Singapore Motorshow 2024 is the venue for the right-hand drive (RHD) debut of the 2024 Kia Carnival facelift. The fourth generation of the pioneering Korean MPV saw a styling revision in its domestic left-hand drive (LHD) market in October last year. For now, the Carnival facelift that is shown at Kia Singapore’s booth during the city-island state’s premier motor show is only for preview as prices weren’t announced. The pre-facelift Carnival has also been discontinued in Singapore since June 202

One of the most highly demanded models in Japan is the all-new 2023 Toyota Alphard and Toyota Vellfire (AH40). Since its launch in June, its waiting period in the land of the rising sun is at least a year but according to Japanese media, some dealerships have suspended orders due to overwhelming demand. As per Web CarTop, some Toyota dealers have stopped taking orders for the AH40 Alphard and Vellfire due to the long waiting periods. One dealership explained to the automotive publication that if

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia (TMMIN) has just released its production data for export markets in the first half of 2023 (H1 2023) which saw 139,581 units being made at its plants all over the archipelago. Toyota alone contributed 52.6% of the total figure of export production models in Indonesia during H1 2023. Based on Gaikindo’s data, a total of 248,004 units of completely built-up (CBU) vehicles were exported from Indonesia. TMMIN doesn’t have the data for individual models but the mo

Making its world debut in Japan today is the all-new 2023 Toyota Alphard, the fourth-generation in a long line of models that first appeared in 2002. The latest model brings even more luxury refinement and improved powertrains wrapped in a larger body, but the greater news is in the wider distinction between it and the similarly-new Vellfire. There's four variants of the AH40 Alphard on sale, and prices range from JPY 5,400,000 (~RM 177k) to JPY 8,720,000 (~RM 286k). Classic luxury redefined Par

This is it, the new 2023 Toyota Vellfire has gone on sale in Japan, alongside its twin the Toyota Alphard. Despite earlier rumours of discontinuation following poor sales of the previous generation Vellfire (versus Alphard), Toyota has decided to retain the Vellfire anyway, but with greater differentiation from the Toyota Alphard. More than just a twin with a different face, the new generation, sportier 2023 Toyota Vellfire now features an exclusive engine – a T24A-FTS 2.4-litre turbocharged 4-c

Proton’s management have told its investment bank partners that the company will be launching a new Geely-based model in 2021, according the latest investor’s newsletter by RHB Research. The research house didn’t mention any specifics on which Geely model that Proton’s management was referring to. However back in 2018, Geely Automobile Holdings, the parent company of Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, which owns half of Proton, signed an agreement to license three Geely models to Proton for CNY 1,344