Under Bermaz Motor, Malaysia is the only Mazda distributor / national sales centre in Southeast Asia to close the Hiroshima-based automaker’s financial year ending March 2024 (FY2024) on a positive note. Although Mazda closed its FY2024 account books with its highest ever operating profit, surging 76 percent to reach 250.5 billion Yen (~RM 7.63 billion), most of the success was attributed to the USA, Europe, and China. Southeast Asia is a headache for Mazda. Casual readers of business news would

Is the time for the new Proton X70 facelift's launch quickly approaching? Perhaps but this latest spyshot of an undisguised X70 might be hinting that speculation a lot closer. Taken by a user named Prince El Rachid and posted on Pandu Laju's social media page, the new-look X70 shows off a new front grille treatment similar to the Proton X90 and Proton S70. It also gains a new redesigned front bumper as well as slimmer LED headlights which resemble that of the Geely Boyue facelift. Besides the ni

The current generation Honda CR-V is already in its final legs. An all-new generation model has already been launched in Thailand, and Indonesia is expected to follow suit in the coming months. The model is currently in what the industry terms as a run-out mode – using sales promotions to phase out the current generation model to make way for an incoming new model. Bargain hunters who don’t mind not having the latest model, and don’t want to put up with long waiting periods for newer, more popul

Following the launch of the Hyundai Creta, news regarding an electric version of it popped up and indeed, there appears to be plenty of truth to it as the possible Creta EV has been spotted undergoing road tests in India. From an exterior standpoint, the Creta EV hasn’t changed much from its internal combustion variants, based on photos published by Indian media Motorbeam. Initially, the Creta EV looks to retain an identical cabin to the internal combustion variants but upon closer inspection, t

With the all-new 2022 Lexus NX being spotted in Malaysia, it’s only a matter of time before the upscale Harrier-based SUV is launched here. It’s currently on sale in Singapore and Indonesia but while we wait for announcements by Lexus Malaysia, the second-generation model has been awarded the highest safety rating in the United States. Both the Lexus NX and NX Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) received the Top Safety Pick+ awards from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). Unlike other crash tes

Volkswagen Tiguan was launched here back in 2017, adding a European flavor to the hotly contested C-segment market, dominated by the likes of Proton X70, Honda CR-V, and Mazda CX-5. The Volkswagen Tiguan in Malaysia is locally assembled at Volkswagen’s factory at Pekan and is certified as an Energy Efficient Vehicle (EEV), available in three variant, all powered by the same 1.4-litre 4-cylinder turbocharged engine mated to 6-speed dual-clutch transmission. With that being said, the Tiguan certai