Japanese brands continued their domination of car sales in Thailand in 2023. A total of 634,948 new cars were sold in the Kingdom last year according to data compiled by Headlight Mag. The top 3 brands – Toyota, Isuzu, and Honda – took a combined market share of 66.1%. Toyota led with 265,949 units followed by Isuzu with 151,935 units while Honda saw 94,336 units sold throughout 2023. Ford is the only non-Japanese or as a matter of fact, non-Asian brand in Thailand’s top 12 best-selling car manu

Lest we forget, Perodua is associated with Toyota under the UMW Group’s automotive division. That translates into a stellar few months for the group as sales for both brands surged ahead. More importantly, a statement by the group addressing this also let the cat out of the bag that Perodua will be launching some new models this year, one of which will surely be the new Alza. The group on a whole delivered 35,246 units in March 2022, a 48 percent bump up than the 23,853 units sold in February 20

All-new Innova due in 2022 Adds hybrid variant which will be exported overseas Switching from RWD to FWD might mean it could no longer be built on the IMV platform At a virtual press conference to the Indonesian media on Tuesday, 21-December 2021, PT Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia (TMMIN) announced that a hybrid model will be produced in the archipelago and launched in 2022. It also added that the unnamed model will be exported globally and preparations for the very first made-in-Indonesia

President Director of PT Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia (TMMIN), Warih Andang Tjahjono, said that Toyota Indonesia will produce hybrid vehicles starting next year in 2022. One of the speculated hybrid models is the Toyota Avanza. “The assembly process will be carried out by Toyota's facilities in Karawang, West Java,” said Warih. “This hybrid car is not only present for the domestic market, but is also targeted for export,” he added. Bob Azam, TMMIN's Director of Administration, Corporatio

It is confirmed! The locally-assembled (CKD) Volvo XC40 Recharge T5 will be launching this month! Volvo Car Malaysia (VCM) released a teaser confirming that the SUV will be launched on 25 February 2021 via Facebook Livestream. Recharge is Volvo’s new overarching sub-brand that encompasses all its electric vehicle (EV) and plug-in hybrid (PHEV) models. Recharge will replace the previously used 'Twin Engine' monicker. With the Volvo XC40 Recharge T5, VCM now has PHEV variants for all its models. T

Earlier in February, Honda announced a Civic Type R (CTR) Limited Edition, a more extreme version of the once fastest front-wheel drive around the Nurburgring (until the Renault Megane RS Trophy-R wrestled that title in April 2019), and that was the last we heard of it. Now, Honda has just released a video that raises even more questions than answers. The 15-second clip shows the Limited Edition CTR being unloaded, prepped for track work, and pounding the iconic Suzuka Circuit. It ends with the