The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly put a damper on global car sales. According to data collected from Germany’s VDA, passenger vehicle sales in the largest car markets in the world contracted by 15% last year to 56 million vehicles from 65.5 million in 2019. Still, there can only be one car that represents that country’s best-seller. However, we won’t be filling up this article with one from every country in the world. That would be a pretty long list. Instead, we will select 25 countries sorte

One of the most anticipated models to arrive this year, the 2021 Perodua Ativa, was launched last week. It comes in 3 variants – X, H, and AV, priced from RM 61,500 to RM 72,000. Also read: With 3 choices, what is the best variant of the Perodua Ativa for you? We just got our hands on the range-topping Perodua Ativa AV for our usual instrumented testing and review, so do stay tuned for those. If you're also looking to upgrade your car for an Ativa, you can try out our handy tool on your car's tr

During a recent interview session with Proton chief designer Azlan Othman and Geely Design Shanghai vice president Guy Burgoyne, we learnt that Proton will progress from merely rebadging Geely models, but will instead feature Proton-designed upper bodies. This will mark a massive departure from the current Proton-badged Geely models, namely the Proton X50 and Proton X70, seeing that both models have minimal differences from their Chinese donor cars. Recall that the Proton X50 and Proton X70 look

I hope you’re not feeling too queasy for more coverage of the Proton X50 because well, here’s another one. Unlike others that churn out plenty of bite-sized visual information on the hottest car to come out from the Malaysian Tiger in a day, we decided to put the spotlight on another highly anticipated Malaysian SUV, the Perodua D55L. The battle of two Ps Historically, Proton and Perodua were never meant to be rivals as both carmakers were catered to different demographics. Perodua focused on ch

Since its introduction late last year, the Toyota Raize (and its Daihatsu Rocky sibling) have proven to be a popular choice amongst buyers in Japan. But that is not all, as tuners in Japan have gotten busy with the new SUV. Enter Blitz, a well-known Japanese tuning company that recently unveiled their tuned-up version of the Toyota Raize. Starting with the juicy bits, the Blitz-tuned Toyota Raize is fitted with power booster called “Power Con”, allowing the Raize’s turbocharged 1.0-litre engine

Bermaz Motor has updated the specifications and variant line-up for the 2020 Mazda CX-30. The range has now been expanded to include a new all-wheel drive (AWD) variant. Priced at RM 176,059, it will be the most expensive CX-30 variant. Specifications and features of the AWD variant is based on the Mazda CX-30 2.0G High variant (about RM 12,000 cheaper). The only difference between the 2.0G High 2WD and AWD variants are the inclusion of Mazda’s proprietary i-Activ AWD and an additional Off-Road