The Toyota Yaris Ativ (Vios for Malaysia) continues its dominant sales streak in Thailand, once again topping the monthly sales chart for April 2023 according to data gathered by Autolife. Toyota's plucky-but-recently-controversial sedan ended the month with 2,867 units sold versus the Honda City's 1,229 cars moved. The numbers have dropped slightly since the January-March averages of 5,000-plus units monthly, but still good enough to maintain a clear lead over Honda. Also read: Priced from RM 8

Audi has begun the first of its many steps to cut all ties with dirty internal combustion engines (ICE). Ahead of the 2021 Munich International Auto Show (IAA, Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung), Audi announced its mid-term Vorsprung 2030 strategy for the decade. Production of Audi’s last new combustion engine model will begin by 2025 but even by then, Audi will have more than more than 20 battery electric vehicles (BEVs) models on sale. One year after that, all new Audi models released in 20

Malaysian airlines AirAsia has revealed its plans to diversify into ride-hailing in Malaysia. Its Chief Executive Officer, Tan Sri Tony Fernandes has teased a picture of AirAsia's plans via his social media accounts. In the teaser picture above, it would seem that AirAsia's ride-hailing fleet will comprise of the Toyota Vellfire and Toyota Alphard. Fernandes promises that AirAsia's entry into the ride-hailing scene will be "different from Grab and Uber. Different culture, different cabin and mor

Looking for a recond Toyota Vellfire? Well supply is going to get even tighter from now onwards as sales of the Vellfire is falling rapidly in Japan, as buyers are losing interest in the model. In contrast, demand for the Toyota Alphard is at an all-time high even though the model is already reaching the end of its model life, something that even Toyota dealers don’t really know why. So why are so many buyers falling out of love with the Vellfire? But before we get there, here’s a recap. The Toy

Downsizing. It is a dirty word to many car enthusiasts, but apparently unavoidable. Even purveyors of large engines, Mercedes-AMG, recently announced that its venerable 4.0-litre, twin turbo V8 engines will be replaced with hybrid 4-cylinder ones. Quite a shock to the system, yes. If you, like me, lived through the late 1980s and entire 1990s, you'd know that premium and performance cars of that era mostly came with large-capacity engines. 2.0-litre engines? That was the minimum entry ticket bac

Last week, we saw the preview of the 2020 Mitsubishi Xpander and while you can start booking for the latest arrival in budget 7-seater SUVs (not MPV), prices will have to wait. On the other hand, Mitsubishi Motors Malaysia (MMM) has just officially kick-started local assembly (CKD) of the daring-looking SUV at DRB-HICOM’s Pekan plant. This production line is designed to roll out 6,000 units of the Xpander annually. Malaysia is the third country to locally-assemble the Xpander following Indonesia