When Geely purchased a 49.9 percent stake in Proton from DRB-Hicom in 2017, the Chinese carmaker was upbeat about its goal to become the third largest automotive brand in the Southeast Asian ASEAN trade bloc by 2027. 5 years later, we are now at the midpoint of Geely’s 10-year goal for Proton. To the credit of the new team at Proton, the Malayan Tiger marque is now on a much stronger footing than it ever has since 2013. Proton ended 2022 with 141,432 cars delivered, up 23.3 percent from 2021, bu

In Malaysia, resale value is a major purchase consideration for car buyers. We can laugh at the silliness of people who allow the next buyer to determine their choice of car, but that's the reality of car sales in Malaysia. Typically, when resale value in mentioned, the general consensus seems to favour Toyota, but our research with B- and C-segment sedans indicated that Honda has the slight edge when it comes to residual values. Also Read: B-segment sedan resale values: City and Vios lead, but

Modern pick-up trucks have long dropped that crude, agricultural workhorse persona like it was hot. They’re basically as refined as unibody sedans or crossovers whilst still retaining that robustness expected when the going gets tough. But do you remember the bullish pick-up that brought about the paradigm shift in the segment and forced the competition to up their game as welll? It was the Ford Ranger. Although the Ranger did initiate the trend of pick-ups slowly ditching their country roots an

Perhaps inspired to take on the hydrogen initiative proposed by the Ministry of Environment and Water last week, someone in Malaysia placed an order or more on a hydrogen-powered Ford Ranger. Called the H2X Warrego, the Ranger FCEVs (fuel-cell electric vehicles) will be built by Australian hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle start-up, H2X Global. The pick-up truck is merely an FCEV conversion built by H2X Global, not Ford. The company was launched in 2020 as H2X Australia with a very ambitious plan inclu

From now until 31st May 2020, Sime Darby Auto Connexion (SDAC) is offering massive savings of up to RM 9,000 for their Ford Ranger for interested buyers. The Ford Ranger Wildtrak with its 2.0-litre Bi-Turbo engine and full range safety equipment will come with a RM 7,000 cash rebate. Alongside the Ranger Wildtrak promotions is the Ford Ranger XLT Family Promotion. All XLT variants will also come with cash rebates. Customers who purchase of the XLT 2.2-litre will enjoy a RM 9,000 cast rebate, whi

It is no secret that Malaysia is known for having one of the world’s highest car prices, as elaborate in our earlier post. But how much more do Malaysians pay for a new car compared to other countries? Well, after doing some comparison, here’s what we found. For starters, let’s take the Toyota Hilux. To keep things consistent, we opted for the closest variant we can find from Australia. In Malaysia, the Hilux 2.8G costs RM 139,888, while Australians need to fork out RM 147,548. Keep in mind that