At the recently concluded 2023 Thailand International Motor Expo, which ended on 11-December, a total of 53,248 cars were sold, a massive 45% increase over last year’s figure. As expected, Toyota and Honda led the sales tally, making up 25 percent of total cars sold. What has become the talking point, is that Chinese brands – BYD, Aion, MG, Changan, GWM, and Neta – made up 43% of total cars sold. The Chinese invasion into Thailand, a stronghold of Japanese marques, is very real. BYD sold 6,119 u

With less than two months left before the year ends, Perodua is revising its sales target for 2023 to 325,000 units, up from the earlier announced figure of 314,000 units. Production targets have been increased in tandem, from 330,000 units to 338,000 units. In case you are wondering on the gap between production target and sales', Perodua’s production target is always slightly higher than its sales targets, to accommodate the need to keep a small number of buffer stock. Perodua says the upward

For those who recently put down a booking for a brand-new Perodua model, you might need to wait for a while, as checks with various dealers have revealed that the waiting period for Perodua's line-up. According to these dealers, those who booked a brand-new Perodua Alza today would need to wait up to 12 months before receiving the keys to their new MPV. Also Read: 39k bookings for all-new 2022 Perodua Alza, 65% for the AV variant, 8- to 10-month wait It’s a similar story with the Perodua Bezza.

Perhaps one of the cutest electric vehicles (EVs) available today, the Ora Good Cat, will be launched in Thailand within this month. According to our colleagues over at Autofun Thailand, the Ora Good Cat is said to be priced below the THB 1 million (~RM 123k) mark, undercutting a lot of rivals, including the MG ZS EV (THB 1.19 million). A right-hand-drive mule was spotted in the Kingdom earlier this year, fueling speculation that Great Wall Motors, or GWM in short (Ora’s parent company) has plan

Many Malaysians who took their driving tests would remember fondly or harshly on driving around the course in a tiny Perodua car. Be it the Kancil, the Viva, or the Axia, almost every millennial and Gen-Z attained their freedom to drive behind the wheel of a Perodua. Yet, despite how compact and tiny the Perodua Kancil/Viva/Axia is, it is time that Malaysian driving schools should perhaps seek an alternate vehicle. Not that anything is wrong with the Perodua car. After all, some of these first-t

The majority of us tend to take car buying decision rationally. We look at price, overall value proposition, after sales service, brand reputation, or even resale value. After all, buying a car is most often the second biggest purchase in life after buying a house. So it is only natural to avoid risks and play it “safe”. But if we decided to take a plunge in buying a car and ignore the naysayers, it opens up to a field of cars that are often overlooked, some of which are actually superb cars. To