Honda Malaysia announced a proactive product update, which is the PR term for a voluntary recall, involving approximately 36,000 units of the Civic, Civic Type R, and CR-V. This activity is to update the electric power steering (EPS) gearbox, specifically its worm wheel which may swell and reduce grease film thickness. This can cause abnormal steering noise or sticky steering. The models involved in this product update include the 2022-23 Civic, 2023-24 Civic Type R, and 2024 CR-V. In a statemen

CY Foong

Nov 6, 2024

This is the Suzuki e Vitara, the Japanese brand's first-ever battery electric vehicle (BEV). Set as the brand's first global BEV SUV, it will go on sale in Europe, India, and Japan beginning summer 2025. It will be manufactured at Suzuki Motor Cars' plant in Gujerat, India. More pertinently however, this is the first look at the car that Suzuki will build and supply to Toyota, as part of a deepening relationship between the two companies. Specs of Suzuki e Vitara This is the production version o

Sanjay

Nov 6, 2024

The High Court has ordered Lee Lap Kee, sole proprietor of Eco Auto Supply, to pay RM516,777 in damages to Perodua Otomobil Kedua Sdn Bhd and Perodua Sales Sdn Bhd after being found guilty of selling counterfeit Perodua-branded lubricants, reports The Edge. This decision follows a May 2019 raid by the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (formerly the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs) on Lee's premises, where officials seized various counterfeit items, including Perodua-b

Sanjay

Nov 6, 2024

Proton recorded sales of 12,799 units (domestic + export) in October, an increase of 13.6% over the previous month. That brings the total number of vehicles sold by P1 in 2024 thus far to 125,557 units as Proton remains the second most popular brand in Malaysia. The Proton Saga still led as the company’s best-seller with 6,112 units delivered in October, bringing its year-to-date (YTD) sales to 60,178 units. That figure puts the Saga as Malaysia’s third best-selling car and is expected to exceed

CY Foong

Nov 5, 2024

30 years ago, Toyota took home the manufacturers’ title of the 1994 World Rally Championship, scoring a podium finish in all ten races and winning 5 of them. The ST185 and ST205 Celica GT-Four dominated the championship, piloted by Juha Kankkunen and Didier Auriol with the latter winning the drivers' championship. The Celica rally cars were legendary and kicked off the dominance of Japanese brands in WRC in the 1990s. Fast forward to 2024 and Toyota unveiled a fitting homage to its storied rally

CY Foong

Nov 5, 2024