National carmaker Proton closed 2023 by posting its best sales performance since 2012, achieving a fifth consecutive year of sales growth. In December, 12,711 units were sold, bringing the year-end total to 154,611 units (domestic + export), a 9.3% increase over the 2022 sales of 141,432 units. Proton's overall market share is calculated at 19.4%, and it ended the year ranked second in overall sales, maintaining this position for the fifth consecutive year. Strong market demand for the Persona,

Edaran Tan Chong Motor (ETCM) has officiated the upgraded Nissan 3S showroom in Puchong, Selangor, one of the first authorised dealerships that have been upgraded to reflect Nissan’s new ‘NRC-Next' retail concept and brand experience. The upgraded Nissan showroom incorporates the Nissan Corporate Identity with the new Nissan logo, in accordance with NRC-NEXT, the latest and newest global Nissan Retail Concept to provide customers with an elevated brand experience. Also read: The Nissan Sylphy we

Toyota Vellfire sold poorly against the Alphard in the past 3 years There are rumours the model could be discontinued, absorbed into the next-gen Alphard, or soldier on Next-gen model could be launched in Japan by May 2023 Back in 2020 when Toyota decided to streamline all 4 of its sales channels into one synonymous dealer network in Japan, a few models exclusive to these dealers were culled. One of those models planned for discontinuation is the Toyota Vellfire. A favourite among Malaysian poli

The Toyota Corolla Cross is sold globally with three engine options. Depending on markets, the choices are a 1.8-litre naturally aspirated Dual VVT-i 2ZR; a 2.0-litre naturally aspirated Dynamic Force M20A-FKS; and a hybrid, Atkinson cycle variant of the 1.8-litre 2ZR. The Japanese market Corolla Cross is offered with both variants of the 1.8-litre 2ZR engine - the regular petrol 2ZR-FE and the hybrid 2ZR-FXE. Market rumour is suggesting that the regular combustion engine 2ZR-FE variants will be

The Honda City is leading in sales in Thailand’s B-segment sedan market. Given its success, surely the City Hatchback would replicate its sedan twin by grabbing the title of its respective segment, right? Well, not quite because the Toyota Yaris is blocking the City Hatchback’s chances of winning by a mile. Or two as the Toyota Yaris sold 4,755 units in the Kingdom in January and February 2022 which is nearly twice as many Honda City Hatchbacks (2,578 units) that were sold in the same period acc

New Innova could switch to FWD, unibody layout Looks set to receive some form of electrification Expect it on roads as early as October 2022 The possible front-wheel drive all-new 2023 Toyota Innova has popped up again on our radar, this time in similar guise of a development mule in Bengaluru, India, after first making an appearance in Thailand last month. It was caught by MotorBeam and reshared to Instagram by Indonesian automotive sleuth, Indra Fathan. While they only managed a side and rear