While the Toyota Vios entered its newest generation, the AC100, its hatchback twin, the Yaris is still soldiering on with the older platform. The XP150 Yaris has gotten an extensive third facelift which made its debut in Thailand, but some markets are still offering the outgoing second facelift like Malaysia. One market that decided to give up on the XP150 Yaris though is the Philippines with Auto Industriya reporting that the hatchback has been quietly dropped from Toyota Motor Philippines’ (TM

City Hatchback offers more rear legroom than City Sedan ULTRA seats unique only to Hatchback variant The Honda City Hatchback has just been launched in Malaysia earlier today. Honda’s latest B-segment hatchback will take over the spot vacated by the Honda Jazz, and will go up against the Toyota Yaris (from RM 70,940 to RM 84,808). Prices for the City Hatchback is slightly higher than the City Sedan, ranging from RM 75,670 to RM 87,860 (RS e:HEV variant to be announced later). For comparison, the

Admit it, everyone was a little bit disappointed upon finding out that the all-new Honda Jazz won' make it to Malaysia. The nameplate, after all, has been a firm favourite with Malaysian buyers. All is not lost however, because you can still pick up a used GK-generation Honda Jazz for not a lot of money. In my books, it's still a brilliant little B-segment hatchback. Here's what you need to know if you're in the market for one. Value User's Car Which variant should you plump for? When it was lau

The B-segment sedan race is heating up for sure with UMW Toyota just only announcing (estimated) prices for the latest 2021 Toyota Vios facelift. Malaysians are pretty much spoilt for choice in getting a brand-new B-segment sedan with rivals like the Honda City and the Nissan Almera also vying to get buyers. However, which of the three would be the right choice? We’ll take a quick look and compare the highest specs (highest petrol-powered variant in the case of the City) of the 3 popular non-nat

Fun fact: The Toyota Yaris shares the same engine as the Perodua Myvi 1.5L. In fact, both engines are made at the same Daihatsu Perodua Engine Manufacturing plant in Sendayan. Yes, the engines have different engine codes – 2NR-FE for the Toyota Yaris and 2NR-VE for the Perodua Myvi – but they are essentially the same aluminum block engines with slightly different tuning. The one fitted in the Toyota Yaris makes slightly more power, 107 PS and 140 Nm versus 103 PS and 136 Nm for the Myvi. So why

Come August 2020, the all-new, fourth-generation Honda Jazz will go on sale in China. The model was leaked onto the internet back in May, donning a different front fascia compared to the one we saw in Tokyo. Unlike its Japanese counterpart, the China market Jazz (sold in China as the Fit) has a proper front grille, while the Japanese Jazz gets a more flat-looking, one-piece front-end. In fact, the front bumper design for both models are different. Buyers in China also have the option which is th