Just two months after making its official return to South Africa, national carmaker Proton has gained a firm foothold in the Rainbow Nation having shipped its first 1,000 units of the Proton X50 and Proton X70 to date. On the back of strong demand, Steven Xu, Director of International Sales added, "The quick take up of our vehicles in South Africa is proof of the appeal of both Proton as a brand, and of our model range to car buyers there. We have a strong working relationship with CMH Group, an

Mysterious Honda SUV spotted again in Japan Better view at its rear-end Could Honda offer this Civic-based SUV in Japan? Seeing the sheer popularity of the Toyota Corolla Cross and Toyota C-HR, Honda isn’t resting one bit. Following the debut of the RV-generation Honda HR-V, it appears that Honda is in the midst of developing yet another crossover, to match Toyota's diverse SUV offering. A pair of said crossover was spotted again in Japan recently, courtesy of a set of photos published on Creati

The first 100-plus units of the locally-assembled (CKD) Porsche Cayenne have already been sold out within one week of its launch. Deliveries will start in March 2022 and most of these first 100-plus units will be delivered before the SST exemption for CKD passenger cars expires on 30-June 2022. The Porsche Malaysia dealers that WapCar.my spoke to added that demand for the CKD Cayenne have exceeded their own expectations several times over, and that the first batch of CKD Cayennes were all snappe

Since it’s launched in Malaysia earlier in January this year, the 2020 Mazda CX-30 have been outselling the Mazda CX-3 by on average, three times more, even though the latter is cheaper. The smaller, Mazda 2-based B-segment CX-3 sells for RM 126,829, while the larger C-segment Mazda 3-based CX-30 starts from RM 144,759, topping out at RM 170,459. Price difference - Mazda CX-3, CX-30, CX-5 CX-3 2.0G (CBU) RM 126,829 CX-3 2.0G Limited Edition (CBU) RM 141,329 CX-5 2.0G Mid RM 132,403 CX-5 2.0G Hig

The year 2020 is about to reach its closure with a little more than a month to go. Though it is mostly a pathetic year and not one we envisioned when we were younger (90s kids will remember this), the cars that were launched were at least worth it (some weren't). Instead of gushing over what are our favourite cars of 2020, for now, we would like to focus on what cars to get excited for next year. Here’s a quick summary of what models would be launched in 2021. 2021 Car Launches Brand Model BMW 2

Remember the unnamed Daihatsu compact SUV that we saw at the recent 2019 Tokyo Motor Show? Well it has now gone on sale in Japan as the Daihatsu Rocky and Toyota Raize. The model is produced by Daihatsu at its Shiga plant, which also builds the same car for its parent company Toyota, which will then sell it as the Toyota Raize. For now, the Raize/Rocky is only for Japan but we are pretty certain that the same model will eventually find its way to our region. If it doesn’t appear as here a Perodu