When Toyota unveiled the all-new 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser Prado (250 Series) in August, it also revealed two silhouettes of what could be future extensions of the Land Cruiser line-up at the end of the livestream. Not long after, Japan’s biggest carmaker applied the Land Hopper name for trademark at the Japan Patent Office. While many in the automotive media speculated that this is the name given for either of the two Land Cruiser-looking derivatives or even for the production version of the 500

Good news to Malaysians who label themselves as very important! The long-awaited all-new 2023 Toyota Alphard will be launching in Japan very soon and there are leaked photos of both it and the all-new Vellfire circulating around the internet. The latest set of photos began making waves across Japanese social media as it is rumoured that the all-new AH40 Alphard/Vellfire could be launched in the country around the middle of the year. Based on these photos, the all-new Alphard will be keeping its

The Japan Automobile Dealers Association (JADA) and All Japan Light Motor Vehicle Associations have announced the sales figures of cars sold in the Land of the Rising Sun for the first half of 2022. For the first half of fiscal year 2022, which is recorded from April to September, the best-selling car is in fact the Honda N-Box, with 86,876 units sold overall. Year-on-year, sales of the N-Box has increased by 96 percent. Also Read: Honda Freed becomes Japan's No.1 minivan in H1 2022 as Toyota Si

Japan may have one of the lowest crime rates globally but that doesn’t mean it’s a completely clean country. Vehicles do get stolen and in Saitama Prefecture, the most popular stolen vehicle is the Toyota Alphard. Yes, Japanese car thieves fancy the luxury breadbox on wheels as much as our VIPs and politicians. By the way, Saitama is located 38 minutes away from Tokyo, and manga/anime fans may recognise the name from a certain bald, caped superhero who fights off enemies with one punch. Also rea

When it comes to Hyundai, there is no escaping the critiques. It’s either “the features are not good enough”, or the inevitable “RM 200,000 for a Hyundai?” These criticisms surrounded the 2020 Hyundai Sonata since its pending arrival in Malaysia was announced. But does the car deserve the criticism? We pit the Sonata spec-sheet to spec-sheet against rivals Honda Accord and Toyota Camry to find out. The Price To be fair, talk about its high price is understandable. The Sonata has a full retail pr

As reported earlier, Bermaz Auto is expected to launch the seven-seater Mazda CX-8 sometime next month. The model will be locally-assembled at the Mazda Malaysia plant in Kulim. The plant is 30 percent owned by Bermaz Auto, with the rest owned by Mazda Motor Corporation. We can now confirm that the Kulim-assembled CX-8 is not only be sold domestically, but will also be exported to the Philippines, where Bermaz Auto’s subsidiary Bermaz Auto Philippines is also the authorized distributor. Exports