One-tonne pick-up trucks are not very popular in Japan, where kei minivans with sliding doors and tight roads-friendly mini-trucks are the preferred work tools for people who need to haul a lot of cargo. Though larger pick-up trucks don’t sell in very high volume, they are seen as status symbols. Parallel-imported left-hand drive American pick-up trucks prowl the trendy streets of Roppongi and Ginza, rarely leaving tarred roads. Nearly twenty years ago, Mitsubishi Motors in 2005 attempted to int

Sime Darby Auto ConneXion launched a new Platinum variant 2023 Ford Ranger. Although the Ford Ranger Platinum is imported (CBU) from Thailand, Malaysia is the first market in Southeast Asia to launch it. Priced from RM 183,888, the Ranger Platinum is positioned above the Ranger Wildtrak. Mechanically, it’s unchanged from the Wildtrak, powered by the same 2.0-litre bi-turbo diesel(210 PS / 500 Nm) paired to a 10-speed automatic transmission with part-time 4WD. What the Platinum variant adds howev

Hot truck battles start early this year, and it's the updated-for-2023 Isuzu D-Max that kicks things off. The entire portfolio benefits from a list of upgrades, headlined by an electronically actuated rear differential lock as standard on all 4x4 variants – yes, even in the single cabs. There's also visual updates across the board too, and the whole shebang can be read below. Also read: Here's everything that's improved with the 2023 Isuzu D-Max range in Malaysia Yet, all these things are great

Mitsubishi Motors Malaysia (MMM) has sold 100,000 Triton pick-up trucks here in Malaysia and to mark the occasion, they awarded the buyer of the 100,000th Triton enough diesel for 100,000 km. To commemorate the achievement, MMM gave away 100,000 km diesel worth up to RM 27,000 to its 100,000th customer, Muhammad Faerus, a solar panel installation contractor. Also Read: Sales of Mitsubishi Triton up 24% for FY 2021, over 60% first-time owners, mostly ex-sedan owners Since MMM’s inception in 2005,

The all-new 2022 Ford Ranger has broke cover in Thailand. Billed as the smaller sibling of the Ford F-150, the Ranger now boasts a bold new design, updated platform as well as new powerplant options for certain markets. Although its a new-generation model, the 2022 Ranger is underpinned by a modified platform of the outgoing Ford Ranger. According to Ian Foston, Chief platform engineer, “The next-generation Ranger will be built on the third-generation T6 platform – a modular, flexible architectu

The next-generation, all-new Ford Ranger is set to make its debut in 2022, said the company in a recent statement. Besides sharing that production of the all-new Ranger is slated to begin in their Silverton, South Africa plant in 2022, the carmaker didn't divulge more details on the upcoming pick-up truck. All we know is that it fits a typical model life-cycle - recall that the current-gen, recently-facelifted T6 Ranger has been around since 2011. In South East Asia at least, that makes the Rang