Chery Auto Philippines appears to be charging up to play in the country's electrified vehicle scene soon, as shown by three cloaked cars spotted by news portal CarGuide. The website says that Chery will be offering two battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and one plug-in hybrid (PHEV) with that. Despite not being named just yet, the silhouettes (from right) look a lot like the Chery eQ1 city car, eQ7 SUV, and the last one may just be the Tiggo 7 Plus plug-in hybrid (PHEV). Also read: Chery EQ1: Mala

Chery seems to be on the tip of Malaysians’ consciousness as it has achieved an impressive new record in the country. Within a mere 10 days, the Chinese carmaker witnessed an extraordinary sales performance and surpassed expectations with 3,000 units sold. Chery made its official return to Malaysia with two models being launched – the Chery Omoda 5 and Chery Tiggo 8 Pro on 6-July. Both SUVs are locally assembled (CKD) at the Inokom plant in Kulim, Kedah with an impressive 10-year/1 million km en

At yesterday’s opening of the 2023 Shanghai Auto Show, Chery has confirmed that it will be launching its first battery EV model in Malaysia – the Chery Omoda 5 EV – sometime between end-2023 and Q1 2024. The battery EV variant will complete the Omoda 5’s trio of powertrain offerings, will include regular internal combustion engine, plug-in hybrid, and battery EV. Currently, the Omoda 5 is available in China with either a: 156 PS / 230 Nm 1.5-litre turbocharged 4-cylinder engine paired to a CVT-t

Honda Malaysia has confirmed that it will be launching the Honda WR-V in the third quarter of this year. The A-segment SUV will be positioned below the B-segment Honda HR-V, and will be the first of its kind for Honda Malaysia. Don’t expect the A-segment WR-V to be priced lower than the B-segment Honda City though. There is already a precedence for this. The A-segment Perodua Ativa starts from RM 62,500, which is higher than the B-segment Perodua Myvi’s RM 46,500. SUVs, regardless of its segment

As Chery Malaysia gears up for its re-launch here by the second half of 2023, spyshots of its upcoming models have intensified. This time around, the Chery Omoda 5 gets spotted again, but with a slight twist. Whereas earlier spyshots of the Omoda 5 wore non-production, circular-type tail lights, the latest batch of spyshots show the new SUV with production-ready tail lights. Black tape on either side of the tailgate conceals the Omoda 5’s model and variant emblems. As a refresher, Chery Malaysia

Toyota has recently made some minor improvements to the Harrier in Japan. Aside from some small tweaks in features, it also saw the debut of the 2022 Toyota Harrier PHEV (plug-in hybrid). Offered with only one variant, the Z grade, the Harrier PHEV looks largely similar to its petrol and hybrid variants with the only main difference being a unique mesh front grille design. Powering the Harrier PHEV is a 2.5-litre Dynamic Force engine that is also shared with the hybrid variants. That unit produc