In response to the burgeoning demand in the used car market, Honda Malaysia is expanding their Honda Certified Used Car (HCUC) network, setting up an additional 32 sales hubs nationwide. This significant expansion aims to meet the increasing number of customers seeking pre-owned Honda vehicles or looking to trade in their current ones. HCUC services are available in the company's showrooms across the country since 2022. Vehicles under the HCUC banner have been given a comprehensive 288-point ins

Previously spied in Malaysia, TC Subaru Sdn Bhd, the Malaysian distributor of Subaru in Malaysia has just launched the facelifted 2023 Subaru Forester at Sunway Pyramid. Fully-imported (CBU) from Thailand, the updated Forester is offered in Malaysia in 4 variants: 2.0 i-L EyeSight – RM 173,500 2.0 i-L EyeSight GT Lite – RM 179,500 2.0 i-S EyeSight – RM 183,500 2.0 i-S EyeSight GT Edition – RM 195,500 Power on all 4 variants of the Forester comes from a naturally-aspirated 2.0-litre 4-cylinder bo

Purported specifications of the upcoming 2022 Proton X70 MC1 facelift in Malaysia have been leaked on social media. In one fell swoop it cements what's been said all along, in addition to a few more tidbits here and there. New 1.5-litre engine for the X70 The biggest news is that three out of five variants will be powered by a 1.5-litre turbocharged engine, the same one from the Proton X50. This is a three cylinder mill, with 177 PS and 255 Nm. This isn't a new development, since export-model Pr

Hide your children, dear parents, because the all-new 2022 Kia Sportage is here to be a menace to its rival SUVs. Well, by here, I mean Korea as Kia has just opened pre-orders for the fifth-generation Sportage over there. The all-new Sportage was first unveiled last month and it sports a brand-new Tiger Nose grille that is shoutier than the Kia EV6, Kia’s first dedicated EV. Also read: The all-new 2022 Kia Sportage debuts, looks too scary for children However, powertrains for the all-new Sportag

Production of the Suzuki Jimny started at Maruti Suzuki’s plant in Gurugram earlier this month, making it the second plant after Suzuki Motor's plant in Kosai, Japan to build the fourth-generation model. Now, the first 184 units are ready to be exported, with the initial markets to receive it being Peru and Columbia. Subsequent batches will find their way to African countries and the Middle East. But that’s not all. Reports from India also mentioned that Maruti Suzuki could be assembling a 5-doo

The Daihatsu Rocky and its identical twin brother the Toyota Raize have been given a maximum 5-star rating for crash safety protection by the Japan New Car Assessment Program (JNCAP). It scored a reasonably good 85.7 points out of the maximum 100 points, which nudges it just slightly above the minimum 82 points required for a 5-star rating. Unlike Euro NCAP, JNCAP gives separate ratings for passive safety (crash protection) and active safety (collision avoidance). While the Rocky/Raize did well