After the refreshed 2024 Toyota Hilux snagged headlines earlier today, next week will be all about the 2024 Toyota Corolla Cross facelift, as it will be unveiled in Thailand on Thursday, 8-February 2024. It will be the car's mid-life update since it made its global debut in July 2020 (time flies, doesn't it?), and typical of those, what's obvious in today's teaser are refreshed looks. The headlight signature is reminiscent of the Corolla Cross sold in other markets, with new daytime running ligh

CKD Mazda CX-30 to be launched in Malaysia by early-2023 Estimated prices to be similar to a CX-5 CBU Mazda CX-30 is currently priced from RM 145,759 to RM 168,673 Following Bermaz Motor’s announcement of the fully imported (CBU) Mazda MX-30 EV, we can now make a reasonable conclusion that Mazda’s third locally-assembled (CKD) model will be the Mazda CX-30. Both the Mazda CX-30 and Mazda MX-30 are related cars, and have previously been rumoured to be candidates for local assembly at Mazda Malays

Sportage is Kia's best-selling model Contributing nearly 15% of global sales Top-sellers are SUVs Kia Corporation recorded total global sales of 250,646 units in March 2022, a 0.9 percent decrease year on year. For sales outside of Korea, Kia recorded sales of 205,580 units, up 1.8 percent year over year. In the month of March, the SUV line-up led the global sales with Sportage being highest selling model. Sportage recorded global sales of 36,154 units in March. Also read: The CKD Kia Sportage i

Overseas media has spotted the Toyota Corolla Cross testing in the United States, fueling speculations that it's the next market to receive the hit new SUV. On the surface, the camouflaged Corolla Cross looks pretty much like ours, even down to the wheels that are available on our forthcoming 1.8V variant. However, it might also have certain market-specific visual differences too. Powertrains are still up in the air in the meantime: Japanese media speculates that it's the hybrid being tested, bu

‘Sells like hotcakes’ is what every carmaker wants to hear about their models. This time, Toyota has done it with their newly launched Toyota RAV4 plug-in hybrid (PHEV) that has sold so well, they've had to suspend orders. Launched in Japan on June 8, Toyota originally planned to sell 300 units a month in Japan, but it soon racked up over 1,000 orders across both the Japanese and North American markets. Japanese media cites two limiting factors that have led to this news: battery supply constrai

Mitsubishi Outlander is equipped with a 2.4L engine codenamed 4J12 that matches the CVT gearbox. Maximum horsepower 165 hp at 6,000 rpm, maximum torque 220 Nm at 4,200 rpm. This data can only be considered as the middle level in the main competing products. 0-100km/h Accelerated test: 10.8s First of all, let's first look at the accelerated performance of Outlander. Because the Outlander uses a CVT transmission, the system protects it and the maximum speed at the start is controlled at around 240