National carmaker Proton closed 2023 by posting its best sales performance since 2012, achieving a fifth consecutive year of sales growth. In December, 12,711 units were sold, bringing the year-end total to 154,611 units (domestic + export), a 9.3% increase over the 2022 sales of 141,432 units. Proton's overall market share is calculated at 19.4%, and it ended the year ranked second in overall sales, maintaining this position for the fifth consecutive year. Strong market demand for the Persona,

The newest competitor in Thailand's tight subcompact-SUV space is this, the all-new 2023 Toyota Yaris Cross. Three variants are offered to customers, with prices outlined below: Smart - THB 789k (~RM 101k) Premium - THB 849k (~RM 109k) Premium Luxury - THB 899k (~RM 115k) Specs of the Yaris Cross in Thailand Taking on the Honda WR-V and Nissan Kicks, the Yaris Cross remains hybrid-only – combining a 91 PS/121 Nm 1.5-litre naturally-aspirated 2NR-VEX four-cylinder engine with a 80 PS/121 Nm elect

Honda Automobile (Thailand) Co. Ltd. announced on Thailand that it finished 2022 as Thailand’s No.1 seller of electrified (xEV) vehicles, with 26,660 units of hybrids (HEVs) sold. Honda says it now has a 30 percent market share of Thailand’s xEV market. Thailand is probably the only market where Honda sells more hybrids than world-leader and hybrid pioneer Toyota. The reason is quite simple, Honda sells a wider range of affordable hybrids than Toyota, at least in Thailand. Honda Thailand sells 5

Honda has revealed its second all-electric model after the Honda e in the form of the Honda SUV e:concept at Auto China 2020 in Beijing. The SUV e:concept is expected to be Honda’s first EV model to be introduced in China in the future. It looks very sleek and sporty, which got us thinking whether this design will be as production-ready as the Honda e when it was first shown as a concept back at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show. The SUV e:concept’s designs aren’t entirely extreme but the shape of the

Toyota has just taken the covers off the new Yaris Cross, its latest B-segment SUV. The new Yaris Cross is built on the same TNGA-B platform as the Yaris hatchback, sharing the same powertrains too. Speaking of powertrains, the Yaris Cross will be offered with a 1.5-litre 3-cylinder petrol-electric hybrid powertrain or a regular 1.5-litre naturally-aspirated petrol engine, mated to Toyota's Direct Shift CVT. Power is delivered to either the front wheels or all four wheels. Apart from its hybrid

The Geely Binyue Pro has just gone on sale in China and besides the minor cosmetic changes, the Chinese carmaker also threw in a major surprise – a new 1.4-litre turbocharged 4-cylinder petrol engine with 6-speed dual-clutch transmission. There are now 2 petrol engine options of the Binyue Pro – the 1.5-litre turbocharged 3-cylinder and a new 1.4-litre turbocharged 4-cylinder. The 3-cylinder unit is something we’re quite familiar with, it’s a unit co-developed with Volvo and it packs 177 PS and