This week, our part of the world scored a triple whammy of new cars: Indonesia kicked things off with the all-new 2023 Toyota Agya, then Malaysia launched the 2023 D74A Perodua Axia, before passing the baton back to Indonesia for the unveiling of the 2023 Daihatsu Ayla. Inseperable as the trio are, the three of them are all-new models, sharing the same Daihatsu New Global Architecture (DNGA) platform, general look, and some performance metrics – how do they stack up? Exterior: Same-same but diff

The 2022 C27 Nissan Serena S-Hybrid has just undergone a refresh exercise that isn’t restricted to cosmetics and includes some upgrades in the form of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) that’s standard across the range. Here, we’ll have a quick glance through the upgrades that the facelift has received over its predecessor. While the range still comprises 2 locally-assembled variants in the form of the Highway Star and Premium Highway Star, pricing has climbed a little: Highway Star - RM

In an alternate universe, Proton is quite successful in Europe and the Proton Satria Cabriolet is a real topless Malaysian cult hero. Sadly, we have yet to meet this parallel world and in our reality, the Satria Cabriolet remains a novel concept that was kept away from Proton for around two decades. That is until news broke in 2020 that saw Proton auctioning off some of its historic possessions including a few rally cars, a Satria GTi that was powered by a Petronas-developed engine, and a couple

Toyota has truly perfected the art of hot hatches with the Toyota GR Yaris but according to a recent scoop, the Japanese carmaker will be following that up with a Corolla hot hatch. This will be the first time the Corolla nameplate will be given a proper performance variant. That’s right, the humble Corolla is expected to be the fourth Gazoo Racing model. According to a report by Japanese media, Toyota is looking to push more power from one of the world’s most powerful 3-cylinder engines, report

A couple of days ago, Kah Motor, the official distributor of Honda vehicles in Singapore, launched the all-new 2021 Honda Jazz, marking the first country in the ASEAN region to receive the new B-segment hatchback. As reported earlier, three variants are offered in Singapore, namely the Jazz 1.5 Base, Jazz 1.5 Home, and Jazz 1.5 Luxe e:HEV. Starting with the 1.5 Base and 1.5 Home variants, they are powered by a naturally-aspirated 1.5-litre petrol engine that delivers 121 PS and 145 Nm, paired to

Mitsubishi Motors Thailand has just introduced the 2020 Mitsubishi Xpander facelift in the Kingdom, roughly 7 months after the facelifted model was first introduced in Indonesia. New addition to the Thai-spec Xpander facelift include a restyle front grille, new 16-inch dual-tone alloy wheels, as well as a shark-fin antenna. The rest of the SUV remain unchanged. As before, power is derived from a 1.5-litre naturally-aspirated MIVEC petrol engine that does 105 PS and 141 Nm – not exactly ground-br