For the first time in years, the world’s best-selling car is not wearing a Toyota badge, at least based on preliminary data from JATO Dynamics. According to the automotive industry analysts, it is the Tesla Model Y that looks set to become the best-selling car in the world in 2023. Between January and December 2023, around 1.23 million Model Ys have been sold across the world, a 64% increase compared to 2022. Tesla’s entry electric crossover model is placed in numerous top ten sales in Europe an

“A big embarrassment for Indonesia” and “Indonesian President… to feel jealous” are some of the comments mentioned in a recent opinion piece published by Japan’s Nikkei Asia in regard to Tesla’s launch in Malaysia. Indonesia’s government has already courted the American EV maker for years to invest in the archipelago but it seems that Malaysia somehow won according to the opinion piece by A. Lin Neumann, managing director of the American Chamber of Commerce in Indonesia. Tesla has set up a regio

Vantage Automotive, the official distributor for BYD cars in Singapore, has launched the BYD Dolphin EV. Priced at SGD 156,888 inclusive of COE and launch promotions worth up to SGD 3,000, the BYD Dolphin is currently the most affordable EV in the country. Compared to the entry variant of BYD Atto 3, the Dolphin is SGD 14,000 (which is around 9 percent) cheaper, taking the prices without promotion for the Dolphin and Atto 3 (SGD 159,888 vs. SGD 173,888). BYD's Dolphin was previously showcased at

The Mercedes-Benz EQE is the fifth EQ model to be launched by Mercedes-Benz Malaysia (MBM) after the EQA, EQB, EQC, and EQS. It is also the 20th electric vehicle (EV) officially on sale in Malaysia if you're keeping tabs. It’s essentially the little brother to the flagship Mercedes-Benz EQS and if you were to put them side-by-side, they look similar. Mercedes-Benz calls the streamlined jellybean/egg/Apple mouse shape a "cab-forward design with one-bow lines". It also costs almost less than half

The second batch of limited edition locally-assembled (CKD) BMW X5 PHEV with M Performance Parts, which was introduced at Auto Bavaria dealerships nationwide last year, has arrived and is limited to only 22 units. The limited-edition BMW X5 PHEV retails at RM 480,800 (without road tax, registration, and insurance) and comes with complimentary gifts worth RM22,000. According to Sime Darby Auto Bavaria’s Managing Director Mr Vi Thim Juan, the popularity of the limited-edition unit is attributed to

By now, you would’ve realized that Proton is setting itself up to launch its third SUV in a row – the 2022 Proton X90. And no, Proton is not launching a new MPV model anytime soon but before you remind us about the Geely VF11 (Geely Jiaji) mentioned in the 2018 agreement with Proton, note that the model sharing agreement signed in 2018 has already expired on 31-December 2020. It is safe to say that the Geely Jiaji (Proton V70?), once touted as a more upmarket successor to the Proton Exora, is no