Mazda ended its financial year ending March 2024 (April 2023 to March 2024, FY2024) with an 11.8 percent increase in global sales, totaling 1,204,668 units. The growth is attributed to strong demand for Mazda cars in USA (up 24.6%), China (up 14.7%), Europe (up 12.5%). Sales in its domestic market Japan, however, dropped 2.8%. The Mazda CX-5 is the company’s best seller, contributing nearly a third of Mazda’s global sales. Sales of the CX-5 in FY2024 totaled 350,339 units (up 1.5%), followed by

After much teasing, bookings are now opened for the Neta V. Prices start from RM 99,800 (on-the-road, without insurance), making the Neta V the cheapest electric vehicle (EV) in Malaysia at the time of writing. The first 100 customers who book online are also entitled to a RM 10k cash voucher, which brings the final price down to RM 89,800. At the 2023 Malaysia Autoshow, Neta’s Malaysian distributor, Intro Synergy Sdn Bhd opened bookings for the new EV. The Neta V is imported (CBU) from China. D

Forget Ora or even Tesla, perhaps the EV maker that Malaysians are really looking forward to is BYD. China’s best-selling carmaker (in Nov 2022) just launched the BYD Atto 3 electric SUV in Malaysia and during its launch, public interest seems to be very high. Official distributor, BYD SD Motors Malaysia, claims that around 4,500 test drive appointments were made but did not disclose booking numbers which were quoted as “encouraging”. Bookings for the Atto 3 started early last month and customer

At the ongoing 2021 Shanghai Auto Show, Changan Mazda has previewed the Mazda CX-30 EV. The model will hit showrooms in China later this year. Being a preview, the company did not provide any powertrain details. That said, seeing that the CX-30 shares its platform with the electric-only Mazda MX-30, it’s not too far-fetched to say that both SUVs could share a same powertrain. In the Mazda MX-30, its electric motor is good for 143 PS and 264 Nm, juiced by a 35.5-kWh battery pack. It offers a 200-

Bermaz Auto, the authorized distributor of Mazda vehicles in Malaysia has confirmed that there will not be any new locally-assembled (CKD) Mazda models for financial year 2020 (FY2020), putting aside speculations that a CKD Mazda CX-30 (currently imported from Japan) will be launched later this year. Speaking to The Edge, CEO Datuk Francis Lee said there will be no new CKD projects for FY2020. “If anything, that would be FY2021. If we do, it will be another. Ideally, if we can get the pricing ri

(2020 Mazda CX-30 Specs & Price | Gallery) Following the announcement that the 2020 Mazda CX-30 is now open for bookings in Malaysia, the Mazda CX-30 is now on display at Bermaz Motor’s Petaling Jaya and Glenmarie showrooms. There will be 3 variants of the CX-30 on sale in Malaysia, priced from RM 143k to RM 173k. The Mazda CX-30 will be fully imported from Japan just like the Mazda 3 and local deliveries are expected to begin in early 2020 – likely before Chinese New Year. The Mazda CX-30 is no