Tesla has reclaimed its position as the global leader in Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) sales after BYD's first-quarter sales saw a significant drop of 43 percent in Q1 2024, versus the previous quarter, according to official filings. BYD reported sales of 300,114 BEVs in Q1 2024, a sharp decrease from its record quarterly high of 526,409 units in the previous quarter. Also read: Tesla again teases ASEAN region expansion plans to chase BYD's lead Tesla, on the other hand, delivered 386,810 units

The Sirion is only RM 300 more than the top Brio variant in Indonesia But the Brio outsold the Sirion 16 times in 2021 Indonesian buyers have more choices when it comes to new cars The 2022 Daihatsu Sirion is the latest attempt to woo buyers over the Honda Brio in Indonesia even though both cars are from entirely different segments. Still, the Brio, especially in higher variants is priced very close to the Perodua Myvi's twin. In a nation where 7 seaters reign, the Brio consistently ranks among

The Perodua Myvi now faces slightly stiffer competition in the facelifted 2022 Proton Iriz range, which were launched on 4-August 2021. There's quite a lot of improvements (which we've covered in an earlier Old vs New article), so our spotlight here is on the range-topping Iriz Active. Overview - Easier to pick one out now Besides this Active (which supercedes the pre-facelift's 1.6 Premium), Proton now offers only three variants of the Iriz, with the 1.3 Standard and 1.6 Executive completing th

With the Movement Control Order (MCO) concluding in Selangor and the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, motorsports springs back into action to jumpstart its activities that have been grounded to a halt for almost a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Among the first to announce the return of four-wheels racing was Toyota that is due to stage the opening round of its TOYOTA GAZOO Racing Festival and fourth season of the Vios Challenge racing series at the end of the month. Racing returns, albeit

Sitting alongisde the 2020 Toyota GR Yaris at UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT)'s Shah Alam headquarters is this, the 2020 Toyota Vios GR Sport. Much like the GR Yaris, it also has some commendations of its own which we'll go through as we progress in this article. Actually when you think about it, the Vios GR Sport's appearance is rather left-field. Nobody really expected it, but hey, we now have what is the first-ever locally-assembled (CKD) Toyota car to wear the GR Sport badge. Exterior - more than ju

A team based in the UK is planning to compete in some world-renowned rallycross tournaments in 2021 including the World Rallycross Championship in a specially modified Proton Iriz RX Supercar. Team RX Racing will helm the Iriz RX Supercar. Besides the World Rallycross Championship, the team also plans to compete the Iriz in the British Rallycross Championship 5 Nations Trophy and the European Rallycross Championship. The fantastically-named rallycross Iriz is based on the Iriz R5 that was develo