The Honda e:N1 battery electric vehicle (BEV) made its first appearance in Indonesia at the ongoing 2024 Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show (GIIAS). The HR-V-looking BEV made its ASEAN debut in Thailand where it is currently being assembled. The e:N1 also goes by e:Ny1 (Anyone) in Europe and the e:NS1/e:NP1 in China where it made its global debut. Despite looking like the HR-V, the e:N1 is built on the e:N Architecture F platform specially developed for front-motor-driven BEVs. It is pow

Toyota is not a frivolous attention seeking company. Everything that the company does needs to be justified by strong business rationales, supported by market demand data. And yet, Toyota hosted the Southeast Asian debut of the fifth generation Toyota Prius in Bangkok earlier in March, despite having no immediate plans to launch the hybrid-exclusive model in this part of the world. Nine months after the Bangkok Motor Show, Toyota Chairman Akio Toyoda’s privately owned OCR Rookie Racing team adde

Following a recent announcement by Toyota, fellow Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi Motors has also announced that they are committed to investing in Indonesia. Also Read: Indonesia set to receive 10 new EVs from Toyota, including Innova Hybrid According to CNN Indonesia, Mitsubishi will be investing IDR 11.2 trillion (~RM 3.2 billion) until 2025. Indonesia’s Industry Minister Agus Gumiwang told CNN Indonesia that the money will be used to increase Mitsubishi’s Cikarang manufacturing plant capaci

Renault has been named Malaysia Car Subscription Company of the Year at the 2020 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific Best Practices Awards for its Renault Subscription programme, a year after the programme celebrates its first anniversary. Launched in August last year, the programme was designed to offer an alternative to vehicle ownership beyond the traditional hire-purchase model as well as car sharing and rental options available. “We are delighted to have received this prestigious accolade from Fr

The Toyota Corolla Cross made its global debut in Thailand last week. Production has already begun in Thailand and the Corolla Cross will be in dealerships across the land of smiles later this month. As for the Malaysian market, the Corolla Cross will make its way here and UMW Toyota Motor hinted that it will be locally assembled. Currently, the manufacturing plant at Bukit Raja has a capacity of 50,000 units per year. According to MAA’s production data, the plant produced around 37,000 units la

Plans from car manufacturers to launch new models have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and MCO, and some are pushed back to 2021. So here are the cars that will likely arrive within this year after the MCO has been lifted. 2020 Honda BR-V facelift Order books for the Honda BR-V facelift has been opened before the enforcement of the MCO. Honda Malaysia says they will BRB with the BR-V. This facelift exercise is mostly cosmetic, with new front grille and bumpers, new 16-inch wheels, and a s