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

After 13 long years, Perodua has finally put the first-generation Alza to rest. The replacement model that was launched in July 2022, is codenamed D92A and it replaces the Toyota Passo Sette-based first-generation model. The D92A model now shares its DNA with the Toyota Veloz / Toyota Avanza / Daihatsu Xenia. At launch, the all-new 2022 Perodua Alza has reignited the MPV segment – one that has remained largely stagnant for the past couple of years. Perodua offers 3 variants of the all-new Alza,

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) is accelerating its push into electrified vehicles with 5 models planned in the future. One of those models planned is the hybrid version of the Mitsubishi Xpander. The hybrid version of the eccentric-looking SUV is planned for launch in 2023 as part of Mitsubishi’s plan to have electrified vehicles account for half of its global sale by 2030. But before that, Mitsubishi is expected to launch the Eclipse Cross PHEV in Japan in December 2020. This is followed b

Mitsubishi Motors Malaysia (MMM) have taken the covers off the 7-seater 2020 Mitsubishi Xpander. Prices have yet to be announced (like many other companies, MMM has to deal with a very fluid situation in this Covid-19 period) but the company expects to release the price lists to dealers within November. Competing against the Perodua Aruz and Honda BR-V, the 1.5-litre naturally aspirated Xpander is locally-assembled (CKD) at its local partner’s DRB-Hicom’s facility in Pekan. This is a different a

Mitsubishi Motors Thailand has just introduced the 2020 Mitsubishi Xpander facelift in the Kingdom, roughly 7 months after the facelifted model was first introduced in Indonesia. New addition to the Thai-spec Xpander facelift include a restyle front grille, new 16-inch dual-tone alloy wheels, as well as a shark-fin antenna. The rest of the SUV remain unchanged. As before, power is derived from a 1.5-litre naturally-aspirated MIVEC petrol engine that does 105 PS and 141 Nm – not exactly ground-br

Since Naza Kia Malaysia updated the 2020 Kia Grand Carnival to an 11-seater MPV, the car’s interior experienced a massive downgrade. Gone were the comfortable leather seats and in its place were beige fabric ones. But it seems there is now an option to upgrade them to black leather. Uploaded on a Facebook post over the weekend, a Kia dealer in Seri Kembangan showed off black leather seats in the new 11-seater Grand Carnival. AZ Master Motor is apparently offering to upgrade the new Grand Carniva