Under Bermaz Motor, Malaysia is the only Mazda distributor / national sales centre in Southeast Asia to close the Hiroshima-based automaker’s financial year ending March 2024 (FY2024) on a positive note. Although Mazda closed its FY2024 account books with its highest ever operating profit, surging 76 percent to reach 250.5 billion Yen (~RM 7.63 billion), most of the success was attributed to the USA, Europe, and China. Southeast Asia is a headache for Mazda. Casual readers of business news would

Mazda recently unveiled its fourth and latest model of the Large Product Group, the Mazda CX-80 for the European market. The crossover is essentially the CX-60 with a 3-row seating configuration, the first Mazda of its kind in Europe and will be the flagship model in the continent. “Graceful” seems to be the buzzword surrounding the CX-80’s development as it is described as a “Graceful Driving SUV” and embodies a “Graceful Toughness” design concept. The flagship model for Europe continues to fol

Unlike most Chinese brands entering our markets, Chery has been around the minds of Malaysians the longest. Though the carmaker made its return in 2023 with the Omoda 5 and Tiggo 8 Pro, you still see older models from its first Malaysian appearance on the roads. Perhaps some of you reading this article might even grow up in one, particularly the Chery Eastar MPV and the first Chery Tiggo. Compared to those models, the latest ones currently offered by Chery felt like night and day. While others w

Since its establishment, Chery has been strongly committed to delivering top-quality service to global users, achieved by taking a user-centric approach to continuously improve service quality and customer satisfaction. In reaching out to users, Chery adopts the Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) research management method to ascertain how well its services meet customer expectations. Through meticulous survey design, pre-survey preparation, implementation and continuous improvement of research w

The ‘sports utility vehicle’ (SUV) segment may be a bit diluted now with the advent of everyone making small crossovers, but the Toyota Fortuner is a refreshing return to form of what an SUV should be. This 2.8 VRZ is the range-topper of the three-variant wide, refreshed Fortuner range. Many have termed it to be a ‘baby Land Cruiser’, but that’s a tag that undercuts how capable this model is. If you have RM 204k to spend and are looking for a new SUV that’s admittedly a bit different (but not in

The Toyota Gazoo Racing name has been making waves in the performance car market with the revival of the Supra name, the absolutely bonkers GR Yaris, and the upcoming Vios GR Sport. But what about a GR-branded Hilux or Fortuner? We have reported that the GR Hilux name has been trademarked in Australia and even made a scoop that a sportier Hilux was in the works. Based on this newest scoop though, it appears that the GR Hilux would be more than just an accessorised pick-up truck. According to Car