Honda Malaysia announced today that it has achieved its annual sales target for 2023, surpassing 80,000 units in total sales. This accomplishment marks the tenth consecutive year that Honda Malaysia has retained its No.1 position in the Non-National Passenger Vehicle Segment since 2014. The year 2023 witnessed gradual recovery and a positive outlook, with the launches of four new models in the second half of the year: WR-V, City facelift, Civic Type R, and the all-new CR-V. Top selling Honda mod

Honda has started pre-orders for the Honda WR-V in Japan, marking the debut of the ‘Winsome Runabout Vehicle’ nameplate in Honda’s domestic market. However, despite sharing the same name as the Malaysian-market WR-V, the Japanese version is more similar to the Indian-market Honda Elevate. Compared to the Southeast Asian market WR-V, specifically our Malaysian version, the Indian market Elevate is a higher range B-segment car (India doesn’t sell the HR-V), with a longer 2,650 mm wheelbase, longer

Thailand’s economy is not in a very good shape right now. The political impasse in causing a lot of uncertainties, and spillover effects are being felt in the country’s automotive sector. Rising interest rates and stricter vetting of hire purchase applications are also putting a damper on new car sales. Due to its sheer scale, Thailand’s auto sector also serves as a bellwether of sorts for the rest of the region’s auto sector. In the first half of 2023, total new car sales in Thailand contracted

After much anticipation, Honda Malaysia has launched the smallest SUV to wear the H badge in the country. The 2023 Honda WR-V is a direct rival to the Perodua Ativa in terms of size but price-wise it’s close to the Proton X50. Yet, the 5-seater SUV sibling to the second-generation Honda BR-V (which will not be coming to Malaysia) has a large boot space. At 380 litres, it’s 11 litres more than the Ativa and 50 litres more than the X50. Even with the rear seats up, the “Winsome Runabout Vehicle” h

Previously, there are big differences between cars developed for developing markets in Southeast Asia and those meant for Japan. Although both are right-hand drive markets, differences in consumer demand and compliance to stricter regulations governing safety and exhaust emission meant that in the past, very few Southeast Asian models are sold in Japan. In the early 2010s, Nissan tried to export the Nissan March from Thailand, but it didn’t sell well. There were some exceptions like the Thailand

It has been half a year since Honda showcased the Honda SUV RS Concept during the 2021 Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show 2021 (2021 GIIAS), but the model has yet to go on sale, as Honda is currently gauging public response across Indonesia. Over the past couple of months, the Honda SUV RS Concept has found its way to Surabaya, Bandung, and Semarang, in which Honda Indonesia is gathering valuable customer feedback and gauging public response to its yet-to-be launched SUV. Also Read: The