The Neta V has undergone a rebranding and in its facelifted form, it’s called the Neta AYA, as per the carmaker's official announcement. What does it stand for? According to the marketing materials, it appears to be “Amazing, Young, Active.” Scheduled to hit the Chinese market in August, this refreshed model will feature updated exterior as well as a revised interior, positioning it as a direct competitor to popular EVs like the BYD Seagull. As before, the Neta AYA features a closed grille desig

Two out of 3 of Kia's global best sellers are SUVs CKD Kia Sportage to launch in Malaysia in 2023 Kia sold 2,777,056 vehicles globally in 2021, up 6.5 percent from 2020 but still down 1.2 percent from the pre-pandemic / pre-semiconductor shortage 2019, when Kia sold 2,812,294 cars. As before, the Kia Sportage remains Kia’s global best-seller, selling 363,630 units last year. The Kia Seltos (298,737 units) and Kia Forte (240,627 units) rounded of Kia’s top-3 best sellers. The Kia Sportage has bee

If you're anywhere familiar with the world of computers, that must've been quite the eyebrow-raising title. Hate to break it to you this way, but it's not that Razer - this one is just a name Toyota Motor Thailand has picked for the 2021 Toyota Hilux Revo Z-Edition's accessories package. Quite the departure from the Hilux GR Sport's Land Cruiser ambitions, the Razer package lends a more 'tuner look' to the pick up truck. Also read: Thais' 2021 Toyota Hilux GR Sport rocks Land Cruiser grille, bet

After years of plateauing, the Malaysian pick-up truck market is gaining pace again. Malaysian truck users have finally come to terms with the increase in prices for all key models, including the Toyota Hilux, Mitsubishi Triton, Ford Ranger, even the once workhorse-oriented Isuzu D-Max, all of which now start from circa RM 120k for the cheapest automatic transmission 4x4 variant. About 5 years ago, the market range trucks equipped as such was around RM 100k. Several factors are driving the incre

Toyota is working on a hybrid version of the Toyota Fortuner, purportedly codenamed 188D. According to Philippines publication autoindustriya, the 188D Toyota Fortuner Hybrid is slated for launch in the second quarter of 2022, and that it will be a diesel-electric hybrid. The last part is important because Toyota has previously shied away from making diesel-electric hybrids, Hino trucks aside. Once championed by European manufacturers including Mercedes-Benz and Peugeot (now less so), Toyota has

The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly put a damper on global car sales. According to data collected from Germany’s VDA, passenger vehicle sales in the largest car markets in the world contracted by 15% last year to 56 million vehicles from 65.5 million in 2019. Still, there can only be one car that represents that country’s best-seller. However, we won’t be filling up this article with one from every country in the world. That would be a pretty long list. Instead, we will select 25 countries sorte