Indonesia’s de facto national car, the Toyota Innova has been crowned the country’s best-selling car of 2023 with 66,459 units sold according to Gaikindo’s sales report. This is followed by the Toyota Avanza (62,275 units) and the Honda Brio (62,008 units). There is a disclaimer for the Innova’s sales figures though as it combined the numbers of both the outgoing rear-wheel drive (RWD) Innova which is only available with a diesel powerplant, and its front-wheel drive (FWD) successor. The FWD Inn

The Proton Exora is the oldest new car model that is still on sale in Malaysia. It was first launched in 2009 but despite being nearly 15 years old, Proton has no successor planned for its sole MPV model. When Geely took a 49.9 percent stake in Proton in 2017, the Geely Jiaji (VF11) was listed as among the three models that Proton has secured intellectual property rights to. The other two were the Geely Boyue (Proton X70) and Geely Binyue (SX11, which we know as the Proton X50). Proton is now in

Just weeks after its global debut in Indonesia, India has launched the all-new 2023 Toyota Innova today. If you have watched enough Hindi movies or news clips from India, you would know that the Toyota Innova is viewed very differently over there. In India, the Innova is almost on par with a Toyota Alphard. It’s hard for us in Malaysia to understand but there’s a good reason for it. The Alphard’s lower ground clearance makes it a poor choice to deal with the frequent flash floods and poor road c

It’s gonna be a busy week for renderers especially in Indonesia as Toyota Indonesia dropped the first teaser of the highly anticipated all-new third-generation 2023 Toyota Innova on its website and social media platforms. Described as “the next prestigious crossover”, the post shows the next-gen Innova’s front end, especially the grille and headlights. We tried to bump up the brightness with a little bit of Photoshop magic and as seen in the cover photo, it is a modern-looking crossover. The tra

The next-gen Toyota Innova could see a major overhaul underneath as the current generation is looking to be replaced, having been in production since 2015. The AN140 has seen numerous facelifts in the past 7 years but even dinosaurs have their expiry dates. We expect the all-new third-gen Innova to be launched in 2023, factoring in the typical 8-year model life cycle. We’ve previously reported that the all-new Innova could swap the tried and tested rear-wheel-drive (RWD) layout with a convention

For a car with many firsts, here's another feather the all-new 2022 Perodua Alza can add to its cap: it's the first Malaysian car to pass the ASEAN NCAP's stricter 2021 – 2025 protocol, acing it with five stars. The variant tested was the base Alza 1.5 X, with the tests conducted at the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research's (MIROS) PC3 lab in Melaka. ASEAN NCAP's new protocol places higher emphasis on ADAS, as the assesment now encompasses tests for autonomous emergency braking (AEB), as