Perodua is mulling the construction of a new plant by 2025, to support series production of the next generation Perodua Myvi, which will include a battery EV (BEV) variant. Currently, Perodua has two plants, both located in Rawang, adjacent to each other. The older Perodua Manufacturing Sdn. Bhd. (PMSB) currently builds the Alza, Aruz, and Myvi. It also does contract manufacturing for the Toyota Veloz. The newer Perodua Global Manufacturing Sdn. Bhd. (PGMSB) builds the Axia, Bezza, and Ativa. Th

New Zealand is a very small car market. Selling less than 120,000 cars a year, the New Zealand car market is treated by car manufacturers as an extension of Australia (annual TIV of slightly over 1 million cars). Despite its small size, NZ is home to a very vibrant enthusiast car market. Its trade borders are open (at least for cars) and vehicle importation is simple. This explains why Toyota has given New Zealand a disproportionately high 150 cars allocation for the Toyota GR Corolla. Orders co

GR Corolla will sit above GR Yaris Body shell is based on regular Corolla. In theory, prices can be same / lower than GR Yaris Posers can look elsewhere, GR Corolla is exclusively 3-pedal, 6 MT The next new model launch for UMW Toyota Motor will be the Toyota Veloz, which will succeed the now-discontinued Avanza but if you’ve click on this post, we are pretty sure that’s not the model that interests you. Such is Toyota's wide breadth of product range. Following this morning’s global debut of the

Proton aims for sales recovery in final months of 2021 as production, sales, and export activities resume. From June- to August-2021, Proton managed to achieve a total volume of 5,354 units, comprising a mix of online registrations and exports. Up to the end of August, total volume was 62,637 units, an increase of 1.6% over the same period in 2020. Units sold from June - August 2021 Model No. of units Saga 1,645 Persona 1,091 Exora 303 Iriz 753 X70 790 X50 764 Total 5,354* *sales of other models

We’ve spied the upcoming Proton Persona and Proton Iriz facelift on the roads plenty of times, now here’s a look at the cars sans-camouflage on the Perak Police’s Facebook page. The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) was conducting a standard operating procedure check in Proton’s Tanjung Malim plant and was broadcasting the process on Facebook Live when they unwittingly leaked footage of the cars. Also read: Upgrades needed for 2021 Proton Persona - One transmission away from greatness Of course, eagl

Don’t expect Perodua to ditch its aging but proven 4-speed torque converter automatic transmissions anytime soon. Even as the rest of the world is trending towards CVT-type automatic transmission for city cars, Perodua’s tried and tested Akashi Kikai 4-speed automatic transmissions will continue to be sold in Malaysia for many more years to come. There’s a simple reason to that. Perodua’s customers are happy with what’s offered to them right now, so why bother changing something that’s not broke