The Proton Persona, with a starting price of just RM 47,800 is the most value-for-money sedan in its (B-segment) class. Even the highest specifications RM 58,300 Premium variant is still nearly RM 30k cheaper than the Toyota Vios and Honda City. This makes it unsurprising that for much of 2023, the Proton Persona dominated Malaysia’s B-segment sedan. No national car-level pricing advantage, no problem for Toyota Vios and Honda City Yet, the Toyota Vios, despite its higher starting price of RM 89

Having skipped Malaysia, the 2024 Honda Accord has now sailed into Thailand, previewed for the market earlier today. Taking on the Toyota Camry in a market segment that only has the two of them competing against each other, the 11th generation Accord comes with a whole lot of newness. Three variants will be on offer, but they'll all be hybrid-only. The range and their estimated prices are as follows: E: Not more than THB 1.53 mil (RM 196k) EL: Not more than THB 1.67 mil (RM 214k) RS: Not more th

The Toyota Yaris Ativ (or Toyota Vios as it's known to Malaysians) has topped Thailand's May 2021 B-segment sedan sales category by overtaking its nearest rival, the Honda City. Sales data compiled by headlightmag.com shows sales of the Yaris Ativ in May 2021 totalled 1,550 units, while the Honda City managed 1,402 units. Rounding up the top three is the Nissan Almera, with 1,128 units sold in the same month. Model/units sold May 2021 YTD 2021 Honda City 1,402 9,330 Nissan Almera 1,128 7,827 Toy

Toyota unveiled the facelifted 2021 Toyota Vios a couple of months ago in the Philippines, followed by Thailand a month later. Set to be introduced in Malaysia by December, let's take a closer look at Toyota’s upcoming B-segment contender that will be going head-to-head against the all-new Honda City and Nissan Almera. 1. When will the 2021 Toyota Vios go on sale? Considering that the current, pre-facelifted Toyota Vios has completely sold out, it does mean that UMW Toyota Motor will introduce t

Honda Malaysia today announced a product recall involving 55,354 units of Honda vehicles to replace its fuel pump as a precautionary measure, in line with the Honda global fuel pump recall. Honda Malaysia truly apologises for the inconvenience caused to the affected customers and reassures that all its year 2020 production models are not affected in this product recall. As of today, there are no incidences of crashes or injuries caused by this issue reported in Malaysia. The replacement of the a

Previously we looked at B-segment sedan vs C-segment sedan and now to make things a little more interesting, we're looking at C-segment SUV vs D-segment sedan. C-segment SUV are mid-size SUVs such as the Mazda CX-5, Proton X70, Honda CR-V, etc. D-segment sedans are large sedans like the Toyota Camry, Mazda 6, Honda Accord, etc. Let's take the Honda CR-V and Honda Accord as an example since both are priced fairly close to each other. What do you get when you go for the CR-V over the Accord? CR-V'