The Bangkok International Motor Show is Thailand’s biggest and most important car sales event. Held between 29-March to 11-April, sales figures at the motor show are often used as an indicator of the pulse of Thai car buyers, thus setting expectations for the rest of the year. A total of 53,438 vehicles were sold (booked) during the two-week long event, according to figures released by the motor show organizer Grand Prix International. As expected, Toyota leads the sales chart, with 8,540 bookin

Great Wall Motor Sales Malaysia (GWM Malaysia) has announced penning a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with PEPS-JV (Melaka, a subsidiary of EP Manufacturing Berhad (EPMB), for local assembly (CKD) and manufacturing of Haval models in Malaysia. A key component of the MoU will see GWM Malaysia and EPMB propel their collaboration towards a definitive agreement in the coming three months, culminating in EPMB handling CKD operations for the selected GWM models. The move will see prominent models f

Electric vehicles (EVs) are fast becoming the new trophy to have. Yes, it’s always nice to have a BMW 7 Series but combustion engine cars, regardless of their status, are now seen as kind of passé. The conversation starters at the golf club’s lounge have moved from V8 cars to high-end EVs, simply because spaceship-inspired EVs have a novelty factor that even flat-six turbocharged sports cars don’t have. If you run a business, especially a technology-related one, you will understand the need to m

If you were to ask your parents or grandparents on who makes the safest cars, chances are they will answer Volvo. The boxy Volvo 240 was known as ‘The brick’ or ‘The tank.’ Some may even add Saab to the list, basically any car that came from Sweden. If you were to tell this group of people that China now makes some of the safest cars in the world, they will most likely call you a delusional fool sympathetic to the Chinese Communist Party. Well, European vehicle safety rating organization Euro NC

Yesterday's launch of the Ora Good Cat in Malaysia signifies not only the arrival of the Ora name, but also a refresh of Great Wall Motor's (GWM) efforts here. You may remember that Haval – a brand under the GWM umbrella – first entered our country in 2016 starting with the H2 before furthering the range with the H1 and H9. As the brand faded into obscurity, concerns of spare parts availability and aftersales support grew; not a good look when one's trying to re-enter the market. Speaking at the

CKD Ora EVs to go on sale in Thailand by 2024 Exports to neighbouring ASEAN countries planned More than 10,000 bookings for Ora Good Cat in just 7 days Great Wall Motor has confirmed that it will be commencing local assembly (CKD) of battery electric vehicle (BEV) Ora-brand models at its Rayong plant in Thailand, which will also serve as the company’s forward base for the Chinese brand’s assault into the Japan-dominated South East Asia. Elliott Zhang, chairman of Great Wall Motors ASEAN and Thai