Chery Malaysia has confirmed that it will be launching the 5-seater, C-segment Chery Tiggo 7 Pro in the second quarter of this year. When launched, its closest rival will be the Proton X70, with a similarly competitive price. In South Africa, which is one of Chery’s biggest right-hand drive markets, the Chery Tiggo 7 Pro is 16% cheaper than the Proton X70! Although Chery doesn’t enjoy national car privileges like Proton, the similar segment Chery Omoda 5’s price already provides a very good indi

You’ve probably heard or read comments that says something along the lines of “The Honda HR-V is not an SUV, it’s a crossover. An SUV is something like a Toyota Fortuner.” You can replace the former with any tarmac-biased tall riding vehicle, and the latter with any ladder frame 4x4. Some say an SUV that is based on a passenger car should be called a crossover, not an SUV. But 9 out of 10 SUVs today are based on passenger cars, so it's questionable if this is still valid today. Then there are ot

UMW Toyota Motor has reclaimed its position as the number one non-national car manufacturer in Malaysia after six years – a position that it lost to Honda in 2015. In 2021, Toyota sold a total of 72,394 units, breaking their 2020’s record of 59,320 by 22 percent, with December recording a growth of 0.5 percent with 9,289 units sold. Month-on-month, Toyota surpassed the 8,487 sales volume for November by 9%. That said, neither Honda Malaysia nor the Malaysia Automotive Association (MAA) have yet

As you know, the Mazda 3 comes in two body types, a sedan and a hatchback (which distributor Bermaz Auto prefers to call it a Liftback). Nameplates aside, the Mazda 3 family actually includes an SUV (or if you insist, crossover). The Mazda CX-30 is essentially a jacked up, shorter wheelbase version of the Mazda 3. Distance between the wheels is 70 mm shorter, with a 40 mm taller ground clearance. The shorter wheelbase also means that the CX-30 has less legroom in the rear than in the Mazda 3, it

As we welcome the Mercedes AMG A45 S and AMG A35 to our shores, it is a good time to have an overall look of the range of Mercedes-Benz’s C-segment hatchback available in Malaysia. We currently have 4 variants available for the A-Class; two with the AMG badge and two without. The AMG models come with the Mercedes-Benz 4Matic all-wheel-drive system while non-AMG models come standard as front-wheel-drive. All A-Class models are turbocharged, albeit with varying engine displacements and varying pow

Geely has dropped several more teaser of its upcoming Haoyue SUV, which could potentially serve as Proton’s flagship model. Interior – Fancy and upmarket to be in This time around, Geely mentioned that the Haoyue can be had either as a 5- or 7-seater. Then there’s the massive 60-inch panoramic sunroof, which is one of the biggest in the segment. Exterior – The Haoyue is massive To recap, the Geely Haoyue is a XXXL-sized SUV that is set to sit on top of the line-up. It is larger in size than the