The recently launched 2023 Honda CR-V will continue to offer the Honda LaneWatch safety system across all variants instead of the newer Blind Spot Information or BSI, though the latter system is readily offered on the 2023 CR-V in other markets. This can be easily presumed as Honda deliberately choosing the LaneWatch system over the newer BSI system on the grounds of cost, or ease of packaging - but it’s quite the opposite. Also read: All-new 2024 Honda CR-V launched in Malaysia - 4 variants, in

If you're looking for the wheeled equivalent of a brute in a suit then take a glance at this – the locally-assembled (CKD) 2022 Mercedes-AMG GLA 35. It's the brand's latest launch here and you can see it at the WapCar Auto Show Exhibition that's happening over the weekend (1- to 3-July 2022). And oh, it's not a model to miss. Pekan assembly places power at an attractive pricepoint: RM 363,888 (OTR with SST, sans insurance), and that buys you a creamy, 306 PS / 400 Nm powertrain combo that will l

More than a year after its global debut in Thailand, the next stop on the Toyota Corolla Cross’ whirlwind tour is Japan. Unlike the rest of the world, the Japanese-spec Corolla Cross sports a different front fascia design. This sleeker and cleaner treatment puts it in line with the rest of the Corolla line-up in Japan. Instead of the ellipses Toyota logo, a large C is placed on the front so that people would recognise it as a Corolla. The Japanese Corolla Cross is built at the Takaoka Plant in J

We’re halfway through 2021 and though it felt like time has been moving quickly to some, others might think that the first half of the year felt like the entirety of 2020 (albeit worse, perhaps?). Despite the persistent lockdowns, the first half of 2021 did at least gave a us a few model launches, from the Toyota Corolla Cross to the all-new Isuzu D-Max. Still, we have 6 more months to go before 2020 2.0 2021 ends. Without further ado, here are some of the cars we think could be launched in the

Last week, Mazda USA announced that it will be dropping the Mazda CX-3 and Mazda 6 from its local line-up, and didn’t announce any replacement models to fill the void. Mazda didn’t do give any reasons for the discontinuation of these two models, merely saying “As consumer interests continue to evolve, Mazda will discontinue CX-3 and Mazda 6 for the 2022 model year for the US market.” Naturally, this raised questions pertaining the two models’ future in Malaysia. We have now received confirmation

When anyone mentions Subaru, one will invariably associate the brand with rallying, horizontally-opposed engines (popularly known as boxer) and all-wheel drive (AWD). One can even argue that these attributes are the very pillars of what Subaru stands for. Today, only Subaru and Porsche are torchbearers of this unique engine layout, but Subaru is the only manufacturer in the world to put boxer engines and all-wheel drive in ALL its models bar the BRZ (Porsche uses it only on its core sports cars)