This here is the all-new 2023 Toyota Yaris Cross for our region, having just been unveiled in Indonesia. The small SUV also could preview the upcoming Perodua D66B for Malaysia. Locally-assembled in the country as well, here's the variant breakdown and prices: Yaris Cross Hybrid GR Sport: IDR 460m (~RM 140k) Yaris Cross Non Hybrid GR Sport: IDR 450m (~RM 137k) Yaris Cross S CVT: IDR 416m (~RM 126k) Yaris Cross S Manual: IDR 405m (~RM 123k) Yaris Cross G CVT: IDR 363m (~RM 110k) Yaris Cross G Man

Following Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz's announcement in Budget 2022 that battery electric vehicles (BEVs) will be exempted from import, excise, and even road tax, the Managing Director of BMW Malaysia, Hans de Visser has released the following statement to the press: The announcements made at Budget 2022 marked a welcome step towards electrified mobility – one that has long been in the making for Malaysia. The government’s motion to further incentivise and support the de

Malaysia may have only launched the Proton X50 in 2020, but its base car, the Geely Binyue has been around for three years. Par for the course of a passenger car of this age, it's getting a facelift over in China. So what's new? Thanks to Chinese media, we'll get to show you a closer look at the updated SUV. Exterior - Bold 'X' motif, bright colours There's changes all around the car, with notable retouches to the front and rear bumpers, new wheel designs, and decals to go with spunky, fresh col

It’s official, Suzuki has returned to Malaysia after a 5-year hiatus. One of its most iconic models, the Suzuki Swift Sport, is set to make a comeback. Full disclosure - yours truly has a third-generation Suzuki Swift Sport (ZC32S) with a stick shift, hence some bias is likely at play here. As the title would already have hinted, I am a die-hard fan of manual transmissions. So much so that when my colleague Jason was throwing furniture at another colleague, Arif, for his article on manual transm

The Geely Binyue - aka the Proton X50’s donor car - in China now allows drivers to can change the sound of the exhaust notes as they wish. The accessory is only available on the top-spec Geely Binyue Pro 260T DCT Battle variant. Known as the Passion Sound Wave kit, Geely claims it uses an intelligent valve system that will adjust the valves' opening angle according to the drive mode selected. Drivers can choose between 3 drive-modes namely “Qing Liang” – translates to “Light”, “Peng Pai” – trans

Following its success in Australia (100 units sold out), the 25 units of the MINI Cooper SE have been sold out in Malaysia. Launched in Malaysia less than a month ago, the electric MINI was only available in the three-door option. The MINI Cooper SE’s price tag of RM 218,380 is lower than what we expected it to be. The attractive price could be the reason for its success in Malaysia. The BMW i3s is priced much higher than that. Being an electric car, the road tax of MINI is charged by the amount