Say what you will about the Toyota Corolla Cross but one thing is certain, it’s been a sales success in Malaysia, outselling the Proton X70 even though it is pricier. 4 years after its world debut in Thailand, the Kingdom played host to the unveiling of the facelifted crossover earlier this month. The 2024 Corolla Cross facelift sports a new look but what else changed? We’ll take a look at the differences between the old pre-facelift and the new facelift which would be arriving in Malaysia somet

Volvo Cars is making changes to its electric vehicle lineup, part of its strategy to transition to a fully electric car manufacturer by 2030. The company has announced a streamlined and standardised approach to naming its fully electric models. The fully-electric Volvo XC40 Recharge and C40 Recharge will now be known as the EX40 and EC40 respectively. This aligns them with Volvo's other electric models: the EX30, EX90, and EM90. Note that the XC40 name will still be used for internal combustion

Enthusiasts have been increasingly lamenting the greenification of our cars and roads. Many are worried that the rise of electric vehicles, and the concern of emissions over everything else, will wipe out the joys of a sonorous engine. The manual gearbox? Don't even mention it. Toyota's engineers are confident that won't be the case. "We think sound is essential. We are developing the hydrogen engine to preserve the fun-to-drive engine, and the sound for the future," says Keisuke Fujikura, a mem

If you’re an engine nerd, you might have heard of the Wards 10 Best Engines and Propulsion Systems trophy. Every year, Wards Auto would award 10 engines that have impressed them and in 2022, Nissan received its 19th trophy with the Rogue’s 1.5-litre Variable Compression Turbo (VC-Turbo). The North American twin to the T33 Nissan X-Trail only has one engine offered which is the revolutionary VC-Turbo unit. Wards’ panel of judges tested a group of 29 all-new or vastly improved engines through the

A month and a half after the all-new 2022 Honda Civic sedan (FE) made its world debut, its aptly-named Civic Hatchback stablemate broke cover last month. Let's sift through some of its frequently asked questions! What's new with the Civic Hatchback? Much like the sedan, under the new look comes a set of performance, safety, and technological updates. For the first time in the Civic Hatchback's history, this model will be produced in Honda Manufacturing of Indiana's plant in Greensburg. This foll

The Nissan Rogue, as the Nissan X-Trail is known as in the US, will be making its global debut on Monday June 15. More details to follow when the all-new 2021 Nissan X-Trail is revealed next week. Although Nissan has yet to reveal the full car, we can make a good guess on how the next generation X-Trail will look like based on patent documents submitted. This all-new Nissan X-Trail could also point to the next generation Mitsubishi Outlander, which is likely to share the same underpinnings as th