When the updated locally assembled (CKD) Proton X70 was launched in June 2022, introducing a new 1.5-litre 3-cylinder GEP3 turbocharged engine to complement the existing 1.8-litre 4-cylinder turbocharged unit, only the 1.8 TGDi Premium variant has a panoramic sunroof. Now, Proton has updated the X70 range to include a new 1.5 TGDi Premium X variant. This brings the total X70 variants to six. The 1.5 TGDi Premium X variant sits between the 1.5 TGDi Premium and 1.8 TGDi Premium variants. As a reca

At Proton’s opening of their new engine assembly line in Tanjung Malim earlier this week, it’s made clear that only the direct-injected 1.5-litre three-cylinder mill (TGDi) is assembled here, while the multi-point injection (MPI) variant is imported from China. Speaking at the press conference, Muhammad Hasbullah, Deputy Chief Operating Officer of Powertrains, said that while “the plant is designed to produce a few more variants of the [1.5-litre three-cylinder engine], at the moment the focus i

UMW Toyota Motor is off to a good start in 2022, achieving a combined sales results of 7,528 units for Toyota and Lexus in January 2022. This is a significant increase of 96 percent compared to the same month last year of 3,845 units. With Toyota reclaiming its No.1 non-national brand title after six years last year, the global automaker is off to an excellent start. Among the passenger cars, the Toyota Vios reigns as the best-selling Toyota model, accounting for 28 percent of total sales this m

When will we see the new Nissan X-Trail (aka Nissan Rouge) on our Malaysian shores? It’s been a couple of years since the Nissan X-Trail, known as the Nissan Rouge, was first unveiled in the USA. Last April, the all-new fourth generation Nissan X-Trail was made available in China, but it still has not been launched in any right-hand drive markets despite rumours that it will finally arrive in Japan in December. So what about fans of the car in Malaysia? Will we see it in Malaysia soon? Here’s wh

The Proton X50 is fast shaping up to be red-hot - just two weeks after its introduction, over 20,000 units have been booked. The B-segment SUV first broke cover on 15-September 2020 and bookings were open the next day. Proton has set a 4,000-unit sales target for the X50. Proton Edar Sdn. Bhd.'s Chief Executive Officer, Roslan Abdullah says, “Proton would like to thank all its customers for the tremendous interest shown in the Proton X50. We are pushing to ensure fulfilment over the last three m

First introduced in 2010, the Mitsubishi ASX is in the final legs of its model life now. However an all-new model is still some years away and the management shakeup at Mitsubishi Motor’s partner Nissan isn’t helping matters. The display model seen here at the recent Tokyo Motor Show is major facelift of the current generation ASX. It wears the RVR nameplate because that’s what the Mitsubishi ASX is sold as in Japan. The new ‘Dynamic Shield’ design Mitsubishi ASX was first previewed at the Genev