Daihatsu is embroiled in another safety compliance issue, this time encompassing a total of 64 models (including currently produced, developed, or discontinued) across its Japan and international markets. Yes, this also involves Toyota and Perodua cars sold in Malaysia. To surmise, this issue is seperate from what happened back in April (door lining irregularity) and May (side collision test irregularity). A recent investigation by an independent third-party committee revealed 174 new problems w

The D74 generation 2023 Perodua Axia is one of the simplest, cheapest new car on sale today in Malaysia. Barring the soon-to-be-announced basic manual transmission E variant, prices for the 2023 Perodua Axia range starts from RM 38,600. Drivers of cheap and simple cars like the Axia ought to be able to do simple like turning off the lights without flipping through the owner’s manual (which by the way, is now only available in electronic PDF format). Except that we are now in 2023 and sometimes t

When it comes to Perodua’s entry-level cars, it’s a given that these little tikes offer great fuel economy and in the case of the all-new 2023 Perodua Axia, that remains pretty much true or is it? The all-new Axia is the most advanced it has ever been for Perodua’s long line of entry-level cars which goes back to the Perodua Kancil with a modern D-CVT automatic offered across the range and the top-of-the-line 1.0 AV available with the Perodua Smart Drive Assist (PSDA) ADAS suite. While the Axia

2023 sales target of 314,000 units, up 11.3 percent from 2021 2023 production target of 330,000 units, which is 103% of the available capacity Perodua forecasts Malaysia’s TIV to be at 705,000 units, higher than MAA’s 650,000 units Buoyed by strong demand for budget-friendly cars that the general public can trust, Perodua saw its best-ever sales in 2022 with 282,019 cars sold and along the way, became the 4th largest automotive brand in ASEAN's Top 5 biggest markets. This year, Perodua is target

Perodua could be bucking the trend with the arrival of the new-generation 2023 D74A Perodua Axia, as rumours from Indonesia are suggesting that Perodua could debut its A-segment hatchback ahead of Toyota and Daihatsu. According to Autonetmagz, the quiet-but-capable Malaysian manufacturer could be introducing the new-generation D74A Axia ahead of the equally-new Toyota Agya and Daihatsu Ayla, its Indonesian siblings that the current Axia is based on. The Axia, according to the Indonesian publicat

After 8 long years of being on sale, Perodua’s most affordable model, the Perodua Axia, will soon be replaced by a new generation model. Codenamed D74A, our friends over at Funtasticko said that development work is currently ongoing for the new hatchback. What do we know about the next-gen Axia? Perodua AXIA For starters, there is a good chance that the all-new Axia will be underpinned by the Daihatsu New Global Architecture (DNGA) platform, just like the Perodua Ativa and soon-to-be launched Pe