After being spotted on Thai roads numerous times, Honda Automobile (Thailand) Co. Ltd. announced that it has started its first production line for the Honda e:N1 electric SUV at the company’s Parchin Buri plant. The fully electric (EV) twin of the Honda HR-V is the first EV from a major Japanese manufacturer to be produced in the Kingdom. In Europe, the e:N1 is called the e:Ny1 which is pronounced ‘anyone’ while in China, it is called e:NS1 or e:NP1 depending on the joint venture partner. At fir

Since its introduction in October 2020, the Proton X50 has been an immensely popular model for Proton. Last year, Proton sold 40,681 units of the X50, cementing itself as Malaysia’s best-selling SUV. Prices of a new Proton X50 start from RM 86,300. But if that is a bit too expensive for you, fret not, as Carsome has units priced from as low as RM 79k. Also Read: Proton X50 and X70 launched in South Africa after a 10-year hiatus Overview The Proton X50, as some of you know, is based on the Geely

Proton has broken through the 100,000 sales barrier for a third year in succession. Overall sales of 14,187 units (domestic + export) in November have pushed its year-to-date (YTD) deliveries to 100,566 units, raising expectations that the company might sell even more cars than the 109,716 units sold in 2020. Also read: As of August, Proton has sold more cars in 2020 than 2019! What MCO? In November, sales improved by 6.2% over October marking the third consecutive month of growth. Compared to N

Production of vehicles around the world is affected by various supply disruptions from unrest in Guinea, which is the world’s second-biggest bauxite exporter, to the global chip shortage with semiconductor production affected in various countries including Malaysia. Numerous Japanese manufacturers have been reportedly affected by Malaysia’s chip supply disruption including Toyota, Honda, and Nissan. Adding to that list of affected carmakers is Daihatsu which has said that it will pause productio

The Toyota Raize (and its twin, the Daihatsu Rocky) has been making waves in Indonesia. Certainly, the Perodua Ativa’s Indonesian cousins have more variants too including a 1.2-litre variant with a 6-speed manual transmission as well as a dressed-up GR Sport (GR-S) variant. PT Toyota Astra Motor (TAM) has received over 1,269 bookings during the first week of its launch in the country. The most popular variant is the GR-S variant but there is a snag for those wanting the kitted-out Raize. Also re

Proton has sold 11,411 cars in November 2020, an 18% improvement from November 2019. In total, Proton has sold 96,410 cars in 2020 - 7.5% better than last year. As expected, the 2020 Proton X50 was rather hotly received, being the best-selling B-segment SUV in Malaysia. Here's how Proton did last month: Proton November 2020 Sales Figures Model Units sold in Nov 2020 Proton Saga 4,279 Proton X70 2,157 Proton Persona 1,942 Proton X50 1,756 Proton Iriz 637 Proton Exora 629 Proton X50 waiting list Y