Internationally, the Perodua Axia/Daihatsu Ayla/Toyota Agya is sold as the Toyota Wigo and Vietnam is the first left-hand-drive (LHD) market that sees the debut of the all-new generation. The all-new Wigo is offered in Vietnam with only the 1.2-litre engine and comes in two variants: Wigo E MT – VND 360 million (~RM 70.5k) Wigo G CVT – VND 405 million (~RM 79k) You might be shocked at those prices considering how the Axia/Agya/Ayla triplets are essentially entry-level cars but Vietnam has a pret

Once again, the battle between Honda and Toyota in Thailand intensifies as both Japanese giants duke it out to see who takes the top spot in the monthly sales. For the B-segment hatchback market, it’s the Toyota Yaris that is triumphant over the Honda City Hatchback in May 2022. As a matter of fact, the Yaris is dominating the B-segment hatchback market in 2022 so far, taking the title in the first 5 months of the year. May’s sales of 2,011 units bring the total figure to 12,375 units so far or

UMW Toyota Motor has reclaimed its position as the number one non-national car manufacturer in Malaysia after six years – a position that it lost to Honda in 2015. In 2021, Toyota sold a total of 72,394 units, breaking their 2020’s record of 59,320 by 22 percent, with December recording a growth of 0.5 percent with 9,289 units sold. Month-on-month, Toyota surpassed the 8,487 sales volume for November by 9%. That said, neither Honda Malaysia nor the Malaysia Automotive Association (MAA) have yet

In the early 2000s, the hardworking people at Perodua were scratching their heads trying to understand why sales of their oldest model, the Perodua Kancil was increasing. Isn’t that a good thing you ask? Well normally, you would expect demand for an ageing model to decline over time. However, between 1995 and 2002, sales of the Perodua Kancil grew by 56 percent, from 39,856 units to 62,279 units, outpacing the industry’s overall growth by 6 percent. This is highly unusual because by 2002, the Ka

We’ve seen the recent spyshots of the 2021 Proton Persona facelift as well as the 2021 Proton Iriz facelift. Now though, word on the grapevine is that there’ll be special editions of the duo, rumoured to be named the Proton Persona Black Edition and Iriz R3 Edition. Proton Persona black edition Starting with the Proton Persona “Black Edition”, it is speculated to wear the same design theme as the Proton Saga Anniversary Edition, which was known internally as the “Black Edition” as well. The Prot

If you’ve ever car-pooled with a Perodua Myvi Advance owner you would be left in awe of their ability to go through tolls without needing to lift a finger. The built-in SmartTag reader is the most thoughtful device ever to be included in a car and it has further given the Myvi a huge lead as the best value-for-money car in our market. I know what you’re thinking, when you purchase a SmartTag device, we were given a holder to attach the device to our screens. But the trend of breaking wind shield