Customers of the Japan-market 2024 Honda WR-V, which is set to go on sale in the country beginning 22-March 2024, will be facing long wait times stretching up to eight months, reports portal Creative311. The eight-month timeline is across all variants of the WR-V, though the site also says that it could stretch up to 1 year, owing to a 'perfect storm' of situations that the model finds itself in. The good news is most of the interest comes from customers who previously looked at the Toyota Raize

Since July 2023, dealers across Malaysia have shared their concern that order taking for new cars has slowed down considerably. This is despite the fact that data compiled by the Malaysia Automotive Association showed that August and October were among its best ever months this year. However, those figures are fulfillment of orders made months earlier, and are not a reliable indicator of present demand. RHB Research is projecting a sharp 14 percent decrease in 2024’s total industry volume – the

Well, we can’t exactly give the answer immediately but in terms of sales, the 2023 Honda WR-V has indeed delivered a massive W(in). Honda Malaysia revealed that over 7,300 bookings have been received and more than 3,300 units have been delivered since launch. While the WR-V made its world debut in Indonesia which also serves as the smallest Honda SUV’s production hub, the Malaysian-spec unit is assembled locally (CKD) in Honda Malaysia’s Melaka plant. Before we head right into our first impressi

Ahead of the Honda WR-V’s launch tomorrow, Honda Malaysia has confirmed that its new entry-level SUV sitting below the Honda HR-V will be launched with just one engine option – the 1.5-litre 4-cylinder naturally aspirated i-VTEC paired to a CVT-type automatic transmission. The A-segment Honda WR-V competes against the Perodua Ativa (albeit with a higher price), and shares many mechanical parts with the B-segment Honda City and Honda City Hatchback, including the L15 engine. Both City models are

Earlier today, we nipped down to Honda Ban Lee Heng Seremban to witness Malaysia's first public preview of the upcoming 2023 Honda WR-V, and to share a little bit more of what we'll be getting. No photos of the actual car are allowed in the meantime, so we'll be using the Thailand-market car to illustrate. Per the usual Honda nomenclature four variants will be on offer: S, E, V, and the range-topping RS. All models will be powered by the same 1.5-litre naturally-aspirated four-cylinder mill (no

So, another year older, another year marked with interesting (or forgettable) cars, and we'll be doing it all over again next year. SUVs will undoubtedly continue to play a greater focus here, so in this article – part one of three – we'll look at the possible non-luxury, non-EV SUVs that are very likely to launch in Malaysia in 2023. Hang on to your downpayments, we're going straight in... 2023 Chery Omoda 5 We'll start off with a bang, perhaps the most awaited-for model in this list. It's alre