Three-row SUVs don’t often receive plenty of fanfare in Malaysia but when it has the Thundercat roundel badge, all eyes are certainly on it. After all, the 2023 Proton X90 will represent many firsts for Malaysia’s first carmaker. Following the Proton X70 and the Proton X50, the X90 will be the third Proton SUV model and it is also the third rebadged Geely model ever since the Chinese automaker took over some ownership of the Malaysian carmaker. Still, there are some Malaysians who simply felt a

If the Honda City is the first thing that comes to mind when non-national B-segment sedans are mentioned, then its SUV sibling, the RU5 Honda HR-V is the de-facto non-national B-segment SUV. Numerous B-segment SUVs were introduced prior to the Honda HR-V (Ford EcoSport, Suzuki SX4, Suzuki S-Cross, Peugeot 2008), but none would come close to the success of the HR-V. Honda Malaysia collected over 7,000 bookings for the HR-V within a month of its launch, cementing its position as the best-selling B

Proton’s announcement that it will be looking to introduce its first production electric vehicle (EV) model by 2027 might sound like a long time coming but Proton once dabbled in EV technology at least ten years ago. Of course, almost all those past experiments and prototypes were nothing more than scuppered dreams that toyed with Malaysian car enthusiasts when they were auctioned off back in 2020. Despite the Proton EMAS eventually being pulled out of the auction, the same fate can’t be said fo

Proton has broken through the 100,000 sales barrier for a third year in succession. Overall sales of 14,187 units (domestic + export) in November have pushed its year-to-date (YTD) deliveries to 100,566 units, raising expectations that the company might sell even more cars than the 109,716 units sold in 2020. Also read: As of August, Proton has sold more cars in 2020 than 2019! What MCO? In November, sales improved by 6.2% over October marking the third consecutive month of growth. Compared to N

Hyundai-Sime Darby Motors (HSDM) launched the sportier Hyundai Kona N-Line in July when the country was in total lockdown. Due to travel restrictions, we were unable to pay the car a visit, but now here it is in all its glory. The Hyundai Kona N-Line is fully-imported (CBU) from Korea. Prices start from RM 156,888 on-the-road without insurance with SST discount. Also read: Priced from RM 146k, 2021 Hyundai Kona 1.6T and N Line launched in Malaysia But first, allow us to explain what N-Line is. N

Blink and you'll miss it - well, not news about the Proton X50 because that's plastered everywhere since the last couple of weeks. Today also marks its official launch (prices start at RM 79,400) but a few tiny details in Proton's livestream earlier today caught our eye. A glimpse of the facelifted Persona? Take a look at these frames. Now, we know that the Persona is undergoing a facelift of which we think the jerky Punch CVT could give way to a four-speed automatic transmission. Proton has bee