With 2024 ushering in, Edaran Tan Chong Motor (ETCM) has introduced a special edition of the Nissan Almera in Malaysia. Called the Almera Kuro (Black) Edition, the underappreciated B-segment sedan comes with factory-fitted styling enhancements. Under the Kuro Package which costs RM 8,000, these styling upgrades include gloss black front grille cladding, gloss black alloy wheels, gloss black Tomei aerokit, sports pedals, and ice-cool tinting film. A gloss black boot lid spoiler is available for t
CY Foong
05.01.2024
Malaysia’s Edaran Tan Chong Motor Sdn Bhd (ETCM) has won the highest respect from Nissan by winning the Nissan Global Award for the Southeast Asia region. The Nissan Global Award Program for importers recognises the efforts and achievements of importers and National Sales Companies (NSC) in the areas of sales and aftersales. On top of winning the region’s Global Award for sales, which judges finalists on overall sales volume, market share and customer service activities, Tan Chong also bagged th
Hans
09.10.2023
The 2023 Nissan Almera (N18) has been updated in Malaysia, and the small upgrade finally brings Android Auto smartphone compatibility to the model. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Nissan Malaysia (@nissanmalaysia) For the longest time – since its local launch in 2020 – the Honda City, Toyota Vios rival only came with Apple CarPlay support. This new addition brings the car on-par with the named rivals above, which had both options since long ago. However, there is no official word ye
Sanjay
28.08.2023
The King returns. Well, Indonesia’s king of the road, that is, with the Toyota Avanza becoming the country’s best-selling car of the first half of 2023 (H1) according to Gaikindo’s sales data. 30,221 units of the Avanza were sold between January and June 2023 but it’s a very close fight between the top 3 best-sellers in the archipelago. June’s best-seller, the Daihatsu Sigra is placed first runner-up overall with 30,166 units while in third is the Honda Brio with 30,108 units. The Brio was Indon
CY Foong
18.07.2023
Following the regional debut of the refreshed 2023 Nissan Almera in Thailand a couple of months ago, the underrated B-segment sedan is recently launched in the Philippines. This comes mere days before the Filipino launch of the facelifted Honda City. Nissan Philippines Inc. (NPI) is offering 3 variants of the Almera facelift in the archipelago which are: EL M/T – PHP 839,000 (~RM 71k) VE CVT – PHP 1,059,000 (~RM 89k) VL CVT with NissanConnect Services – PHP 1,149,000 (~RM 97k) Gone is the elegan
CY Foong
12.07.2023
Launched in 2017, the third generation Kia Picanto is on the final legs of its model lifecycle, but an all-new generation model is still nowhere in sight. To keep the company’s entry A-segment model competitive, a new facelifted 2023 Kia Picanto has been announced for Korea. The redesigned front-end design now shares a lot of similarity with the Kia Niro. There’s a new pair of LED headlights, now connected via a horizontal strip. Behind, the LED tail lamps get a similarly matching styling, with
Hans
04.07.2023