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

Last night, UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) launched the 2023 Toyota Innova Zenix virtually. Two variants are offered and both are fully imported (CBU) from Indonesia and are priced at: Innova Zenix 2.0 V – RM 165,000 Innova Zenix 2.0 Hybrid – RM 202,000 The prices shown are for Peninsular Malaysia, on-the-road, and exclude insurance but let’s not talk about the monetary value for a moment and focus on what are the differences between both variants. Powertrain We’ll start with the most obvious differenc

Strong performance in DRB-HICOM’s automotive division has pushed the conglomerate back into black. It ended its financial year ending 31-December 2022 with RM409.99 million profit before tax, reversing the previous financial year’s pre-tax loss of RM291.27 million. However it also registered a pre-tax loss of RM73.13 million for Q4 2022, but the group says this is mainly due to year-end assessment’s impairment loss of assets. The automotive division is the group’s crown jewel, leading revenue gr

You know Chinese New Year is around the corner when Edaran Tan Chong Motor Sdn Bhd (ETCM) launches a couple of new colours that are synonymous with the Lunar New Year for the Nissan X-Trail 2.0L Mid and Nissan Serena 2.0L S-Hybrid Premium Highway Star. They’re also offering some low interest rates for customers that choose to buy a new Nissan during this period. The X-Trail 2.0L Mid can now be had a radiant shade of Monarch Orange that will definitely make it stand out on the road. Together with

In case you’re not aware, some Proton models that are equipped with the GKUI touchscreen infotainment system has built-in 4G LTE internet connectivity and free online music streaming services (Ultimate Music by Tencent). Proton has just announced that they will be migrating their music app to JOOX Music – also a product of Tencent. The new app will be installed via an OTA (over-the-air) update which will be released from 27 March 2020 onwards. This update will be rolled out to all Proton X70 var

(2019 Proton Exora Premium Price & Specs | Gallery) The Exora is Proton's family car option launched in 2009 and currently the brand's only MPV. In its 10-year production, the MPV went through 3 updates that saw the addition of the turbocharged (but still port injection) engine (Exora Bold) in 2011 and a cosmetic update in 2017. The latest rendition you see here was introduced in 2019. Upgrades in this cycle saw mostly tech additions on the Proton Exora's interior. The MPV now comes with the hea