Isuzu Malaysia has recorded another year of stellar performance with the highest truck sales in the country for the year 2023. The achievement bagged Isuzu the top spot for the overall truck brand for the 10th consecutive year and light-duty truck brand for the 14th consecutive year in Malaysia. The continuation of Isuzu’s market-leading position was cemented by a total combined retail sales of 7,209 units, including light, medium and heavy-duty trucks for last year, which represents 44.9 percen

Angka-Tan Motor Sdn Bhd (ATM) has launched the JMC Vigus Pro White Series, a new variant of its pick-up truck that looks to address the demands of the business community, especially small and medium enterprises (SMEs), with the most affordable automatic 4x4 pick-up in the market at RM 99,888. The White Series serves as a tradesman vehicle while the JMC Vigus Pro Premium Series is targeted at private owners. With its primary purpose being a workhorse, the White Series focuses on the essentials fi

Someone, somewhere, once said, “Getting to the top is easy, staying there is the difficult part.” Ford nailed the first part with the Ranger T6 back in 2012. Sure, it didn’t break sales records here but it did mark a paradigm shift in the agricultural image of a pick-up truck. They weren’t just appliances or workhorses for traders, contractors and the like anymore. No, they were suddenly cool and projected an active lifestyle. Ignore the fact that you never actually did any off-roading or used t

Clearly, Thais love their trucks as the Kingdom raked up 65,923 units for the first two months of the year and the Isuzu D-Max keeps its title as the country’s best-selling pick-up as well as car overall. As reported by Autolife Thailand, 29,847 units of the Isuzu D-Max were sold in January and February 2022 with a 45.3 percent market share. Following not completely far from behind is the Toyota Hilux which saw 25,942 units being sold in the same period. The Toyota Hilux might be the preferred t

In Mitsubishi Motors Corporation’s financial report for 2020 fiscal year ending March 2021, the company has outlined its product plan for the upcoming years. The Mitsubishi Xpander is scheduled for a major renewal which suggests an all-new model, and will feature a hybrid powertrain. We’ve previously reported MMC’s push for electrification and the future models planned, amongst them is the Xpander Hybrid. This time we have confirmation of its development. Also read: Mitsubishi Xpander Hybrid pla

The Proton X70 was first launched in December 2018, as a fully imported (CBU) model from China. Slightly more than one year later, the locally-assembled (CKD) model was launched in February 2020, with a new transmission but hardly any change in price. The range topping Premium X model is priced at RM 122,800. Barely two years on the market, it’s still too early to gauge the resale value of a Proton X70. Yes there are quite a number of units listed on used car classifieds, but it’s still too smal