Earlier today, we nipped down to Honda Ban Lee Heng Seremban to witness Malaysia's first public preview of the upcoming 2023 Honda WR-V, and to share a little bit more of what we'll be getting. No photos of the actual car are allowed in the meantime, so we'll be using the Thailand-market car to illustrate. Per the usual Honda nomenclature four variants will be on offer: S, E, V, and the range-topping RS. All models will be powered by the same 1.5-litre naturally-aspirated four-cylinder mill (no

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

Our 2021 Perodua Ativa has been relatively carefree for the past 6 months of ownership. No leaks nor fault codes except for the persistent rattling noise that has plagued us since week 1 of ownership. The first visit to the service centre (April 2) traced the rattling sound to excessive free play in the driver side rear drum brakes. It was a matter of tightening the bolts and the sound was gone. Temporarily. A month later (May 23), the rattling noise was back. At this point, it was clear to us a

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

Remember our good ol’ Buddy from Mitsuoka? You know, the Toyota RAV4 with looks inspired by a Chevrolet truck? Yeah, that one. Anyway, the friendly-named Buddy just went on sale in Japan on 26-November and the response has been overwhelming. According to Creative Trend, the model received a huge response from interested buyers. It even caused Mitsuoka's website to crash. But here’s the kicker. According to the Japanese blog, the waiting period for the Buddy would take between two and a half to t

Perodua sold 17,989 units of the Aruz between January and July this year, a figure which Perodua claims, makes it Malaysia's most popular SUV. With the high demand, a long waiting period is inevitable and previously the Aruz had a waiting period of up to 3 months, which Perodua says has now been reduced to between 1 to 1.5 months, depending on variants. Perodua President and Chief Executive Officer, Dato’ Zainal Abidin Ahmad said "We continue to focus on quality and delivery as our customers com