Kia’s distributor in Malaysia, Dinamikjaya Motors Sdn Bhd, has announced that the locally assembled (CKD) 2024 Kia Carnival is now available for booking at all authorised Kia dealers nationwide. While it isn’t the facelift that made its debut in Korea last year, the self-titled Grand Utility Vehicle receives some quality-of-life updates for 2024. Only 3 variants are offered with the 8-seater Mid variant being dropped though the powertrain option remains solely a 2.2-litre turbodiesel (199 PS/440

To say it was a success for Toyota’s sales department during the recently held Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show or GIIAS 2023 event would be an understatement. PT Toyota Astra Motor (TAM), the holders of the brand across the Straits of Malacca, claims to have collected 5,796 bookings. However, the highlight would have to be that over 80 percent of Toyota Yaris Cross and Kijang Innova Zenix buyers opted for the hybrid variants. GIIAS 2023 was held from 10-20 August 2023 and many of Toyo

It’s no secret that the all-new 2023 Toyota Innova Zenix is launching in Malaysia soon. After all, the model has already been spotted on Malaysian streets. Seeing that the model will be imported (CBU) from Indonesia, prices of the all-new, AG10-generation model will be higher than the outgoing AN140-generation one. Also Read: All-new 2023 Toyota Innova to be a lot more expensive - Switching from CKD to CBU Indonesia, starting price above RM 150k? The current AN140 Innova is priced between RM 133

Ever since Toyota debuted the first-generation Toyota Innova back in 2004, the model was locally-assembled (CKD) at the ASSB plant in Shah Alam. However, upon the introduction of the all-new TNGA-C-based 2023 Toyota Innova Zenix, data from Indonesia's automotive industry association GAIKINDO revealed that Toyota Indonesia has exported roughly 200 units of the model to Malaysia back in April, including several units of a curiously-named "H" variant. Further cementing that notion is a set of spysh

UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) has confirmed that it has two more models to launch this year. In a press statement released by its parent company UMW Group regarding its automotive division’s April 2023 sales performance, it was also said that “UMWT expects demand and sales to be sustained throughout the year, supported by the introduction of new and facelift models.” The new model is clearly referring to the 2023 Toyota Innova, which in some markets like Indonesia, is marketed as the Innova Zenix. UMW

Whether to call it a Grand Utility Vehicle or an MPV, the all-new 2021 Kia Carnival is nothing short of grand ever since it was unveiled in August. The latest fourth-gen has grown to become very premium-looking, amazing how some things can change in 20 years. As Korea is a left-hand drive (LHD) market, normally it would take a longer time for right-hand drive markets (RHD) to get their hands on the new model. But based on these spyshots, the RHD markets could be getting the fourth-gen Carnival m