More powerful 2.0L hybrid system, 204 PS / 335 Nm Biggest touchscreen ever in a Honda, Google integration Longer legroom, bigger boot space, better Sensing This is it, the all-new 2023 Honda Accord that's just debuted in the United States of America. Lots can be said about it, but one thing is glaringly clear – the Accord has traded market places with the Toyota Camry. Where the Camry is now, as Toyota describes, a controversial 'beautiful monster', the 2023 Honda Accord is a bland but safe choi

If you are looking for a drama-free car for you and your family, one that you don’t need to do much apart from pumping petrol and air (for the tyres), you can never go wrong with a Toyota. The merits of Toyota’s peace-of-mind ownership experience needs little introduction but as Malaysia’s benchmark for after-sales service and customer care, Toyota is not being complacent. Distributor UMW Toyota Motor has recently launched not one, not two, but three initiatives to retain its loyal customers. Th

It appears that the Toyota Corolla Cross will be the next recipient of the GR-Sport treatment, as evident from spyshots from Taiwan. Up front, the Corolla Cross GR-Sport gets a redesigned front bumper, completely different from the US and Japan-market models. It also gets a new gloss black front grille with honeycomb insert. As for the rear-end, the Corolla Cross GR-Sport gets clear-type LED tail lights, a lone GR-Sport emblem on the tailgate, and a more prominent rear diffuser piece. A gloss bl

When I bought my reconditioned 2013 Subaru BRZ, it was a four year-old car. I paid around RM 148k for it. Similarly, my colleague Ethan, paid about RM 166k for his - also reconditioned - 2018 Toyota 86 (I might have had something to do with that). His is a three year-old car. RM 18k gap for a year's difference seems a little excessive, doesn't it? Far from dropping to the low RM 100k range (which I expected years earlier), prices of reconditioned Toyota 86s and Subaru BRZs have stayed robust and

Back in the early 90s, if you wanted to buy a performance car, you’d most probably choose the manual transmission option. The equivalent automatic option was probably heavier, slower-reacting, and had higher fuel consumption. My own uncle once told me back then, “In a sprint, my manual car would always be faster and more accelerative versus an automatic.” Those words stuck with me. Fast forward to today, and self-shifting transmissions have gotten so good, no human input could possibly match its

Volkswagen Passengers Car Malaysia rolls out the new facelift 2020 Volkswagen Passat, priced at RM 189,012 for the 2.0 TSI Elegance - that's RM 7,400 cheaper than before. The previous model's 1.8 TSI has since been discontinued. As before, it is locally-assembled at Pekan, Pahang. The 2.0 TSI engine is detuned to now produce 190 PS and 320 Nm of torque. That's 30 PS and 30 Nm lower than the pre-facelift’s 220 PS and 350 Nm. If you are wondering why, that’s because the 220 PS tune is no longer av