The Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research, better known as MIROS, will be assessing the safety of the D74A 2023 Perodua Axia. The head of MIROS, Professor Dr Wong Shaw Voon told FreeMalaysiaToday, “We haven’t received any complaints, but we’ll look into Perodua’s claims.” In the wake of the fiasco that came to light last week, Perodua and UMW Toyota Motor issued separate statements, mentioning that the D74A Axia and AC100 Toyota Vios won’t be recalled and sales of both models will continue

Honda Motor Co. Ltd. has just announced that the FL5 2023 Honda Civic Type R has set a new front-wheel drive (FWD) record at the famed Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit in Germany. The new hot hatch from Honda set a lap record of 7 minutes 44.881 seconds on a full lap of the Green Hell, beating out the previous record holder, the Renault Megane RS Trophy-R (7 minute 45.389 seconds). For context, the previous FK8-generation Civic Type R set a lap record of 7:43.8, but that was back in 2017. Two ye

The Malaysian government will be ‘looking’ into ways to introduce affordable battery EVs priced below RM 100,000, said Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change Minister Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad. The Minister said battery EVs currently on sale in Malaysia are priced beyond the reach of most Malaysians. “The majority of EVs on sale today are priced above RM 100,000 but we want to bring such vehicles to the wider market, which is the price range of below RM 100,000. To achieve that, we will loo

FL5 Honda Civic Type R now on sale in Japan for 4,997,300 Yen (~RM 160k) Drift King Keiichi Tsuchiya will be sharing his opinion on the FL5 soon Deliveries to markets outside of Japan to begin in 2023 Estimated price for Malaysia - circa RM 350k Honda Motor has announced prices of the FL5 generation 2022 Honda Civic Type R for its home market in Japan – the first country to sell Honda’s latest iteration of the Civic mega hatch. The all-new FL5 Civic Type R is now on sale in Japan with prices sta

Spyshots of the D27A Alza have been leaked At least 2 variants available Could get the Ativa front design but everything else is similar to Xenia The Perodua Alza is the oldest model in the second Malaysian carmaker’s line-up and as such its chapter is ending with its all-new replacement, codenamed D27A, possibly due to launch soon. Whether the 2022 Perodua Alza will keep the name remains under wraps for now. But what isn’t under wraps is what it would look like as videos and screenshots of it h

We’ve covered the top picks for used sedans and SUVs under RM 80k as a follow-up to the survey that revealed the majority of used car buyers shop below RM 80k. Now we’re moving on to used MPVs within the same budget. As per usual, we’ve disqualified MPVs that are too old – aged above 10 years, since most used car bank loans must be settled before the car turns 13. Premium brands are disqualified again as well, but then again there aren’t many MPVs with a “premium” badge. The BMW 2 Series Gran To