Dealers have announced that bookings for the locally-assembled (CKD Kulim) 2023 Kia Carnival 11-seater are now open, signalling that the model's official launch should be happening sometime soon. Some of them have even given it a preliminary estimated pricetag of RM 218,000; and while that is slightly higher than the RM 200k the fully-imported variants of the 11-seater Carnival currently commands, this could spell a specs update too to bring it better in-line with the CKD 7- and 8-seater variant

More details surrounding the soon-to-launch Proton X90, and this time around, details surrounding the 7-seater SUV’s rear suspension have emerged. Depending on where you read, sources claim that the Malaysian-spec Proton X90 would be equipped with a multi-link-type rear suspension, instead of a torsion beam-type rear suspension. To verify this claim, we checked the specifications of the Geely Haoyue in China, as well as export market versions of the SUV, in which the model is called the Geely Ok

So, another year older, another year marked with interesting (or forgettable) cars, and we'll be doing it all over again next year. SUVs will undoubtedly continue to play a greater focus here, so in this article – part one of three – we'll look at the possible non-luxury, non-EV SUVs that are very likely to launch in Malaysia in 2023. Hang on to your downpayments, we're going straight in... 2023 Chery Omoda 5 We'll start off with a bang, perhaps the most awaited-for model in this list. It's alre

The cat’s out of the bag – During the launch of the 2022 Proton Saga MC2 earlier today, Proton’s CEO Dr Li Chunrong said, "Over the next 2 years, we will launch at least 3 brand-new models". That pretty much confirms that Proton will be launching not one, not two, but at least three brand-new models over the next 2 years, starting from 2023. Geely Haoyue-based Proton X90 – Largest SUV yet The first one isn’t too hard to guess, as the model has been spotted in Malaysia a few times already. We’re

This is the 2021 Geely Haoyue - long touted to be the upcoming 'Proton X90' - and it's been spied testing on Malaysian roads. Looking at Funtasticko's video, the blocky silhouette and large stature is indicative that this is the Haoyue, also known as the Okavango in the Philippines. We’ve talked about the Proton V70 MPV (Geely Jiaji) as a viable candidate previously, but the MPV segment is a diminishing one - futher fueling speculations that the Haoyue is likelier to be adapted by Proton. Which

We often overlooked how much progress today’s automotive technology have made. It wasn’t very long ago that any car with over 100 PS of power and accelerates from 0-100 km/h in under 10 seconds is considered impressive. The original hot hatch, the Volkswagen Golf GTI made headlines with its 110 PS and a 0-100 km/h time of 9.6 seconds. Today’s nondescript family cars offer performance that thirty years ago, was the domain of sports cars, even if the specifications don’t suggest anything remotely