Perodua's signing of the memoranda of understanding with Malaysia Rail Link (MRL) and Kuantan Port to use the upcoming East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) network for their deliveries is bound to help customers in more ways than one. Speaking to the press at the signing ceremony in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, the carmaker's CEO, Dato' Sri Zainal Abidin Ahmad, affirmed that rail transport can help Perodua deliver cars and goods (parts, in this case) faster. Their efforts are also helped by having a "first-mo

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

The Perodua Myvi is the road-going King but that title only applies in Malaysia and the 2022 update further enhances its position in automotive royalty. On the other hand, the Myvi’s Indonesian twin, the Daihatsu Sirion doesn’t face the same success. Still, the Sirion will be getting a facelift as the model is fully-imported (CBU) from Malaysia and will be launched on 2-June 2022. Units of the facelifted model were spotted in the archipelago for months now and from the looks of things, the Sirio

UMW Toyota Motor is sitting on over 20,000 outstanding orders, according to documents sighted by WapCar.my. Sources familiar with the matter said the company is banking on the resumption of manufacturing activities to catch up on its 62,000 units sales target announced earlier this year. As of June 2021, Toyota had sold 33,705 units (23,232 passenger cars and 10,473 commercial vehicles), achieving 54 percent of its annual target. The problem for Toyota is not that it doesn’t have enough buyers,

All Perodua showrooms and service centres nationwide have resumed operations this week but the problem facing Perodua dealers is less about selling new cars, but fulfilling existing orders. Like many car manufacturers, Perodua is facing serious shortage in automotive parts, especially electronic parts, due to the supply crunch for semiconductors due to Covid-19. Also read: After Nio and Tesla, Nissan USA also affected by Bosch’s supply disruption in Malaysia As a value for money-oriented brand w

Earlier this month, we shared some leaked information about the upcoming 2021 Proton Persona facelift (MC2). Now, here's a scoop on the imminent 2021 Proton Iriz facelift, courtesy of leaked documents sighted by this publication. No more manual, 2 colours from X50, LED headlights Much like its sedan stablemate, the Iriz will also receive a redesigned front-end, courtesy of a new bumper and grille. We know that this also constitutes Proton's new roundel-type logo. Curiously, it seems that the Sta