The Chery Group concluded 2022 with 105,483 units sold in December, totalling a record 1,232,727 units globally in 2022 (up 28.2 per cent year-on-year), of which 451,337 units were in exports (up 67.7 per cent YoY). This marks the first time Chery’s annual sales have breached the 1-million-unit barrier. Furthermore, it’s also an annual export record that means Chery has now topped Chinese-brand passenger car exports for 20 years in a row. In total, the marque has 11.2 million global users that c

Chery is making its Malaysian comeback very soon and it aims to launch its first two models, the Chery Omoda 5 and Chery Tiggo 8 Pro by the middle of 2023. These models will also be locally-assembled (CKD) in Malaysia right from the get-go. At a dinner event with the media, Vice President of Chery International and President for the ASEAN market, Shawn Xu, did not reveal any further information on where the plant is located nor who the local partners are. He has stated that CKD production is onl

In a hypothetical situation, you currently have a Toyota Camry or Honda Accord as a result of the progress you’ve made in the corporate ladder. Since the current generations of the Accord and Camry are pretty much RM 200k cars, the next step might as well be a compact executive sedan. The most obvious choices in Malaysia are the BMW 3 Series and Mercedes-Benz C-Class. There’s also the Audi A4 but due to its price and limited distributor network, it hasn’t been competitive locally. Now though, th

Set to be Proton’s largest model when it goes on sale in Malaysia in 2022, the upcoming Geely Haoyue-based ‘Proton X90’ could be yet another homerun. Too bad for those hoping for the Geely Jiaji-based MPV, as the SUV-esque Geely Haoyue makes better sense in this region. After all, Geely Philippines sells the Haoyue there as the Geely Okavango, allowing for a more cohesive ASEAN-wide product strategy. Also Read: Proton V70 (Geely Jiaji) might be dropped in favour of Proton X90 (Geely Haoyue) What

Malaysia welcomed the Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace, the 7-seater counterpart to the regular Volkswagen Tiguan last year. There's two variants here, the 1.4-litre Highline and this tartier 2.0-litre R-Line. Seven months since then, VW has updated the R-Line with new infotainment features. Also read: RM 2k for extra space? 5-seater VW Tiguan vs 7-seater Tiguan Allspace What's new outside? This round of updates is a subtle one, with only one small exterior enhancement and a few interior improvements.

Since the Proton-Geely partnership in 2017, we have witnessed two popular SUVs bearing the Proton badge - the Proton X70 and Proton X50. A third Geely-based model is due for 2021, and it is most likely the Proton X90, based on the Geely Haoyue, a 7-seater SUV. We’ve talked about the Proton V70/Geely Jiaji as a viable candidate previously, but the agreement to purchase the Jiaji will lapse by 31-Dec 2020 and the MPV segment is a diminishing one. With images of the Geely Haoyue at hand, we took th