Perodua is projected to sell 345,000 cars this financial year, smashing last year's record and setting a new all-time high for the company, according to RHB Investment's analysis. The analysis, which takes into account the Rawang outfit's sales growth in the first half of this year, also notes that the carmaker is now charting 16.6% year-to-date growth as of August 2024 and its backlog of over 100,000 units. For context, the company sold 169,849 cars in January to June 2024, an increase of 17.4%

UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) ended September 2023 with 9,020 units of Toyota and 208 units of Lexus vehicles sold, totaling 9,228 units. The figure is 10 percent lower than in August. Cumulative sales from January to September 2023, is still 8 percent higher than last year, totaling 76,511 units. Last month, UMWT launched an improved 2023 Toyota Yaris. The improved model, referred to as the Yaris IMP, is the second update for the No.1 selling non-national hatchback, which has sold 60,300 units since

Renault Group CEO Luca de Meo does not see a near future where prices of battery EV (BEVs) models can come down low enough to match combustion engine models. “I do not see this parity getting close,” said de Meo at the opening of the Paris Auto Show earlier this month. De Meo said that 8 years ago, EV analysts were predicting that battery prices will come down within the next 5 years and will soon reach price parity with combustion engine models, but clearly none of that has happened. In fact, p

All Perodua showrooms and service centres nationwide have resumed operations this week but the problem facing Perodua dealers is less about selling new cars, but fulfilling existing orders. Like many car manufacturers, Perodua is facing serious shortage in automotive parts, especially electronic parts, due to the supply crunch for semiconductors due to Covid-19. Also read: After Nio and Tesla, Nissan USA also affected by Bosch’s supply disruption in Malaysia As a value for money-oriented brand w

The global semiconductor shortage has seen the Perodua Myvi losing the April 2021 sales crown to the Proton Saga, but that may not be for long. According to Careta's report, sources close to Perodua say that the chip shortage issue faced by the carmaker "will be settled in a month or two." Also read: Longer waiting period for Perodua Myvi, Aruz, and Alza as chip shortage slows production Despite the semiconductor shortage being a global problem, Perodua should be able to address it relatively qu

Say goodbye to 4AT! Updated Kia Rio with the more advanced transmission is coming! In July 2017, Kia Malaysia officially released a new generation of Kia Rio. The new version is all right as a whole while the power configuration is controversial because in today using 4AT is inevitably a bit stingy. But there was news that the new Kia Rio will be equipped with 6AT transmission and also has an optimization on the safety configuration. Someone revealed that Kia Malaysia is about to upgrade Kia Rio