The Philippines has earned the honour of being the first country in the region to make the new Nissan Z available, with order books opening for the sports car on 21 September 2023. Nissan Philippines surprised members of the media and guests during an event recently by rolling out the Nissan Z. The order date comes about following some initial production delays early in its launch phase but as they say, better late than never. While many speculated that the latest model in the Z-car family linea

Strong performance in DRB-HICOM’s automotive division has pushed the conglomerate back into black. It ended its financial year ending 31-December 2022 with RM409.99 million profit before tax, reversing the previous financial year’s pre-tax loss of RM291.27 million. However it also registered a pre-tax loss of RM73.13 million for Q4 2022, but the group says this is mainly due to year-end assessment’s impairment loss of assets. The automotive division is the group’s crown jewel, leading revenue gr

Twelve months after flood related supply issues suppressed sales at the beginning of 2022, national carmaker Proton enjoyed its best start to a year since 2013. With 11,681 units (domestic and export) sold in January 2023, sales have grown by 162.3% year-on-year, resulting in the company comfortably retaining second place in the sales table. Proton's market share for the month is estimated to be 22.9%, an improvement of more than 12% year-on year and over 3% better than its market share figure o

15,880 units delivered is the most since July 2013 as production recovery continues Export sales achieve highest volume in 113 months prior to launch in South Africa National car maker Proton continued its uptick in delivery numbers in August as production volume continued to recover from a slow start to the year. With 15,880 units delivered (domestic + export), the company achieved its best sales month since July 2013, a gap of 109 months, and remains focused on ending 2022 with a fourth consec

We are only days away from the official launch of the facelifted Proton Persona, Proton Iriz, as well as the all-new Proton Iriz Active, but photos of the Persona and the Iriz Active sans any camouflage have already surfaced online. Previously we’ve confirmed that the Proton Persona will come in the Proton X70’s Space Grey, now we can see the Persona in its new colour as well as the new Infinite Weave grille similar to Proton X50 in all its glory. We also get to have a good look at the Persona’s

Leaked documents sighted by WapCar.my has revealed some of the main changes that the upcoming 2021 Proton Persona facelift (MC2) will get. No more manual, CVT remains For starters, the manual transmission variant will be discontinued from the line-up, which means that only the CVT variants will remain. Yes - CVT. Unlike previously speculated, the facelifted Persona won't be receiving a 4-speed automatic gearbox. Notably, the Persona will receive the 'Stepped Automatic Transmission' (SAT) feature