At the recent Perodua media conference, the second Malaysian carmaker revealed that it has 220,000 backlog orders remaining. Around 15,000 of those orders were made during the sales tax (SST) exemption which ended on 30-June 2022. Perodua CEO Dato' Sri Zainal Abidin Ahmad told the media that some of the cars might not be able to meet the registration cutoff time which ends on 31-March 2023. However, the carmaker said it will absorb the SST for those cars that would not be delivered in time for t

The Japan Automobile Dealers Association (JADA) and All Japan Light Motor Vehicle Associations have announced the sales figures of cars sold in the Land of the Rising Sun for the first half of 2022. For the first half of fiscal year 2022, which is recorded from April to September, the best-selling car is in fact the Honda N-Box, with 86,876 units sold overall. Year-on-year, sales of the N-Box has increased by 96 percent. Also Read: Honda Freed becomes Japan's No.1 minivan in H1 2022 as Toyota Si

Between January to August 2022, both Proton and Perodua have put slightly more than a quarter of a million new cars on local roads. As of August 2022, Perodua had registered 171,728 units while Proton says it did 87,481 units, but Proton’s numbers is including 4,040 units of exports. Discounting exports, Proton’s domestic year-to-date sales stands at 83,441 units. Given the price advantage accorded by their quasi-national marques status, the top 5 best-selling cars are as expected, dominated by

The Toyota Sienta is one of the quirkiest MPVs sold in Malaysia but it was due to said quirkiness that it became a flop here. Over in Japan though, where it is primarily developed for, the Sienta has been quite successful, having been on sale in its current generation since 2015. Still, it couldn’t match its biggest rival, the Honda Freed in sales. Consistently, the Freed has been outselling the Sienta in Japan and in 2021, the Freed and Nissan Note were the only non-Toyota models to make it in

2022 Toyota Veloz to replace Avanza in Malaysia To be locally-assembled (CKD) alongside 2022 Perodua Alza Unlike Rush-Aruz, the Avanza’s successor (Veloz) will be quite different from the D27A 2022 Perodua Alza The Toyota Avanza is not going away at all, despite the impression given by UMW Toyota Motor’s (UMWT) contract manufacturer Perodua at a recent press conference, which we have to emphasize, was done with good reasons to protect UMWT’s confidentiality, more on that later. During last week’

The 2019 Toyota Yaris has been dissected through the WapCar Ratings. To the uninitiated, WapCar Ratings scrutinizes cars in terms of driving performance, ride comfort, build quality, features, interior space, practicality, and fuel consumption. Previously, we’ve separated the sections into individual articles. Now we’re simplifying them and discussing all sections in one go. Without further ado, let’s dive into the 2019 Toyota Yaris. Toyota Yaris Driving Performance Facts and Figures Engine 1.5L