For many car enthusiasts, what typically sparked their vehicular breakthrough is the small 1:64 scale Hot Wheels toy cars and most of them are made right here in Malaysia. Mattel which is the parent company of Hot Wheels first established its Malaysian base back in 1982 and a year later, Proton was incorporated. To celebrate both companies’ anniversary, Hot Wheels announced that it would be creating a 1:64 scale of Malaysia’s first national car, the Proton Saga. Over the weekend at Art of Speed

Remember the story about a bunch of Malaysian students in Scotland going apeshit when they came across a first gen Perodua Myvi in the city of Edinburgh where they were studying? Nonetheless, it’s safe to say we’re all struck with a little sense of national pride whenever we’ve come across a Proton or Perodua on those times we were lucky enough to travel overseas. You remember what that is right? Travelling overseas? Life prior to 2019 BC (before corona). Someone in the office came across an Ins

Malaysians said goodbye to these 12 models in 2021 Some were discontinued due to poor sales, others due to age Which will you miss fondly? Once again, the big blue planet that we currently reside on has made its full orbit around the sun and the year 2020 v2.0 2021 ends. While some might remain optimistic that 2022 might be better with a huge array of upcoming models, we’d like to dedicate this article to the cars that won’t make it into the new year. Some of these models were revered by their o

Like any organization experiencing rapid growth and change, there will be growing pains. Proton is experiencing this first hand, not just with supply issues of the very high in demand Proton X50, but also shortage in spare parts supply for its service centres. To Proton’s credit, the company has taken a very brave move to publically acknowledge the shortcomings in its after-sales services. At today’s announcement of Proton’s February 2021 sales performance, Proton said it recorded its highest ev

Perodua has just announced that its most popular models have taken the top 3 positions as Malaysia’s best-selling cars of 2020 so far. The Myvi, Axia, and Bezza have taken numbers 1, 2, and 3 respectively. July 2020 saw its best sales month so far with 23,203 vehicles registered, a 9.2% increase from June 2020. That puts Perodua’s year-to-date (YTD) sales total to 97,373 units. With that, Perodua holds an estimated 42% of the YTD market share. This increase in sales is thanks in part by the gove

We joined Proton R3 race team to catch up on their latest activities and were treated to a taxi ride in their newly built Proton Saga R3 racecar that is based on the new facelifted 2019 Proton Saga. According to the engineers, the Saga was already a very competitive platform to begin with. This accelerated the development process and allowed the team to focus on fine-tuning the car’s settings. Parts that were kept stock standard as per what you get on normal road cars you buy in showrooms includ