Mazda has released its results for the first half of the FY2024, ending March 31, 2024, covering the period from April 1 to September 30, 2023. Global sales of Mazda vehicles grew 20 percent to hit 616,000 units. Despite the threat of high inflation and high energy prices, Mazda recorded its best-ever first-half year profit. Net sales were up 41 percent to 2.317 trillion Yen, while operating income was up 135 percent, to 129.6 billion Yen. Continued supply chain disruptions, including a typhoon

There appears to be price revisions for the Lexus range in Malaysia, led by the 2023 Lexus NX SUV. Prices for that has gone-up RM 5,000 to RM 26,000. The new prices are as below: 2023 Lexus NX price in Malaysia Variant New price NX 250 Luxury RM 375,888, (up RM 5k, 1.34%) NX 350 F Sport RM 415,888 (up RM 26k, 6.66%) These prices are effective 2-March 2023. Besides the NX, there are also price increments for the LM luxury MPV, LC500 coupe/convertible, and LS sedan. Also read: All-new 2022 Lexus N

Toyota Indonesia has reached the 2 million export sales mark in early February 2022, 35 years after the company first started shipping cars overseas, and 4 years after surpassing 1 million cumulative exports in 2018. At the same time, the company will begin exports of the Toyota Fortuner to Australia in March 2022. Indonesian president, Joko Widodo, was present at the commemorative ceremony held at the company's Karawang, West Java assembly plant. That said, the company is also locally-assemblin

In a rather surprising u-turn, Geely will be dropping the turbocharged 1.5-litre 3-cylinder (JLH-3G15TD) in the Geely Binyue, opting for a 4-cylinder engine instead. This marks a departure from their earlier stand, as Geely was one of the few Chinese manufacturers that continued to stick to 3-cylinder engines while other brands dropped theirs. Also Read: Geely is developing next gen 3-cylinder engines, no reason to switch back to 4 The new engine is also a 1.5-litre unit, and it produces 3 PS mo

The 2020 Proton X70 CKD is powered by a 1.8-litre turbocharged 4-cylinder engine that produces 184 PS and 300 Nm of torque, mated to a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission (DCT). Proton claims the X70 CKD returns 7.6-litre/100 km, so we put it to the test. All tyres were inflated according to the manufacturer's recommended tyre pressure of 230 kPa (cold tyres) for all four tyres. Then the Proton X70’s 60-litre fuel tank was brimmed. Driving behaviour was as per a normal driver, accelerating and brak

UMW Toyota Motor has announced that the all-new 2020 Toyota RAV4 will be launched (virtually) on 18-June. No further details have been shared but the interested customers can register their interest on UMW Toyota Motor’s website. Here’s what we know so far: The Toyota RAV4 will be imported from Japan, so don’t expect it to be cheap. Recent changes in sales tax is also not working on the RAV4’s favour it will only widen the price gap between it and archrival Honda CR-V and Mazda CX-5, both of whi