Sime Darby Beyond Auto, the distributor of BYD cars in Malaysia, has hit a new monthly sales record, with 1,045 units sold in May 2024. This is the first time BYD has crossed 1,000 units monthly sales milestone in Malaysia. May’s sales were 62.3% higher than April 2024, making BYD one of the biggest winners last month, albeit from a low-base sub-1,000 units sales figure. For comparison, May 2024’s total new car sales in Malaysia were 18% higher than April, as normal business operations resumed f

Year-to-date, approximately 24,000 units the second-generation Perodua Axia have been delivered to customers since its launch in 14-February 2023. During the recent market introduction Perodua Axia 1.0E MT yesterday, Perodua President and CEO said Dato' Sri Zainal Abidin Ahmad told WapCar that 21,000 units of the D74A Axia were delivered by end-May 2023, equating to roughly 6,000 units being delivered per month. Also read: D74A 2023 Perodua Axia launched in Malaysia, priced from RM 38.6k, 1.0L w

After 10 years of hiatus, Proton makes a comeback in the South Africa market. The first two models to launch in South Africa is the Proton X50 and Proton X70. The Proton Saga will be made available by late-2022 or early-2023. This comes after Proton appoints new South African dealer earlier this year. Proton's official distributor, Combined Motor Holdings (CMH), saw a gap in the market for a premium SUV within the budget of the average buyers. Premium SUVs are often out of the reach of these buy

The BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe, which is currently assembled in Kulim, will soon have a rival. Mercedes-Benz Malaysia has pretty much confirmed that it will be launching a locally-assembled (CKD) 2021 Mercedes-Benz A-Class Sedan, GLA, and GLE later this year. Buried within the company’s press release recapping its activities for year 2020 and the launch of its new virtual showroom, Mercedes-Benz Malaysia said, “The company aims to expand its CKD footprint with plans to localize additional models in

Ford has just unveiled the new Ford Ranger Thunder – a kitted-up Ranger based on the popular Ranger Wildtrak, exclusive for the European market. Separating the Ranger Thunder from the regular Ranger Wildtrak is new Sea Grey colour, exclusive 18-inch alloy wheels and Ebony Black finishing on the front grille, rear bumper, skid plates, fog light surrounds, and door handles. Furthermore, the Ranger Thunder also gets red highlights on the front grille and sports bar, as well as Thunder emblems on th

(2020 Perodua Bezza Price & Specs | Gallery) The first local car launch of the year is the 2020 Perodua Bezza facelift and being their best- selling (and only) sedan, it is an important model for the second national carmaker. Perodua has trimmed the Bezza facelift variant line up to 4 variants, dropping the 2019 Perodua Bezza 1.3 Premium X (MT) citing low uptake rate from the public. The Bezza facelift is a stunner in the metal and its extensive list of features are mouth-watering to showroom sh