Perodua could be bucking the trend with the arrival of the new-generation 2023 D74A Perodua Axia, as rumours from Indonesia are suggesting that Perodua could debut its A-segment hatchback ahead of Toyota and Daihatsu. According to Autonetmagz, the quiet-but-capable Malaysian manufacturer could be introducing the new-generation D74A Axia ahead of the equally-new Toyota Agya and Daihatsu Ayla, its Indonesian siblings that the current Axia is based on. The Axia, according to the Indonesian publicat

The Proton CamPro engine, since its inception in 2004 in the Proton Gen.2, has the recognition of being the only Malaysian-developed engine to-date. That alone could have been a remarkable achievement for Proton, but there’s a catch – CamPro isn’t exactly known for its fuel consumption. Over the years, the CamPro engine received numerous updates and improvements, including the CamPro CPS in 2008, turbocharged CamPro CFE in 2011, and CamPro VVT in 2014 – all of which suffered from poor fuel consu

The Daihatsu Boon and Toyota Passo twins, which formed the basis for early models of our Perodua Myvi, will soon be no more in Japan. The push to adopt hybrids in Japan and Toyota’s effort to streamline its unnecessarily complicated sales channels will soon make the Passo redundant, as Toyota has plans to streamline the Passo’s role with its hugely successful Toyota Yaris. Perodua Myvi to continue its own separate way As you already know, the first two generation models of the Perodua Myvi were

As consumers in emerging markets (including Malaysian keyboard warriors) find the fourth-generation (4G) 2021 Honda Jazz a bit too radical/cute/retro to accept, it's a winner elsewhere, having scooped up two gongs in the Red Dot Design Awards' 'Product Design' category. Jazz, Jazz Crosstar win Car Design awards The Jazz's latest iteration takes after Honda's 'Yoo no bi' design philosophy, which essentially means 'honing everyday items to make them more beautiful and ergonomically satisfying to u

The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly put a damper on global car sales. According to data collected from Germany’s VDA, passenger vehicle sales in the largest car markets in the world contracted by 15% last year to 56 million vehicles from 65.5 million in 2019. Still, there can only be one car that represents that country’s best-seller. However, we won’t be filling up this article with one from every country in the world. That would be a pretty long list. Instead, we will select 25 countries sorte

Perodua has just launched the new Perodua Axia 2019 in Malaysia, with prices starting from: E Manual – RM 24,090 G Auto – RM 33,490 GXtra Auto – RM 34,990 Style Auto – RM 38,890 SE Auto – RM 38,890 AV Auto – RM 43,390 Visually, all variants of the new Perodua Axia get an updated front end with a redesigned front grille and revised front bumper. Compared to the outgoing model, the new front grille features one less chrome strip than before, while the front fog light surrounds are more triangular