While its Southeast Asian neighbours offer the Honda City Hatchback, Singapore is the only market in the region that offers the fourth-generation Honda Jazz and just recently, the facelift has been introduced in the island state. Fully imported (CBU) from Japan, the Singapore-spec Jazz facelift is available in three variants: Crosstar e:HEV 1.5 Monotone – SGD 145,999 (~RM 484k) Crosstar e:HEV 1.5 Dual Tone – SGD 146,999 (~RM 487k) Luxe e:HEV 1.5 – SGD 147,999 (~RM 490k) The Jazz facelift went on

UPDATE for July 2023: For a limited time period, CARSOME is offering an additional 1+1 year warranty for selected units of Honda Jazz. Find out more here. ----------------------------- Having sampled the Honda City Hatchback recently – which no doubt is a superb product – we felt a lingering feeling, that though better, it has lost some of the charm of the preceding Honda Jazz (GK) delivered in spades. For one beyond, its cutesy looks, the GK Jazz was a giant killer in terms of space and packagi

Built with an investment of about RM 2 billion, including land and equipment cost, UMW Toyota Motor’s Bukit Raja plant is one of the most advanced and efficient ones in Asia, said the distributor of Toyota and Lexus vehicles in Malaysia. The new plant, operated by UMW Toyota Motor's manufacturing subsidiary Assembly Services Sdn. Bhd. (ASSB), has a capacity to build 50,000 cars per year (further expansions possible) and currently builds the Toyota Vios, Yaris, and Corolla Cross, including the Co

With the global semiconductor shortage in full swing, Perodua, like many other car manufacturers, is facing a serious supply shortage of automotive parts. Let’s say you booked a brand-new Perodua Ativa or Perodua Myvi today, can you still qualify the ongoing SST exemption? Bear in mind that the new car has to be registered by 31-December-2021 in order to qualify for the exemption. Also Read: SST exemption/discount for CKD and CBU cars extended to 31-Dec 2021 Fortunately, in the case of the Perod

Over the past couple of weeks, the Toyota GR Yaris stole much of the Internet’s limelight and rightfully so. Brilliant car it may be, but with a price tag that hovers around the RM 300k mark, it’s not something for the average car buyer out there. Enter the Japan-only Toyota Yaris Cup Car. Yes, it may lack the GR badging like its 3-door sibling, but there’s still much to love about this up-and-coming race car. For starters, the little Yaris Cup Car is fitted, from the factory, with a bunch of up

Whether you like it or not, continuously variable transmissions (CVT) are here to stay, as these transmissions offer superior fuel efficiency, perfect for city driving, and are relatively cheap to build. But before we get started, let’s take a closer look at what makes a CVT, a CVT. What is a CVT? At its very heart (ok, it's called the inner housing of the transmission), a CVT-type automatic transmission houses several belts and pulleys in place of physical gears in regular torque converter auto