Sime Darby Motors) Inokom plant in Kulim. Earlier in April,