After an absence of a decade, Proton makes its return to the South African market with its first shipment of vehicles on Friday, 27-May 2022. This comes after signing an agreement with CMH Group as Proton’s distributor back in April. The first batch of vehicles consists of the Proton X50, Proton X70, and the Proton Saga while it is also expected to arrive in Durban in July. Proton’s export growth sales in 2022 so far have been fuelled by the X50 and X70 with both SUVs showing an increase in dema

Volvo's first EV model First locally-assembled (CKD) EV in Malaysia Price to be announced on 4-April 2022 Volvo Car Malaysia has launched the all-electric (EV) Volvo XC40 Recharge Pure Electric. This marks the third EV launched in Malaysia within one week, following the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Mercedes-Benz EQA. The Volvo XC40 Recharge EV is locally-assembled (CKD) in the Shah Alam plant, making it the first CKD EV in Malaysia. While Volvo Car Malaysia calls this a launch, pricing and detailed speci

Gets new Li-ion battery pack Larger 2.0L Dynamic Force engine Latest generation Toyota Safety Sense ADAS system with Over The Air (OTA) updates. Toyota’s first 12.3-inch driver’s digital meter cluster New front centre airbag The Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid has broke cover for the European market – brandishing Toyota’s fifth-generation hybrid power unit (the Malaysian version uses the fourth-gen hybrid powertrain) as well new Toyota Safety Sense (TSS) ADAS features. Though it’s billed as an all-n

Lexus is ramping up its electrified vehicle line-up with 10 PHEVs, BEVs, and HEVs set to be launched by 2025. First among them might be the next-gen Lexus NX which could be launched later this year. The upcoming compact crossover has been spotted doing tests in Japan and images of it had been leaked. According to some info, the next-gen NX could be offered a plug-in hybrid powertrain. Also read: Next-gen 2022 Lexus NX spied doing development testing in Japan! This could be taken from the Toyota

When Nissan pulled off the covers for the all-new 2021 Nissan Rogue in June 2020, we were amazed at the bold design the Japanese brand is going for its popular SUV. Outside of North America (NA) though, this SUV goes by a name more familiar to Malaysians, the Nissan X-Trail. However, since then there has been very little news on the arrival of the next-gen X-Trail outside of the States until now. Based on these images found in Chinese publications, it appears that China could be one of the first

Once the forays of the wealthy, sports utility vehicles (SUVs) are now commonplace. It's hard not to take notice, and recently a reader got in touch with us through our WapCar Forum asking what's the best sub-RM 150k SUV they can buy in Malaysia. And since we're all about the details, the cars we list here take into account the extension of SST exemption until 30-June 2021. Oh and do take note that the government's plan to revise the existing Open Market Value (OMV) calculations has been shelved