Premiering simultaneously, the all-new 2023 Toyota Alphard and Vellfire now raise the bar for luxury MPVs even higher, delivering greater standards of luxury refinement and improved powertrains. Although these two large MPVs are today's definition of chauffeur-driven luxury, they came from more humble beginnings. Such that one Akio Toyoda, then a Director at Toyota was told to "get out of the way" once; after he arrived for an important meeting in an Alphard, instead of a Toyota Century, the pre

Perodua has just released a statement regarding a safety compliance issue that was discovered earlier this week. According to Perodua President and Chief Executive Officer Dato’ Sri Zainal Abidin Ahmad, "Daihatsu Co. Ltd issued a media statement on 28 April 2023 highlighting its “procedural irregularity” on the testing of four models, which include the new Perodua Axia." He added, "We wish to offer some background, insight and perspective on the nature of this announcement, especially in referen

This is hot – Malaysia’s best-selling B-segment hatchback, the Perodua Myvi, is slated to undergo a facelift later this year. According to our friends over at Funtasticko, the new Perodua Myvi facelift is codenamed D51A and it will be a rather massive facelift for the darling hatchback of Malaysia. First up is the new transmission – the facelifted D51A Myvi is touted to drop its tried-and-tested four-speed automatic transmission in favour of the Dual-mode CVT (D-CVT) from the Perodua Ativa. But

Unveiled back in Thailand in November, the 2021 Honda City Hatchback is Honda’s answer to the popular Toyota Yaris. Based on the GN-series City, the City Hatchback will supersede the ageing, but uber practical Jazz in this region. Set to be introduced in Malaysia later this year, let’s take a closer look at the 2021 Honda City Hatchback. 1. Why is the Jazz gone? The main reason why the all-new, fourth-generation Honda Jazz isn’t offered here is because it is seen as too radical for consumers in

The 2020 Toyota GR Yaris was launched in Malaysia yesterday evening, at a surprisingly low price of RM 299,000 (Update: RM 286,896 until June 2021). We say low because our local specifications GR Yaris comes equipped with Torsen Limited Slip Differential, BBS alloy wheels, Michelin Pilot Sport 4S tyres, thicker anti-roll bars, and beefier front suspension – all optional extras elsewhere, equal to the UK market’s Circuit Package. Like for like, a GR Yaris with this specification is supposed to be

** This article is the personal experience of a 2017 Ford Ranger 2.2 XLT T6FL owner and does not necessarily reflect the views of WapCar Facebook: Fu Shun Wong First Encounter My first encounter with a 4x4 was after watching a Camel Trophy Documentary when I was young and from that day onwards, I always told myself that I would one day own one. Fast forward to 2017, I sold my first car (Proton Persona – 5 years of ownership) and bought myself a Ford Ranger 2.2 XLT T6FL of around RM 108k. I initi