Closing strong in October, national carmaker Proton is inching closer to a fifth consecutive year of sales growth with just two months to go in 2023. The company sold 12,772 units in October to bring its year-to-date (YTD) figure to 129,604 units (domestic and export) for the first 10 months of 2023, equivalent to a 12.3 percent increase over the same period in 2022. Also read: Proton sales drops for September 2023 but most models remain among segment leaders Compared to the previous month, sale

“Have you had durian before?,” I asked my instructor Andrea Nori. “No..what is that? Is it like a papaya?” His assumption is just based on what he knows, but cutely wide off the mark – and despite my attempts at convincing him it "doesn’t really smell that strong" and "tastes sweet" – I’m sure man was definitely in for a surprise. It's funny but my experience isn't all that different anyway. The last time I was on the Sepang International Circuit I drove a Vios and a GR Yaris, and today I have a

The Honda Jazz, which is sold as the Fit in Japan, is now stuck in a rut. Sales has been in a free fall for most of 2021, while arch-rival Toyota Yaris, despite being a smaller, less practical car, is firmly entrenched as Japan’s No.1 selling car. Yes, the Yaris’ numbers include the Yaris Cross and GR Yaris (Toyota doesn’t separate sales numbers for the Yaris family), but given that the Yaris family sells 5x more than the Jazz, it is safe to say that however you choose to dissect the numbers, th

Following Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yasin’s announcement last week with regard to the Short-Term Economic Recovery plan, Volvo Car Malaysia today released its new price list for all Volvo CKD (Completely Knocked Down) models to exclude sales tax, effective 15 June to 31 December 2020. Nalin Jain, Managing Director of Volvo Car Malaysia, said: “We fully welcome the introduction of the sales tax holiday and are grateful for the opportunity to pass on the full benefits to our customers. The

The all-new fourth-generation Honda Jazz (known as the Fit in Japan), made its global premiere at the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show (TMS) with a fresh exterior design, revamped cabin and a new hybrid powertrain. Visually, the Jazz gets a roundel appearance that draws more parallels to the second-generation Jazz (GE) rather than the sharper third-generation model (GK). The interior has decluttered even further with minimal buttons, LCD instrument cluster, floating centre display and electronic parking br

Volvo said that more information on the electric XC40 will be dispersed in the coming weeks and here they are drawing attention on the infotainment system. The new infotainment system is powered by Android for better intuitiveness and like Android based smartphones, it allows for personalisation and incorporates Google technology. So the system gets full integration of Android Automotive OS, Google’s open-source Android platform, with real-time updates to services such as Google Maps, Google Ass