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

Kia delivered 2,903,619 vehicles in 2022, up 4.6 percent from the year before despite facing strong headwinds due to the global shortage of semiconductor parts. Its top 3 best-sellers are SUVs. The Kia Sportage is its No.1 selling model worldwide, with 452,068 units delivered. This is followed by the Kia Seltos with 310,418 units, and the Kia Sorento with 222,570 units. These three SUV models contribute 33 percent of Kia’s global sales for 2022. The company did not reveal its sales figures for o

Honda Malaysia recently held a ceremony at Honda authorized dealer, MH Prestige Auto Sdn. Bhd. to honour the first owner of the 2022 Honda Civic e:HEV RS, Mr. Chin Kok Fung. As a token of appreciation, Mr. Chin Kok Fung received Honda Accessories and Official Honda Merchandise worth RM4,000 from Honda Malaysia. Also read: 2022 Honda Civic RS e:HEV hybrid launched in Malaysia; priced from RM 167k, 315 Nm, Key Card Honda Malaysia Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Hironobu Yoshimur

Discontinued due to poor sales of previous gen Sedan outsold hatchback in Thailand by 10:1 Also affects Australian-market cars This is it, the end of the line for the Honda Civic Hatchback in Thailand: reports suggest that the all-new, 2022 model (codenamed FL) won't make it there, owing to poor sales figures of the previous generation hatch compared to the sedan. Volume makes or breaks a car, and looking at the numbers of the previous-gen Civic FC (sedan) and FK (hatchback), the former outsells

UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) has updated the 2021 Toyota Innova, Toyota Hilux, and Toyota Fortuner in Malaysia. With that, prices have also increased by about RM 2k for the Hilux, RM 4k for the Innova and Fortuner. The respective models' updated prices (with SST exemption, if applicable) are as follows: Prices Model Previous Updated Toyota Innova 2.0X RM 129,677 RM 133,355 Toyota Hilux 2.8 Rogue RM 144,880 RM 146,880 Toyota Fortuner 2.8 VRZ RM 203,167 RM 207,553 Under the hood of the Innova is a 2.0-

Globally, 56 million vehicles were sold in 2020 and while each country has its own best-selling car, there can only be one winner in terms of worldwide sales. Unsurprisingly, it’s the Toyota Corolla which sold 1.15 million units last year. This is according to data provided by Felipe Munoz, a global automotive analyst at JATO Dynamics who also runs @carindustryanalysis on social media. Toyota has 3 of its models in the top 5. In addition to the Corolla, the RAV4 and Camry were placed 2nd and 5th