For many car enthusiasts, what typically sparked their vehicular breakthrough is the small 1:64 scale Hot Wheels toy cars and most of them are made right here in Malaysia. Mattel which is the parent company of Hot Wheels first established its Malaysian base back in 1982 and a year later, Proton was incorporated. To celebrate both companies’ anniversary, Hot Wheels announced that it would be creating a 1:64 scale of Malaysia’s first national car, the Proton Saga. Over the weekend at Art of Speed

UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) has confirmed that it has two more models to launch this year. In a press statement released by its parent company UMW Group regarding its automotive division’s April 2023 sales performance, it was also said that “UMWT expects demand and sales to be sustained throughout the year, supported by the introduction of new and facelift models.” The new model is clearly referring to the 2023 Toyota Innova, which in some markets like Indonesia, is marketed as the Innova Zenix. UMW

Perodua collected some 24,265 orders in the month of July, which is a healthy sign that demand for its vehicles remain strong notwithstanding the sales tax reinstatement on 1 July 2022. The compact carmaker also reported higher year-to-date (YTD) sales numbers with a 48.7% jump to 145,689 units sold between January and July 2022 compared with 97,945 units sold in the same period last year. “The sales increase can be attributed to two main reasons, the first is due to the strong demand for our ve

Suzuki is such a huge hit in India that Toyota is banking on a few rebadged models to entice buyers in the subcontinent. However, its latest rebadged Suzuki made its debut in South Africa instead. The Toyota Rumion is the third rebadged Suzuki model currently on sale as a Toyota after the Toyota Glanza/Starlet (Suzuki Baleno) and the Toyota Urban Cruiser (Suzuki Vitara Brezza). The Rumion is based on the Suzuki Ertiga which makes the Japanese giant the third company to rebadge the MPV after Mazd

Proton has announced that the company had its best export sales month since March 2013, a gap of 98 months, that saw 669 units delivered to overseas distributors in May 2021. Proton attributed the growth in export sales to the growing demand in several key markets, some new and some having sold Protons for decades. For example, Pakistan is a new market for the company but for the first five months of 2021, it was the best performer. On the other hand, Brunei which started selling Proton vehicles

Early this month, UMW Toyota Malaysia (UMWT) launched the new 2021 Toyota Innova facelift in Malaysia. With three variants available that are priced from RM 111k, we’ll give you a breakdown across the variants to help you decide which best suits your needs. The following are the prices of the Innova variants sans SST which is valid until 30-June 2021: Innova 2.0 E (AT) - RM 111,622 Innova 2.0 G (AT) – RM 121,483 Innova 2.0 X (AT) – RM 129,677 Before we break down the variants further, let’s just