Vietnam’s trade ministry announced yesterday that China’s Chery has signed a joint venture agreement with Vietnamese company Geleximco to build a USD 800 million (~RM 3.8 billion) plant to manufacture electric vehicles. The plant will be costal province of Thai Binh, and will produce battery EVs (BEVs) for Chery’s Omoda and Jaecoo brands. Phase one of the plant’s construction will be completed by Q1 2026. The Omoda 5 EV is already on sale in neighbouring Thailand as the Omoda C5 EV. The upscale

Remember the incident of Daihatsu admitting that there were some gaps in its submission of compulsory United Nations-standard crash test results on some of the models it developed. Specifically, the Daihatsu-developed DNGA platform Toyota Vios unit submitted for testing had a different door component that was yet to be installed on production cars. Now, ASEAN NCAP, the independent road safety agency funded by the FIA, United Nations, and Global NCAP – the umbrella body for regional NCAP organiza

Since its launch in December 2018, the Proton X70 has been the No.1 selling C-segment SUV in Malaysia. However as of January 2023, it no longer holds the leading position. The new sales leader is the Toyota Corolla Cross. As of June 2023, cumulative sales of the Proton X70 stood at 6,116 units and Proton’s own press release lists the X70 as “2nd highest volume C-segment SUV” in Malaysia. UMW Toyota Motor doesn’t publish the breakdown of its sales by model but checks with the publicly available M

Perodua is looking to sell 1,500 units of the new 2023 Perodua Axia E that’s now priced at RM 22,000, making it RM 2,000 cheaper than its predecessor. With that, the carmaker is counting on the lower pricing for the entry-level Axia to tempt more motorcycle owners to switch over to 4 wheels as they estimate that the monthly instalments would come to around RM 300. Based on the previous Axia, this updated variant will sell alongside the current all-new Axia and serve as the base variant… or more

This is it – roughly a month after it was initially leaked, Toyota has introduced the all-new 2022 Toyota Avanza in Indonesia. Being a new-generation model, it brings with it a host of improvements, which we will dive into. The all-new Toyota Avanza, alongside its sportier Veloz sibling, will battle the equally-new Honda BR-V, Mitsubishi Xpander, and Suzuki Ertiga when it goes on sale. In Indonesia, the all-new Toyota Avanza is priced from IDR 206 million (~RM 60k) for the base variant, before t

Perodua just introduced the new Perodua Axia 2019. It's just a mid-life update, a ‘facelift’ as some say. Mechanically it remains unchanged, although there are some minor nip and tuck throughout to keep the aging newPerodua Axia current. Prices have gone up slightly, but so is the list of safety features. There’s also a new quasi crossover/SUV-looking variant called Perodua Axia Style. It’s a wanabe SUV, an new Axia 2019 with jacked up ride height thick SUV-style claddings. Here's what's new of