This week's used car buying guide centres around the 2016-2020 Hyundai Ioniq, a hybrid C-segment sedan that today can be had for prices one would pay for brand-new local hatchbacks. Keen? Read on... The Hyundai Ioniq range in Malaysia The Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid was first launched in Malaysia in November 2016, locally-assembled (CKD) in Kulim. It's also the only other plant to produce the model aside from Hyundai's Ulsan plant in Korea. Our time with it however stops in 2020, and Malaysia missing o

First Civic Hybrid after 2 generations, lauunches in June 2.0-liter hybrid, with eCVT, Sensing standard Adds rear A/C vents, fully-digital meter, many more goodies It's been seven years since we last had a Civic Hybrid, but here it is once again: this is the 2022 Honda Civic e:HEV that's just made its world premiere at the Bangkok International Motor Show (BIMS), Thailand. Talk about a bang! The last time the h-word was tied to a Civic was with the FB-series, sold from 2011 to 2015. That generat

First of all, this isn’t some red herring that UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) is throwing at us. The Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid will be the first model launched in Malaysia in 2022 with UMWT uploading a teaser post on the Toyota Malaysia Facebook page. For those who want to keep track of the date, it’s 14-January 2022 which is next Friday at 9 pm. The launch will be streamed across Toyota Malaysia’s social media channels. Just a quick recap, UMWT opened the order books for the locally-assembled (CKD)

Two weeks after the Toyota Corolla Cross was launched in Japan, the company has received more than 13,500 bookings for the new SUV. Out of that figure, 90% of the bookings were for hybrid variants. That’s even more impressive than Thailand, as 85% of Thai buyers went for the hybrid variants. Also Read: Malaysians say hybrids are unreliable, 85% of Thai Toyota Corolla Cross are hybrids In Japan, Toyota offers seven variants of the Corolla Cross, with the hybrid variants limited to just three. At

Lucky American fans of the Civic can finally purchase the 2021 Honda Civic (FE) starting from today albeit in sedan form. Though the Civic Hatchback is planned to make its world debut next week on 24-June 2021, photos of what the rear will look like have been leaked online. These leaked images show the rear looking even sportier than the sedan. From what we can see, the changes are very minor with the taillights connected by a brake light strip near the top of the tailgate. Also read: All-new 20

Proton announced yesterday that the first locally-assembled 2020 Proton X70 (CKD) has rolled off the company’s Tanjung Malim production line. CKD is short for knocked down (CKD) kits, essentially a very complex Lego set, with major components like engine, transmission and body structure coming from China, to be assembled in Malaysia together with other locally-sourced components. Although production of the 2020 Proton X70 CKD has commenced, the model will not go on sale just yet. Proton says the