Chinese cars once had a very poor stigma associated with them but that is no longer the case in some countries. Chinese EVs have become widely accepted by consumers while in Thailand, buyers are even attracted to non-electric models like the Haval H6. Ever since it entered the Thai market in 2021, Great Wall Motors (GWM) has been making inroads via its Haval and Ora brands. The latter revolutionised the Kingdom’s EV market with the Ora Good Cat while the former snatched the crown once held by th

Previously spied in Malaysia, TC Subaru Sdn Bhd, the Malaysian distributor of Subaru in Malaysia has just launched the facelifted 2023 Subaru Forester at Sunway Pyramid. Fully-imported (CBU) from Thailand, the updated Forester is offered in Malaysia in 4 variants: 2.0 i-L EyeSight – RM 173,500 2.0 i-L EyeSight GT Lite – RM 179,500 2.0 i-S EyeSight – RM 183,500 2.0 i-S EyeSight GT Edition – RM 195,500 Power on all 4 variants of the Forester comes from a naturally-aspirated 2.0-litre 4-cylinder bo

The Toyota Yaris Cross will be entering the ASEAN region soon, as a scoop from Thailand’s headlightmag revealed. While the Yaris Cross name is identical to the already-on-sale, TNGA-B-based model that’s offered in Singapore, Japan, and Europe, this upcoming Yaris Cross will be different. Instead of the pricey TNGA-B platform, the ASEAN Yaris Cross will be underpinned by the DNGA platform, similar to the D92A / AC100 Toyota Vios, Perodua Ativa, Perodua Alza, and soon-to-be launched D74A Perodua A

A product of the glorious Bubble Era when Japanese spending power was one of the highest in the world, the Lexus brand is billed as Toyota’s challenger against established players like Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and Cadillac. Though the brand is a symbol of perfection and luxury around the world, it is shunned in Japan. According to sales data provided by the Japan Automobile Dealers Association (JADA), the Toyota Alphard sold 106,579 units between April 2020 and March 2021, placing 4th. Meanwhile, 86,

The quirky-but-stylish Toyota C-HR has been quietly dropped from UMW Toyota Motor’s line-up, leaving a vacant spot that will be soon filled by the 2021 Toyota Corolla Cross. The Toyota Corolla Cross, unlike the made-in-Thailand Toyota C-HR, is expected to be locally-assembled (CKD) at UMWT’s manufacturing subsidiary Assembly Services Sdn. Bhd.’s (ASSB) second plant in Bukit Raja. Local assembly should allow UMWT to price the Corolla Cross more competitively against its rivals and hopefully not r

Barely a year after the Proton X70’s debut in the Kingdom of Brunei, Proton has already introduced an update. Brunei will be the first to import the locally-assembled (CKD) Proton X70 launched in Malaysia earlier this year. Though the Proton X70 has only been on sale for a few months in Brunei, it quickly made its way to rank as the top three SUV in its segment. To recap, the CKD Proton X70 was updated in 2020. The SUV now comes with new stiffer suspension, a new 7-speed DCT along with a new col