There's a new name for it, but the recipe is familiar: this is the all-new 2023 Subaru Crosstrek (as it will be named globally now, it was known as the XV prior) that's just been launched in Indonesia. Sold in the sole 2.0 i-S EyeSight variant, prices for it start at IDR 549.5 million, roughly equivalent to RM 160,575. That's a circa 10% price hike, but that's also because, well, it's all-new. On the outside the kit is rich; LED headlights, LED fog lights, LED combination rear lights, and 18-inc

It has been roughly 2 weeks since Nissan launched the all-new 2023 Nissan X-Trail (T33) in Japan and the model is off to a good start as roughly 12,000 people have booked one. According to BestCarWeb, demand for the T33 X-Trail has been overwhelmingly positive, so much so that it’s the fastest selling generation to-date, beating out the T32, T31, and T30 generation models. It was launched in Japan in late July and within 2 weeks, 12,123 ordered were received. Over in the Land of the Rising Sun,

Chery is in talks with its local partners to establish a local assembly (CKD) operation in Malaysia, said the company in its latest announcement today. “Chery remains highly committed to Malaysia – it is currently working closely with local partners towards establishing assembly operations in the country,” the company said in its press statement. Not much else is mentioned but market rumours say that Chery is in talks with a local government-linked company (GLC) to assemble at least two SUV mode

UMW Toyota (UMWT) has uploaded yet another teaser for the launch of the Toyota Corolla Cross, but this time they also teased that the event will be the first car launch in 8D audio in Malaysia. What is 8D audio? Also read: Top 5 best-sounding in-car audio system we’ve tested According to our research, 8D audio is a surround sound system that is currently all the rage for audiophiles across the world. 8D audio uses the principles of binaural recording to trick our brains into thinking that sounds

Remember our good ol’ Buddy from Mitsuoka? You know, the Toyota RAV4 with looks inspired by a Chevrolet truck? Yeah, that one. Anyway, the friendly-named Buddy just went on sale in Japan on 26-November and the response has been overwhelming. According to Creative Trend, the model received a huge response from interested buyers. It even caused Mitsuoka's website to crash. But here’s the kicker. According to the Japanese blog, the waiting period for the Buddy would take between two and a half to t

Less 2 months after the launch of the 2020 Toyota RAV4, UMW Toyota (UMWT) has discontinued sales of the 2.0-litre variant. Though there is no official announcement, but UMWT has confirmed that they will no longer be selling the lower-spec variant. The decision to discontinue the variant is due to low supply for the 2.0-litre engine. A spokesperson for UMWT said “Due to production supply issue, we would not be able to accept any order for 2.0L variant starting from August 2020”. Separately, we al