Customers of the Japan-market 2024 Honda WR-V, which is set to go on sale in the country beginning 22-March 2024, will be facing long wait times stretching up to eight months, reports portal Creative311. The eight-month timeline is across all variants of the WR-V, though the site also says that it could stretch up to 1 year, owing to a 'perfect storm' of situations that the model finds itself in. The good news is most of the interest comes from customers who previously looked at the Toyota Raize

Great Wall Motor (GWM), the parent company of Ora and Haval is finalising plans to invest up to USD 30 million (RM 140 million) to set up a new battery pack assembly plant in Thailand, reports Bangkok Post. The Chinese carmaker is also considering setting up an R&D centre in the Kingdom to study the possibility of battery-powered pick-up trucks according to Narong Sritalayon, managing director of GWM Thailand. GWM is looking to turn Thailand into a regional electric vehicle (EV) production hub a

The newly launched D74A generation 2023 Perodua Axia will have a 6-year model lifecycle, suggests a Bursa Malaysia filing by Perodua vendor Betamek Bhd. On the same day the all-new 2023 Perodua Axia was launched, Betamek released a notification to Bursa Malaysia saying that its subsidiary Betamek Electronics (M) Sdn Bhd has received a Letter of Appointment dated 25 January 2023 issued by Perodua, for a contract to supply various electronic parts for Perodua new car model. The filing to Bursa did

Rumours of a 5-door Suzuki Jimny have been circulating for more than 2 years. Over that period of time, numerous folks have gotten busy rendering 5-door versions of the adorable Jimny. This time around, the 5-door Jimny has been spotted without camo, presumably for a TV commercial shoot. Said photos were captured in India, as the 5-door Jimny is said to be manufactured at Suzuki’s plant in Gurgaon, India. Also Read: Suzuki starts export of India-made Suzuki Jimny, is Malaysia on the recipient li

2022 will be the year where we could see some familiar carmakers making a comeback into Malaysia and one of them is Chery. According to sources close to the Chinese carmaker, Chery is set to return in Q3 2022 but before its physical launch, it has set up an online presence to keep the buzz going. The Chery Malaysia Facebook page under the @cherymalaysiaofficial name was created on 13-October 2021 and since then, the page has been constantly updated with information on the Chinese carmaker and so

For most car buyers in Malaysia, fuel consumption is one of the key factors in their buying decision, which is why we subject every car to the WapCar fuel consumption test. To date, we’ve tested well over 40 cars and you can check out the full Ratings list here. That list, however, includes cars of all types and segments. In this article, we’re narrowing the focus to cars that are priced under RM 100k. 5. Perodua Axia 1.0 AV, fuel consumption - 6.5-litre/100 km After driving for 113.3 km and ref