Isuzu Motors has announced a significant THB 32 billion (~RM 4.1 billion) investment in Thailand to kickstart the manufacturing of battery cells and production of EV pick-up trucks in the region. The Thai investment is part of a larger JPY 1 trillion (~RM 32.1 billion) to be funnelled across the company until 2030, as the company hopes to make Thailand a production and export hub for EV pick-up trucks, The Bangkok Post reports. The investment in Thailand will focus on establishing EV production

Learning is a never-ending process; this concept applies to driving too. Toyota embodies this culture through the philosophy of continuous improvement – kaizen. As drivers, so should we, given the number of cars we have and the amount of time we spend on the road. When it comes to driving, I like to divide it into two categories: street driving and performance driving. While there are some overlaps between the two, they are distinct enough to warrant separate consideration, as excelling in one d

Fuelled by recent rumours about the rebirth of the Toyota Celica, BestCarWeb of Japan has released rendered images of what the rebirth Toyota Celica could look like. As a spot of context for the rumours, WRC legend Jari-Matti Latvala entertained the crowd with a demonstration run in a classic Celica GT-Four ST165 during the Shinsiro Rally 2023 in Japan, including a taxi ride for Chairman Akio Toyoda, who is also a skilled rally driver known as Morizo. When asked about his thoughts on the Celica,

Isuzu Malaysia ended 2022 with a record-breaking performance, chalking up 9,211 units in sales of the Isuzu D-Max, a few tens shy of doubling the numbers the company achieved in 2021. The stellar performance sets a new record for the company with an all-time high, eclipsing the previous record of 6,480 pick-up trucks sold in 2016. The impressive performance was spurred by the huge interest in the 1.9-litre variants which made up 79% of the total portfolio. 55% of these sales figures come from Pe

Shopping at the Pavilion Kuala Lumpur shopping mall can be a rewarding experience as Zhang Ying Xuan recently learned after she won a brand-new Isuzu D-Max X-Terrain in the mall’s Tokyo Street 11th Anniversary celebrations Shop & Win contest. Due to the proximity of her workplace that is just within walking-distance to the mall, Zhang has become a regular shopper there and by submitting just five contest entries together with receipts worth over RM300 during the month-long contest, she was drawn

Everyone tends to feel a little empowered behind the wheel of a pick-up truck and rightly so too; you’re in a huge hunk of metal and seated above everyone else on the road. Occasionally though, that elevated seating position can blind drivers with an inflated sense of invincibility much like the case of this Isuze D-Max that delivered its load of vegetables back to the ground in unfortunate circumstances. The incident happened in the land of pick-up trucks; Cameron Highlands. Now, most drivers t