Thailand’s 10-hour Idemitsu Super Endurance Southeast Asia Trophy is our region’s most interesting race you’ve never heard of. Think of it as the Thai version of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, but with familiar B/C segment cars – regular cars that make up our region’s motoring landscape. Once again, Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda participated under his ‘Morizo’ pseudonym. He raced under his self-funded ORC Rookie Racing Team, in the same modified Toyota GR Corolla that burns hydrogen instead of petrol. O

BMW Group Malaysia announced today that over 1,600 units of electric vehicles (EVs) in BMW, MINI & BMW Motorrad EV have been delivered in eight months this year. This far surpasses the total of 1,557 units of BMW & MINI EV delivered by the group in 2022. Hans de Visser, Managing Director of BMW Group Malaysia said, “I'm happy to share with all of you that we at BMW are the leading provider of premium electrified vehicles in the country. Surpassing our total deliveries in 2022, over 1600 EVs deli

Price increase by 0.7%, or RM 1,000 across all variants Ignite Edition is the new flagship variant Platinum Quartz is now available on the Mazda 3 Bermaz Motor, the official distributor of Mazda models in Malaysia, has just introduced the updated 2022 Mazda 3. As before, the C-segment sedan and hatchback are imported (CBU) from Japan. As speculated back in February, prices of the updated 2022 Mazda 3 have crept up a bit, due to our weakening Ringgit. Compared to before, prices have gone up by 0.

In just two years after the facelifted Proton Iriz was launched, it has received yet another nip and tuck. This time, the range-topper gets a crossover-like outfit called the Iriz Active. Is it enough to convince buyers from the Perodua Myvi? Let us compare the range-topping variants of both. Price Range Comparison Proton Iriz RM 40,300 - RM 54,000* Perodua Myvi RM 41,292 - RM 52,697* *Prices stated above are OTR without insurance, with SST rebate, valid until 31-December 2021 Powertrain The Per

It is not secret that the current-generation Proton Perdana is a little long in the tooth – it was introduced back in 2016, and the model hasn’t received any significant updates throughout its model lifecycle. One possible candidate to replace the Perdana is the Geely Preface Concept, which was showcased at the 2019 Auto Shanghai. Built on the CMA platform that was co-developed with Volvo, the Geely Preface Concept is set to replace the Geely Borui as the company’s flagship sedan when it goes on

If the C-segment class of compact cars is indeed shrinking, Honda doesn’t seem to be aware of it. Sales of the Civic in USA – still Honda Motor’s biggest car market – continue to grow strongly even as archrival Toyota has just released an all-new Toyota Corolla. Despite being an aging model, the Honda Civic appears to be unaffected by the new generation Corolla, with sales growing by 26 percent month-on-month in August, totaling 34,808 units. According to a report by USA’s Automotive News, the H