Thailand’s 10-hour Idemitsu Super Endurance Southeast Asia Trophy is our region’s most interesting race you’ve never heard of. Think of it as the Thai version of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, but with familiar B/C segment cars – regular cars that make up our region’s motoring landscape. Once again, Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda participated under his ‘Morizo’ pseudonym. He raced under his self-funded ORC Rookie Racing Team, in the same modified Toyota GR Corolla that burns hydrogen instead of petrol. O

Dinamikjaya Motor, a subsidiary of Bermaz Auto and the official distributor of Kia vehicles in Malaysia, has launched the all-new 2023 Kia Sorento. The 6/7-seater SUV comes locally assembled (CKD) at the Inokom plant in Kulim. Three variants are available – 2.5 2WD 7-seater, 2.5 AWD 6-seater, and 2.2D AWD 6-seater, priced at RM 211,498, RM 235,498, and RM 255,228 respectively. The entry 2.5 2WD variant is powered by a naturally aspirated 2.5-litre petrol engine that makes 180 PS/232 Nm, mated to

The Honda Civic Type R is one of the very few true-to-the-form hot hatches on sale today and the latest generation continues that long-standing tradition 25 years later. The all-new 2023 FL5 Honda Civic Type R is priced from JPY 4,997,300 (~RM 160k) in its home market which is 5.2% more expensive than the previous FK8 Civic Type R’s selling price. In spite of the higher price tag, there have been more than 10,000 orders received for the FL5 Type R in Japan since it was announced in September 202

Sure, we trail behind Thailand and Indonesia in introducing the model but at long last, we have the all-new 2022 Kia Carnival in Malaysia, which is now open for booking though prices haven't been announced at the time of publication. Kia's distributors here – Dinamikjaya Motors Sdn. Bhd. – will be introducing the fourth-generation (codenamed KA4) MPV in its sole 11-seater guise. It's a much larger model than its predecessor (YP), measuring 40 mm longer than before at 5,155 mm, 10 mm girthier at

The Toyota Alphard and its sporty-looking twin, the Vellfire have been the mainstay of Malaysian roads for years ever since they were introduced in 2002 and 2008 respectively. However, the time of terrorizing the fast lane, transporting VIPs and towkays might be ending for one of them. According to Japanese site, Best Car, Toyota has announced that it would be downsizing some of its models beginning with the Toyota Tank mini MPV. The Tank will continue on sale until 15 September 2020, when the T

Open for bookings but new 2019 design yet to be revealed AV variant adds ASA 2.0 advanced driver assistance system and reverse camera Electronic stability (VSC) and traction control now offered – upper variants only Adds two new variants - GXtra and Style (rumoured to be a taller riding crossover) Reduced manual transmission variants, E variant is sole MT variant Nearly five years after its market launch in 2014, the Perodua Axia has been given its second mid-life update (there was another updat