Toyota returns to the 2023 Sepang 1000 KM Endurance Race (S1K) seeking to not only defend the overall title it won last year but aiming to complete a hat trick of podium finishes since it joined the annual prestigious event in 2021. Toyota Gazoo Racing Malaysia will field its sole entry and S1K defending champions Tengku Djan Ley Tengku Mahaleel and Naquib Azlan behind the wheel of the 2022 winning Toyota Vios in the MTC Class. The race takes place from today, Friday 23-November 2023 and runs al

Mitsubishi is looking to launch two electric vehicles (EV) in Indonesia by early 2024 according to a report by OtoDriver. The Indo automotive website also speculated that one of the EVs might be based on the Xpander. “Early next year, we are planning to launch an EV for the commercial sector as well as one for the passenger car market which we plan to unveil at GIIAS (Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show) 2024,” Director of Sales and Marketing for PT Mitsubishi Motors Krama Yudha Sales Ind

To say the Hyundai Ioniq 5 is an immense success in Indonesia might be a bit of an understatement with the electric vehicle (EV) outselling the Honda CR-V in May 2022. Indeed, reception for the Ioniq 5 has been overwhelming in the archipelago with over 800 bookings made at the 2022 Indonesia International Motor Show (IIMS) back in April. This accounted for 51 percent of new Hyundai cars that were booked at the motor show. The Ioniq 5 in Indonesia is offered with 4 variants priced from IDR 718 mi

The Malaysian Ringgit has been one of the weakest currencies in Asia. In the last 10 years, the Ringgit has lost more than 20 percent against leading regional currencies like the Singapore Dollar and Thai Baht. Against the US Dollar, the Ringgit has dropped by about 40 percent since 2012. Regardless of whether a car is imported (CBU) or locally-assembled (CKD), the automotive supply chain is exposed to fluctuations in foreign exchange. Most of the time, the purchase of parts, CKD kits, or even t

The C-segment sedan market in Thailand was once represented by four models – Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla Altis, Mazda 3, and Nissan Sylphy. No prizes for guessing which model currently dominates the segment. With 2,046 units sold in November 2020, Honda has managed to shift almost 3 times more units of the Civic than what Toyota managed with the Corolla Altis (only 702 units). Mazda only managed to sell 218 units of the Mazda 3 in the same month. Nissan pulled the plug on the Sylphy back in Sept

Just last week, we saw the 2020 Proton Saga Anniversary Edition made to celebrate the first Saga launched way back in 1985. Some liked it, but there also were critics that poked fun at Proton - thinking that the Saga is merely a cheap cash grab. Whether or not you liked it is another question, but it’s a fact that Proton had even hotter cars in their 37-year history, namely the Proton Putra, Satria GTI and Wira 1.8 Exi LE. Put side-by-side, each of them makes the Saga Anniversary edition look fa