Another ‘S’ brand has fallen. Following last week’s announcement by Subaru to shutdown all local assembly operations in Southeast Asia, Suzuki has now confirmed that it will cease automobile manufacturing in Thailand. Suzuki Motor Thailand (SMT) said that it will shutdown its plant in Rayong by the end of 2025. SMT’s plant in Rayong produces the Swift, Ciaz, and Celerio. “Following the announcement of the eco-car project by the Thai government in 2007, Suzuki applied for the project and establis

With the SST exemption period ending on 30th June 2022, Perodua has updated the pricing list across its model range. Now, with the inclusion of the mandatory 10 percent SST for both CBU and CKD cars, the following are new prices for Perodua models: SST-inclusive Perodua model prices Variant Pre-SST (RM) Post-SST (RM) Difference (RM) AXIA 1.0L E (MT) 23,367 24,090 723 1.0L G (AT) 32,485 33,490 1,005 1.0L GXtra (AT) 33,940 34,990 1,050 1.0L Style (AT) 37,515 38,890 1,375 1.0L SE (AT) 37,515 38,890

The Volkswagen Polo Mk6 has been around since 2017 and is ripe for a much-needed facelift. Not that this is a dramatic one as the overall design is just a slight tweak from the still-not-available-in-Malaysia pre-facelift. With this mid-life refresh, the designers at Wolfsburg have clearly been inspired by the Mk8 Golf’s design and as such, the B-segment hatchback closely resembles its bigger brother even more. For the first time in the Volkswagen Polo, LED headlights and taillights now come as

The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly put a damper on global car sales. According to data collected from Germany’s VDA, passenger vehicle sales in the largest car markets in the world contracted by 15% last year to 56 million vehicles from 65.5 million in 2019. Still, there can only be one car that represents that country’s best-seller. However, we won’t be filling up this article with one from every country in the world. That would be a pretty long list. Instead, we will select 25 countries sorte

Perodua has just announced that its most popular models have taken the top 3 positions as Malaysia’s best-selling cars of 2020 so far. The Myvi, Axia, and Bezza have taken numbers 1, 2, and 3 respectively. July 2020 saw its best sales month so far with 23,203 vehicles registered, a 9.2% increase from June 2020. That puts Perodua’s year-to-date (YTD) sales total to 97,373 units. With that, Perodua holds an estimated 42% of the YTD market share. This increase in sales is thanks in part by the gove

BMW announced last year they will be discontinuing their hybrid supercar, the BMW i8. To celebrate the occassion, 1 unit is to be painted in the exclusive Portimao Blue. Power comes from a 1.5-litre turbocharged three-cylinder that does 231 PS and 320 Nm, hooked up to an electric motor that does 131 PS and 250 Nm. Combined system output is 362 PS and 570 Nm. BMW launched the i8 back in 2014. Since then, 20,500 units have been produced worldwide. The outgoing i8 coupe in Malaysia is priced from R