UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) began accepting orders for the imported (CBU), Japan-made AH40 generation 2023 Toyota Alphard and Vellfire models on July 3, one month after the pair’s global debut in Japan. Despite its rather high price of RM 538,000 and RM 438,000 respectively, the reception was tremendous, with the number of orders quickly exceeding the initial allocation of several hundred units for Malaysia. Officially, UMWT said the waiting period is now “more than 1 year.” Checks with local Toyota

The Perodua Myvi is the reigning king of cars in Malaysia but as last month’s sales show, its time at the top isn’t exactly smooth sailing. Nor is the current chip shortage issue but there is another scoop that could see some variants of the Myvi on the chopping block. According to Automachi, Perodua is planning to reduce the number of variants offered for the Myvi to half – from six to three. The three variants that could be culled are the sole manual 1.3 G variant and the 1.3 X variants. The 1

Mitsubishi Motors Malaysia (MMM), the official distributor of Mitsubishi vehicles in Malaysia has announced that the upcoming Mitsubishi Xpander will be locally-assembled (CKD). The model will be launched in the near future. While the Mitsubishi ASX and Outlander are contract assembled by Tan Chong Motors Assembly in Segambut, the upcoming Xpander will be assembled in a new production facility in Pekan, Pahang. Tomoyuki Shinnishi, Chief Executive Officer of MMM said, “The Xpander is localized to

The Proton Iriz R5 is a little rally-machine that was built to fit under FIA homologation rally specifications. It made waves at the infamous Goodwood Hillclimb a few years back and competed in a few British rallies last year. But if you ever wanted to own one, Mellors Elliot Motorsport (MEM) has released a sales brochure for the Iriz R5. That means you can now own one of these cool Malaysian rally cars and it only starts from 140,000. British pound sterling. If we convert that to Malaysian ring

The end could be near for the rear-wheel drive Toyota Avanza, as the model could be merged with the front-wheel drive Perodua Alza in the near future. Perodua Alvanza, anyone? Back in April, we reported that the Daihatsu DN Multisix concept shown at the 2017 Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show (2017 GIIAS) could preview the next-gen Toyota Avanza and Perodua Alza, seeing that both models are a tad bit long in the tooth. According to Creative Trend, Daihatsu is currently developing a new M

There is a lot of hate online surrounding the Perodua Myvi for its subpar driving experience and subpar perceived quality. But Perodua’s sales number for 2019 paints a different story. Perodua sold 240,341 cars in 2019 and the Myvi emerged as the company’s best-seller followed by the Axia, Bezza, Aruz and Alza. This is a year-on-year jump of 13,098 units (+5.8%) compared to 2018. Sales breakdown are as follows: Model Units Perodua Myvi 81,966 Perodua Axia 67,267 Perodua Bezza 45,656 Perodua Aruz