Now that Akio Toyoda is no longer the President and CEO of Toyota, he has a bit more freedom to live life as his alter ego Morizo, the regular guy who just loves cars, and hates talking business. Akio is still Chairman of Toyota, but executive decisions are now made by Koji Sato. “Last year, I stepped down as president [of Toyota] and as chairman of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association. “At last, I think that I have been able to get back to being an ordinary guy who loves cars. “I had

The 5-door Suzuki Jimny is confirmed to launch in Indonesia on 15-February 2024, coinciding with the first day of the Indonesia International Motor Show (IIMS) 2024. PT Suzuki Indomobil Sales (SIS) began accepting pre-orders for the Jimny 5-door from early January 2024, to encouraging response, reports Autofun.co.id. "We have opened pre-orders for the Jimny 5-door since early January 2024. We have received a lot of positive feedback since the opening of pre-orders," said Harold Donnel, 4W Market

Whisper the words SUV carefully around it – the boys and girls at Maranello insist it's anything but, despite our inclinations to call a spade when we see one. The Ferrari Purosangue is branded as the company's 'first-ever four-door, four-seater car', and it's now open to Malaysian customers who have upwards of RM 5 million; inclusive duties, taxes and minimal options. Rather confidently they've called it the Purosangue, Italian for pureblood; thoroughbred, alluding to how development of the mod

2022 is here and it will be an interesting year, as multiple car companies have lined out their plans for a host of electric vehicle (EV) launches in Malaysia. As announced during the 2022 Budget, sales of electric vehicles will be exempted from both import and excise tax. The tax-free period is only for a very short time, specifically 2 years, between 1-January 2022 and 31-December 2023 for fully imported (CBU) models. Charge up and strap in. Chery eQ1 –Soon-to-be Malaysia’s cheapest EV? Kickin

The Suzuki Jimny is finally destined for India, as What Car India has received confirmation regarding the model's debut from Maruti Suzuki's sales and marketing boss. Shashank Srivastava, executive director, sales and marketing, Maruti Suzuki India said, “We are making a marketing plan for the Jimny in India.” Although the exact timeline for the Suzuki Jimny’s launch in India has yet to be determined, the Indian publication mentioned that a launch in 2022 is on the cards. Also Read: 5-year waiti

Model | Gallery With the hatchback Volvo V40 no more, the taller riding (and higher priced) Volvo XC40 is now the lowest entry point to the Volvo family. This five-seater locally-assembled XC40 is priced at RM 255,888 and it’s only available in one T5 AWD R-Design variant. A small number of cheaper but lower power output T4 variants were also imported late last year but these have all been sold out. There wasn’t a lot of difference in the prices, a circa RM 10k difference but the reduction in fe