GWM Malaysia recently announced, in a social media post celebrating the achievement of producing the 300,000th unit, that the Tank 300 is set to make its debut in Malaysia soon. Tank is among the 5 sub-brands within the GWM umbrella alongside Ora and Haval. There are currently three models in the Tank lineup – Tank 300, 400, and 500. Originally introduced in China in 2020, the GWM Tank 300 is equipped with a 2.0-litre turbocharged petrol engine coupled with an 8-speed automatic transmission, sen

Mazda has released its results for the first half of the FY2024, ending March 31, 2024, covering the period from April 1 to September 30, 2023. Global sales of Mazda vehicles grew 20 percent to hit 616,000 units. Despite the threat of high inflation and high energy prices, Mazda recorded its best-ever first-half year profit. Net sales were up 41 percent to 2.317 trillion Yen, while operating income was up 135 percent, to 129.6 billion Yen. Continued supply chain disruptions, including a typhoon

On Sunday (1 October 2023), Tesla launched an updated version of the Tesla Model Y in China with minor changes to the exterior and interior. It’s not as extensive as the Model 3 Highland which was announced for Malaysia last month. Indeed, the only changes seen on the updated Chinese-spec Model Y are redesigned black-painted 19-inch Gemini wheels for the base rear-wheel drive (RWD) and Long Range all-wheel drive (AWD) variants. Minor improvements added to the updated Model Y in China include a m

The Chery Group concluded 2022 with 105,483 units sold in December, totalling a record 1,232,727 units globally in 2022 (up 28.2 per cent year-on-year), of which 451,337 units were in exports (up 67.7 per cent YoY). This marks the first time Chery’s annual sales have breached the 1-million-unit barrier. Furthermore, it’s also an annual export record that means Chery has now topped Chinese-brand passenger car exports for 20 years in a row. In total, the marque has 11.2 million global users that c

Having never thought the day would come, Mazda’s having the last laugh by keeping to its word and finally, officially back to producing a rotary engine again… in 2023. The Mazda MX-30 e-Skyactiv R-EV that was unveiled in Europe will be a unique series plug-in hybrid using a rotary engine as a generator. As Mazda’s first mass-produced battery-electric vehicle, the MX-30 was lambasted for its atrocious range. Hiroshima quickly sought to remedy this the solution was in the form of a throwback to it

UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) is set to introduce a new model in Malaysia on 27-September 2021. Though the exact model is still a mystery, there are some key words in the press release that lean it to be a hybrid. Toyota's press release reads, "Stepping into tomorrow today, this journey ahead promises greater excitement, silence, harmony, energy, endurance and power, an experience that will inevitably become a life changing one." “At the risk of not revealing too much, let me just say we will be makin