Japan is a land where individuality is expressed not by a person’s choice of clothes, but his / her choice of cars. Visit Japan’s congested train stations in rush hour, and you will see that everyone dresses in the same grey/black-white business suits. Walk into a Uniqlo store in Japan and you will notice that regardless of apparel type, it’s in the same range of soft, boring, neutral colours – very different from our much more colourful local Uniqlo stores. Japan’s car scene however, is unlike

The UMW Group maintained its healthy sales momentum last month, as the Group - made of up Perodua and UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) - delivered 32,600 units in April 2022 alone. Perodua, naturally, was the star of the pair with 25,654 units sold in April 2022, buoyed by the Myvi, Axia, and Bezza. Though sales in April were slightly lower than in March (26,759 units then), Perodua sold 87,278 units in the first four months of this year, 11.5 percent better than the 78,308 units registered in the same p

Perhaps inspired to take on the hydrogen initiative proposed by the Ministry of Environment and Water last week, someone in Malaysia placed an order or more on a hydrogen-powered Ford Ranger. Called the H2X Warrego, the Ranger FCEVs (fuel-cell electric vehicles) will be built by Australian hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle start-up, H2X Global. The pick-up truck is merely an FCEV conversion built by H2X Global, not Ford. The company was launched in 2020 as H2X Australia with a very ambitious plan inclu

Mitsubishi Motors Malaysia is seeing positive sales growth after the COVID-19 pandemic. The Mitsubishi Triton recorded a 22.2 % market share from January to June 2020. Mitsubishi’s double cab pickup truck currently holds the number one position in Melaka, Penang, and Kedah. We look forward to how things will turn out for the Mitsubishi Xpander. Overall, Mitubishi Malaysia’s market share for 1H 2020 has grown to 1.7% in comparison to 1H 2019’s 1.4%. With positive trends in the sales of Mitsubishi

After introducing the new 2020 Toyota Hilux facelift, Toyota Motors just dropped a new 45-second long video of its newest pick-up truck. The new Toyota Hilux gets a revised 2.8-litre 4-cylinder turbodiesel, now delivering 204 PS and 500 Nm. And that's 27 PS and 50 Nm more than before. For the range-topping Revo Rocco, it gets new flared wheel arches, black mirror caps, black sports bar and Rocco decals at the rear of the vehicle. The interior gains an 8-inch touchscreen head unit with Apple CarP

It may seem hard to believe, but since the Nissan Navara was introduced back in 2015, it has yet to receive its mid-life update. But that is set to change, as Nissan has teased the imminent arrival of the facelifted Navara, alongside the iconic Z-car. Compared to the outgoing mode, the Navara facelift appears to receive a new two-tier LED daytime running lights, one above the headlight, and one below. This facelift should keep the Navara up-to-date, as it will be competing against the upcoming T