These are the results of the inaugural Asian Compact Sedan Design Challenge (ACSDC) 2023, drawing 93 entries from 7 countries. It is a design challenge open to professional and student designers within Asia, co-organised by Perodua and the Malaysia Design Council (MRM). Aside from Malaysia, entries from Indonesia, the Philippines, and Singapore were submitted. Though one of the judging criteria was to seek “fresh design elements to suit the ASEAN taste”, there were also submissions from Japan, I

After an absence of a decade, Proton makes its return to the South African market with its first shipment of vehicles on Friday, 27-May 2022. This comes after signing an agreement with CMH Group as Proton’s distributor back in April. The first batch of vehicles consists of the Proton X50, Proton X70, and the Proton Saga while it is also expected to arrive in Durban in July. Proton’s export growth sales in 2022 so far have been fuelled by the X50 and X70 with both SUVs showing an increase in dema

The Ruiqi 7 is a reskinned Navara More upmarket than the Navara Will it succeed where the X-Class faltered? Many manufacturers have toyed with the idea of luxury pick-up trucks. Mercedes-Benz attempted that with the short-lived Mercedes-Benz X-Class, but sales did not exactly, pick up. Now however, yet another manufacturer is attempting to pick up where the X-Class left off. Enter Zhengzhou Nissan, a subsidiary under Nissan’s Chinese joint venture with Dongfeng. Zhengzhou Nissan showcased the Ru

We at WapCar.my hold the 2021 Isuzu D-Max in high regard. It looks light years better than many trucks, has plenty of toys, and carries with it an air of sophistication that was not present in its predecessor. Suffice to say, it has been well-received by the carbuying public. But, what if someone, - in the highly unlikely event - found the regular D-Max to be too.... pedestrian? Well, we're glad to say that Arctic Trucks and TGS Limited have thought of this very question and have come up with an

Malaysia’s pick-up truck market is seeing a revival of sorts, buoyed by a rapid succession of new model launches. The Toyota Hilux, Mitsubishi Triton, Isuzu D-Max, and Nissan Navara have all been updated. This will soon be followed by the new facelifted Ford Ranger and an all-new Mazda BT-50. The de-chromed new 2021 Mitsubishi Triton Athlete that you see here replaces the previous Mitsubishi Triton Adventure X. The latter’s chrome bits have been replaced with either dark chrome or polished black

Mazda has just dropped a teaser of the new-generation Mazda BT-50 pick-up truck, which will be making its debut on 17th June. The all-new third-generation Mazda BT-50 will be based on the recently-introduced third-generation Isuzu D-Max, a departure from the Ford Ranger-based second-generation model. As such, the new-generation Mazda BT-50 will be underpinned by the Dynamic Drive Platform, just like the Isuzu D-Max. Apart from being 23% stiffer than the outgoing model, the new platform also feat