Since its launch in December 2018, the Proton X70 has been the No.1 selling C-segment SUV in Malaysia. However as of January 2023, it no longer holds the leading position. The new sales leader is the Toyota Corolla Cross. As of June 2023, cumulative sales of the Proton X70 stood at 6,116 units and Proton’s own press release lists the X70 as “2nd highest volume C-segment SUV” in Malaysia. UMW Toyota Motor doesn’t publish the breakdown of its sales by model but checks with the publicly available M

The BMW Group is on track to exceed its initial target to reduce its fleet-wide CO2 emissions in Europe by more than twice, boosted by strong response to its battery EV models, said Oliver Zipse, Chairman of the Board of Management. The group had initially targeted a 4.9 percent year-on-year reduction in CO2 emissions, but is now on track to deliver between 5 to 10 percent. As of September 2022, the BMW Group has delivered over 128,000 battery EVs, up 114.8 percent from last year. The company di

A report out of Indonesia has mentioned that the next-generation Toyota Agya and Daihatsu Ayla (twins to our Perodua Axia) will make a global debut as soon as March 2023. According to a post by OtoDriver, an unnamed source told the publication, “Next year, the model change will appear, possibly in March 2023.” Also Read: Daihatsu Ayla EV concept car debuts in Indonesia, Axia EV hinted? Interestingly, the next-generation Toyota Agya and Daihatsu Ayla are said to receive powertrains from the Daiha

You might be familiar with this Japanese notion describing the unity of horse and rider. Yeah, that’s Mazda and its “jinba ittai” idea. Lexus however isn’t about to let that be a one-horse race and has conceptualised its own bronco-busting idea called Tazuna. Tazuna is Japanese for the reins of a horse and signifies the perfect relationship between rider and horse; small, precise hand movements of the reins are all that’s required to communicate commands. Also Read: Dead on arrival, Lexus just k

A couple of weeks ago, we pretty much dropped a bomb (or at least golf-balled sized hails) when we published undisguised shots of the locally-assembled (CKD) 2021 Volkswagen Golf Mk8 in both R-Line and GTI guises. Following that, Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia (VPCM) has opened registration of interest (ROI) for both models and recently uploaded a couple of videos on social media. The videos were released two days apart and featured the TSI R-Line and GTI variants respectively. Also read: Re

Volvo credentials in safety need no further introduction. The Swedish marque was the first to invent three-point seat belts but being Swedes, they care more about the wellbeing of the world around them than money – so they gave away the patent for free, thus waving away their rights to potentially tens of millions of dollars in royalty payments. Over the next few decades, Volvo continued to set new standards in both active and passive safety. Today, Volvo’s advanced driving aids are one of the b