A life-size concept vehicle of the Perodua EM-O is on its way by the end of this year or early next year, Perodua CEO Datuk Zainal Abidin shared at the recent Malaysia Autoshow 2023. "The actual concept car will be developed pretty soon, if not end of this year, then maybe the early part of next year. Why this actual concept car, because we want customers to feel and sit inside it," he explained, touching on the point that there's a need for would-be customers to better understand cars with newe

JD Power recently released its 2023 U.S. Vehicle Dependability Study (VDS), which showed that vehicle reliability has increased with an industry average of 186 problems per 100 (PP100) vehicles, an improvement of 6 PP100 from 2022. For context, a lower PP100 score is better. Even premium marques scored an improvement, lowering their score by 23 PP100. Vehicles from the 2020 model year were the focus of this study. Unsurprisingly, Lexus took the top spot of dependability in the premium brands seg

Now that 2 out of every 5 new cars sold in Malaysia is a Perodua, and the number is set to rise to nearly 1 in every 2 by the end of 2023, Perodua is reaching close to the peak of what more it can do to expand its business locally. Perodua ended 2022 with 282,019 units sold, and is targeting an 11.3 percent increase in sales for 2023, reaching 314,000 units, with a 44.5 percent market share, up 5.4 percent from 2022. To seek new avenues of growth, Perodua will have to go beyond our national bord

Despite Perodua posting better sales in December with 22,940 units sold, translating to an 13% increase from November (20,299 units), the second “national” carmaker failed to reach its target for 2021, due to several external factors that were beyond its control Throughout the year, Perodua only managed to sell 190,291 vehicles which were below its target of 200,000 units. Surprisingly, sales in 2020 were much better with 220,154 units sold, 13.6% more than in 2020 Part 2 2021. Also read: Perodu

Prior to the return of Suzuki in Malaysia, those who wanted to buy the fourth-generation (ZC33S) Suzuki Swift Sport had to resort to reconditioned units, as recond dealers have been selling that model since 2019. But that will soon change, as Suzuki has returned to Malaysia under Naza. In the process, the company has introduced the fourth-generation (ZC33S) Swift Sport in Malaysia. So, the question is: now that potential buyers have the option of a reconditioned unit or a brand-new unit, which i

ASA is short for Advanced Safety Assist, and it’s found on the Perodua Myvi and Aruz - but only on the highest 1.5 AV variant. ASA is Perodua’s marketing term for what is generically known as ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance System). Never mind about the confusing terminologies, here’s a simple explanation of what ASA does and whether is it worth your money. In short, ASA is a safety feature that steps in when the driver is distracted and doesn’t notice the danger ahead. It could be as simple as