The current M800 generation Perodua Myvi is entering its seventh year. Launched in 2017, this Malaysia-developed Myvi received a mid-lifecycle update in 2020 but several years later, the Myvi is now due for a replacement. Work on the new generation Myvi is progressing under the project code D01D. According to our sources, the 2025 Perodua Myvi will be launched in the first half of next year, probably as early as the first quarter. Pre-production work to verify the accuracy of the plant’s tooling

VW has announced that it will not develop a new generation VW Golf with a combustion engine after the current Mk8 generation model reaches the end of its lifecycle. The current Golf Mk8 will receive an update next year, after which it will stay on sale until 2030. The VW Golf Mk8, itself a heavily updated Mk7 Golf, was first launched in October 2019. However it only went on sale in Malaysia in 2022. While the Golf as we know it will end by this decade, the Golf nameplate will live on as an EV-on

Just yesterday a leaked brochure of the 2023 Mazda 2 surfaced. Today, the Hiroshima-based company has opened bookings for the updated B-segment hatchback in Japan. Mazda plans to launch the updated 2023 Mazda 2 in March for its home market. For the Japanese market, Mazda will be offering no less than 12 variants of the new Mazda 2, spread across 7 petrol variants and 5 diesel variants. Typical of most cars sold in Japan, the Mazda 2 can be had in a front-wheel drive or all-wheel configuration. A

First introduced in 2014, the current DJ-generation Mazda 2 is now in its sixth year of its lifecycle, meaning that a replacement model should be coming in the near future. However, things could change, at least for the European market. Buried inside Mazda’s 2nd quarter financial report for financial year ending March 2021 is an excerpt that said that Mazda plans to sell an OEM-supplied model based on the Toyota Yaris Hybrid. Two times five equals ten so the OEM-supplied model mentioned here has

As you know, the Mazda 3 comes in two body types, a sedan and a hatchback (which distributor Bermaz Auto prefers to call it a Liftback). Nameplates aside, the Mazda 3 family actually includes an SUV (or if you insist, crossover). The Mazda CX-30 is essentially a jacked up, shorter wheelbase version of the Mazda 3. Distance between the wheels is 70 mm shorter, with a 40 mm taller ground clearance. The shorter wheelbase also means that the CX-30 has less legroom in the rear than in the Mazda 3, it

ESC stands for Electronic Stability Control. It's computer-controlled feature that prevents the car from skidding. ESC is proven to be the most successful active safety device since it’s introduction, with research data showing a 50 percent of road accidents on cars with ESC. Initially only available in high-end cars, ESC is now available in even the cheapest Perodua, with the Bezza being the first. But the Bezza is not the only affordable car in our market with ESC. Here are 5 of the most affor