The Honda Accord entered its 11th iteration and is the nameplate’s most advanced in its nearly 50-year history. Though the outgoing 10th generation Accord has been discontinued in Japan, its story there hasn’t ended unlike its chief rival, the Toyota Camry. Honda Japan just announced details of the 11th-generation Honda Accord which will be launched there in Spring 2024. Available only with Honda’s e:HEV hybrid system, the upcoming Japanese-spec Accord looks largely similar to the one that’s cur

Thailand’s economy is not in a very good shape right now. The political impasse in causing a lot of uncertainties, and spillover effects are being felt in the country’s automotive sector. Rising interest rates and stricter vetting of hire purchase applications are also putting a damper on new car sales. Due to its sheer scale, Thailand’s auto sector also serves as a bellwether of sorts for the rest of the region’s auto sector. In the first half of 2023, total new car sales in Thailand contracted

Thailand's 7-way, 7-seater sales battle goes to the Toyota Veloz for yet another month, as the model continues its lead in April 2023 and subsequently the year-to-date numbers. Autolife.tv's data points the Alza's sibling netting 1,115 units sold in the fourth month of 2023, a slight drop from last month. Its closest rival, the Mitsubishi Xpander, eked out 1,002 cars sold in the same month. This means the Toyota still maintains top spot at this juncture, with 5,042 cars moved thus far in 2023. M

At Proton’s opening of their new engine assembly line in Tanjung Malim earlier this week, it’s made clear that only the direct-injected 1.5-litre three-cylinder mill (TGDi) is assembled here, while the multi-point injection (MPI) variant is imported from China. Speaking at the press conference, Muhammad Hasbullah, Deputy Chief Operating Officer of Powertrains, said that while “the plant is designed to produce a few more variants of the [1.5-litre three-cylinder engine], at the moment the focus i

Flip open a dictionary and under the phrase “lifestyle truck,” you’ll find a picture of the Ford Ranger T6. You really won’t but you should. It defined the lifestyle aspect of pick-up truck ownership. To drive that home, Sime Darby Auto ConneXion (SDAC); the sole distributor of Ford in Malaysia, unveiled an experiential programme called “Ford Ranger Getaways” to allow enthusiasts to experience the versatility of the Ranger through specially designed excursions. An industry first, the programme i

UMW Holdings Berhad, has in its latest corporate presentation, confirmed that the 2021 Toyota Corolla Cross will be launched in Malaysia in the second quarter of this year. The Corolla Cross will be one of the several new models (not all are listed here) that its subsidiary UMW Toyota Motor has planned for 2021. Of these, two have already been launched – the new facelifted 2021 Toyota Fortuner and Toyota Innova. The remaining models will most probably be the new Thailand-made 2021 Toyota Camry (