The 2024 Kia Carnival makes a very compelling MPV and there are 3 seating configurations to choose from across 4 variants. With the recent launch of the locally assembled (CKD) 11-seater last month, all variants of the Malaysian-spec Kia Carnival are now CKD in Kulim, Kedah. The Carnival looks as grand as the default luxury MPV duo of important folks, the Toyota Vellfire and Toyota Alphard. Yet, at around the same price as a recond unit of the two luxury breadboxes on wheels, the Korean MPV migh

11-seater Kia Carnival set to be CKD soon To be sold alongside 7-, 8-seater variants Set for export to Thailand and other ASEAN countries too The 2022 Kia Carnival 11-seater – first introduced in Malaysia fully-imported (CBU) from Korea – will soon be locally-assembled (CKD Kulim, Kedah) here, to be sold alongside the CKD 7- and 8-seater variants. It will also be exported to the Thailand and ASEAN markets. "CKD programmes for the 11-seater has been initiated, basically for export to ASEAN countr

Fans of the Fast franchise (yes, they exist) were devastated when Han; played by Sung Kang, purportedly died in the fiery wreck of his Veilside-kitted Mazda RX-7 in Tokyo Drift. Those frowns turned upside down when he returned from the dead in Fast 9 but seeing that his favourite car is a Toyota Sienna, some might be wishing he stayed dead. Although his character made a return in Fast 9 behind the wheel of a Toyota Supra that paid homage to his RX-7, in real life the man behind Han proudly decla

Price confirmed at RM 196,340 CBU from Korea; CKD operations to start later this year 5-year Manufacturer Warranty and Free Scheduled Maintenance included When Dinamikjaya, the new distributor of Kia vehicles in Malaysia, put the all-new 2022 Kia Carnival on display, the car was only open for booking and the price stated is an estimated price. Now the distributor has confirmed the Carnival is officially on sale for RM 196,340. For now, the Kia Carnival is fully-imported (CBU) from Korea though D

The recently launched 10-seater Mercedes-Benz Vito Tourer (CBU from Vitoria, Spain) available at Hap Seng Star competes in a sparsely populated segment. As far Malaysia is concerned, the Vito Tourer has no direct rival, though the RM 446k Toyota Alphard 3.5L, RM 367k Toyota Vellfire 2.5L, and the RM 359k Hyundai Staria – all 7-seater vans - falls within the same shopping basket. Globally, the Vito’s closest rival is the Volkswagen Transporter and the Toyota GranAce / Hiace Super Grandia variant,

Fixing Kia’s broken after-sales support in Malaysia is the most important (and difficult) task for new Kia distributor Dinamikjaya, a subsidiary of Bermaz Auto, which has taken over the distributorship rights for Kia vehicles in Malaysia effective 1-April 2021. Although many Kia owners are looking forward to a better ownership experience, they have to keep in mind that it’s unrealistic to expect the new custodians of Kia to undo more than a decade of neglect and clean up the legacy issues left b