Returning for the fifth time, the Carlist.my Drive Auto Fair will once again return to the Setia Alam Convention Centre. This year’s event will run from 1 – 3 September 2023, Friday to Sunday, from 10am to 8pm. No less than 12 brands will be participating. The tech-heavy EV space will be represented by Smart, BMW, Kia, and Great Wall Motor (Ora). Those looking for a more regular family car – from compact SUVs like the budget-friendly Honda WR-V and Honda HR-V, to seven seaters like the Proton X9

Kia delivered 2,903,619 vehicles in 2022, up 4.6 percent from the year before despite facing strong headwinds due to the global shortage of semiconductor parts. Its top 3 best-sellers are SUVs. The Kia Sportage is its No.1 selling model worldwide, with 452,068 units delivered. This is followed by the Kia Seltos with 310,418 units, and the Kia Sorento with 222,570 units. These three SUV models contribute 33 percent of Kia’s global sales for 2022. The company did not reveal its sales figures for o

“As reliable as a Korean car” doesn’t quite have a ring to it but the truth isn’t always the sweetest sounding. The recent 2022 J.D. Power Vehicle Dependability Study (VDS) ratings in the U.S. just came in and owners of vehicles under the Hyundai Motor Group umbrella reported the fewest problems. Korean brands ranked the highest in both the mass-market and premium categories, putting everyone else to shame. Also Read: Spied: The all-new 2021 Kia Sorento is in Malaysia, but don't get too excited

With Malaysia returning to some sort of normalcy, Kia’s newest distributor, Dinamikjaya Motors Sdn Bhd has announced at its latest press conference that it plans to make a comeback with 4 new locally-assembled (CKD) models planned to be launched over the next 3 years. Besides the all-new Carnival (to be launched as a CBU from Korea, CKD to start in April 2022) which was previewed at Carlist Drive Auto Fair 2021 last weekend, the other three models that are expected to arrive include the all-new

Fixing Kia’s broken after-sales support in Malaysia is the most important (and difficult) task for new Kia distributor Dinamikjaya, a subsidiary of Bermaz Auto, which has taken over the distributorship rights for Kia vehicles in Malaysia effective 1-April 2021. Although many Kia owners are looking forward to a better ownership experience, they have to keep in mind that it’s unrealistic to expect the new custodians of Kia to undo more than a decade of neglect and clean up the legacy issues left b

In between everything that's going on with Kia Malaysia's ownership situation, it seems that at least one unit of the all-new 2021 Kia Sorento has landed in Malaysia. However, it might be a bit too early to expect its launch here anytime soon. You see, this MQ4-generation Sorento that was spotted in Shah Alam is actually a left-hand drive (LHD) unit. That in itself is a clue - Kia Motors Corporation has a regional training centre (for Asia Pacific) here in Malaysia, and this is very likely a tra