After its global debut in Japan in November 2022, the all-new C28 generation Nissan Serena is now in Singapore, debuting ahead of Hong Kong and Malaysia – the two other key markets of the Serena in Asia. No prices have been announced yet, so this is just a preview in the island state, at the 2024 Singapore Motor Show. The event is organized by the Motor Traders Association of Singapore. Tan Chong Motor Sales Pte. Ltd., the distributor of Nissan, and its sister company Motor Image Enterprises Pte

The all-new C28 sixth generation 2023 Nissan Serena was announced for Japan in November last year, initially with a 2.0-litre naturally aspired MR20DD engine (150 PS / 200 Nm). Bookings for the fuel-sipping series-hybrid 1.4-litre e-Power variant (HR14DDe, 163 PS / 315 Nm) followed later in February 2023. Now, Nissan has revealed it has collected over 20,000 bookings for the Serena e-Power variant in just two months. Deliveries will begin on 20-April. Nissan adds that e-Power variants now contri

In Malaysia, the Toyota Innova is seen as a humble family MPV (or airport taxi) but in Indonesia, it represents a lot of pride that dates back 45 years. Known as the Toyota Kijang in the archipelago, it is the car that kicked things off for the Indonesian automotive industry. The Kijang has been an endeering endearing name among Indonesians to the point that it was even considered Indonesia’s unofficial national car. There have been a few homegrown carmakers popping up in Indonesia since the fir

The 7-seater / MPV segment in Malaysia hasn’t seen much action over the past couple of years. The Proton Exora and Perodua Alza are the longest-serving models here (and still are), while models like Nissan Grand Livina and Proton Ertiga have came and gone without a respective replacement model. Then in 2017, the Honda BR-V was launched, followed by the Perodua Aruz in 2018, which reignited the segment for a bit. But that was it – for the past three years since the Aruz made its Malaysian debut,

The current generation C27 Nissan Serena was introduced in Japan on July 2016. Two years later in May 2018, a locally-assembled variant of the Nissan Serena S-Hybrid was launched in Malaysia, produced at the Tan Chong Motor Assemblies’ Segambut plant. Five years into its model life, the C27 Serena is now due for a replacement. An all-new 2022 Nissan Serena is expected to be launched next year, with a preview possible as early as October 2021. According to some reports from the Japanese press, th

Geely has dropped several more teasers of its upcoming 7-seater SUV, this time releasing sketches of the new model’s dashboard. Codenamed VX11, the upcoming SUV will be called Haoyue (豪越) when it goes on sale in China. Prior to the model’s debut, Geely has dropped some interior sketches of the new SUV, giving us an early look of the dashboard. According to Geely, the Haoyue’s centre air-conditioning vents incorporate an infinity (∞) design, with a floating-style infotainment display sitting on t