The humble Perodua Bezza is a successful little sedan that moved many Malaysians ever since it was first introduced in 2016 as P2’s first-ever three-box-shaped car. A favourite among Grab drivers, young families, and first-time car owners, the Bezza is as much of an icon as any other Perodua. But in 2022, it achieved yet another milestone not on a national scale, but a global one. That’s right, if you’ve gotten passed the clickbait-sounding title and curiosity got you this far, the Perodua Bezza

Remember the pristine 1989 Proton Saga 1.5 GL Black Knight Edition that took first place at the 2021 Hagerty Festival of the Unexceptional? Well, it’s back on a pedestal but instead of the fields of Lincolnshire, it stands proudly in the prestigious Royal Automobile Club in Pall Mall, London. Yes, the humble Proton Saga that mobilised Malaysians for more than 35 years is now being represented at the entrance of one of the most exclusive automobile clubs in the UK. Hot off the trails of being cro

Toyota authorized dealer Laser Motor’s outlet in Seksyen 19 Petaling Jaya has a quite a good reputation as a friendly neighbourhood dealer that PJ folks trust. For various reasons, this particular Toyota dealer sees an unusually high number of old Toyota cars being sent there for maintenance work, even if the cars are well past (sometimes decades past) their warranty period. It’s something that even the people at UMW Toyota Motor’s headquarters find difficult to explain (because only then can th

Proton has been ramping up its presence in Pakistan with the launching of the Saga a little more than a week ago. Even though it has only two models in its line-up with the Proton X70 completing the pair, Proton’s partner in the South Asian nation, Al-Haj Automotive aims to commence local assembly at its new plant by the third quarter of 2021. The plant, which is built on a greenfield site in Karachi, will have a planned capacity of 25,000 units a year. About USD 30 million have been invested in

The new Hyundai Elantra offers an alternative option if you’re shopping for a C-segment saloon. Being a CBU import from Korea, it is a bit tougher for the Elantra to compete with the CKD Honda Civic. A CBU rival of the Hyundai Elantra would be the Japan-made Mazda 3 Sedan 1.5. The Hyundai Elantra is now open for booking, but prices are yet to be announced. We expect the price to be around the price of the Mazda 3 sedan 1.5, which is around RM 137,660. One Korean and the other Japanese, we figure

If you have visited any Mercedes-Benz dealers recently, you would know that there are hardly any 2020 models on sale. Perplexing because we are already well into the third month of the year. It doesn’t matter if you are buying a locally-assembled Mercedes-Benz C-Class/E-Class/GLC-Class or an imported A-Class. Dealers don’t have any 2020 manufacturing year cars to sell you. Buyers are advised to take one of two options - buy a unit manufactured in 2019 with minimal discounts, or wait until Merced