Volvo Car Malaysia introduced its first dedicated body repair and paint service facilities through the launch of the Volvo Certified Damage Repair Centre (VCDR), and it's a service that's now available at Federal Auto Cars, Glenmarie. Nick Connor, Head of Volvo Cars APEC, was present with Charles Frump, Managing Director of Volvo Cars to officially launch VCDR. “We are very happy to be able to witness the milestones that Volvo Car Malaysia has achieved thus far,” said Nick Connor. “From the impl

More news of the 2023 Toyota Innova trickles through our newsdesk, with this time being a naming clue that could point to the model's hybrid aspirations. The latest bit of news through Indonesian sources is that Toyota has registed the name 'Innova Hycross', which could be a portmanteau of the name Hybrid Cross. By the way, putting the 'Cross' name on an Innova shouln't sound too far fetched. The Toyota Veloz is called the Veloz Cross in Vietnam. Also read: Crossing its way into Malaysia, 2022 T

March 2022's sales increased 31.9 percent, for Toyota and Lexus At least 2 new model launches later this year 2022 Toyota Veloz almost confirmed, new GR Sport Yaris / Corolla Cross / Hilux next? UMW Toyota Motor sold 8,487 vehicles in March 2022, up 31.9 percent from the previous month’s 6,432 units, a result that the company says put it at the top as Malaysia’s No.1 non-national car company. Of the total, sales of Toyota vehicles totalled 8,386 units, up from 6,336 units in February 2022, while

Parallel importers in Singapore have been hard at work, as they recently brought in the all-new 2021 Honda HR-V. One such parallel importer is Leco Auto. They are selling two variants of the all-new Honda HR-V: the regular 1.5 G petrol and hybrid 1.5X e:HEV. Also Read: Singapore sells all-new 2021 Honda HR-V before Malaysia...well, sort of The Honda Vezel name is a clue to as where the SUV is from - Japan. The 1.5 G is the base variant and the 1.5X e:HEV is the entry-level hybrid variant. Standa

Say what you want about Made in China because the Chinese have come a very long way from mass-producing cheap knockoffs to becoming the technology hub they are today. Huawei, Alibaba (yes Alibaba is a tech company) and Geely are now familiar names to the rest of the world. Although the latter only made its wave among Malaysians in 2017 after acquiring a 49.9% stake in Proton. Since then Geely-Proton partnership has made technologies such as 4G online connectivity, intelligent voice command, Adva

One major highlight of the newly launched locally-assembled (CKD) 2020 Proton X70 is the adoption of a new 7-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission that replaces the conventional 6-speed torque converter automatic. Most Malaysians would be familiar with the term DCT (dual-clutch transmission) no thanks to the Volkswagen DSG (Direct Shift Gearbox) and Ford PowerShift that started the discussion of DCT reliability. Since then, DCTs have become something that consumers would actively avoid or at