The choice of Malaysian businessmen and people who label themselves as very important, the all-new 2023 Toyota Alphard and Vellfire (AH40) is sure to be a common menace presence on our roads when it gets launched here. Still, UMW Toyota Motor started taking orders for the pair of luxury minivans last month though demand is so high that units allocated for 2023 have been sold out and there is a 1-year waiting period. That’s just half of the waiting period compared to Japan which stretches nearly

Well, technically you can, just not in the conventional sense. Perodua president and CEO Dato’ Sri Zainal Abidin Ahmad has just confirmed that the 2022 Perodua Ativa hybrid will be available to Malaysians only through a leasing programme. The leasing programme is a feasibility study conducted by Perodua to gauge Malaysian users’ real-world use case and acceptability of hybrid vehicles. Only 300 units of the Ativa hybrid will be made available to the public and are all fully imported (CBU) from J

Malaysia to debut all-new 2022 Honda HR-V soon HR-V e:HEV will square off against the Corolla Cross Hybrid How much will the HR-V e:HEV cost in Malaysia? When the all-new 2022 Honda HR-V arrives in Malaysia later this year, it will likely bring with it not one, not two, but three powertrains – all brand-new powertrains on the HR-V. One of which is the petrol-electric 1.5-litre i-MMD hybrid system, which made its debut in Malaysia on the Honda City RS. Seeing that Honda Malaysia has yet to reveal

Indonesia is set to launch the Toyota Raize and Daihatsu Rocky twins on 30-April. According to our sister-site AutoFun, the Indonesian twins of our Malaysian Perodua Ativa will be offered with two engine options. The first is the familiar 1KR-VET 1.0-litre turbocharged 3-cylinder that is used by our Perodua Ativa, and a new 1.2-litre naturally aspirated engine that will make its debut in Indonesia. The new 1.2-litre engine is also a 3-cylinder, and is said to make 88 PS and 112 Nm, paired to eit

Yesterday’s sudden announcement by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to extend sales tax (SST) exemption for new locally-assembled (CKD) cars, and SST discount for imported (CBU) new and reconditioned cars, to 30-June 2021 was quite unexpected. The abrupt U-turn in decision came just six days after the Ministry’s earlier confirmation that the SST exemption/discount will end as planned on 31-December 2020, and that appeals by the Malaysia Automotive Association (MAA) to extend the exemption/discount

Lexus is stepping up a notch with the celebration of traditional Japanese craftmanship. As a tribute to the takumi craftsmanship that is applied to all Lexus vehicles, the luxury brand has commissioned tattoo artist Claudia De Sabe to recreate the artistry on a Lexus UX. Lexus has always sought inspiration from Japanese aesthetics. The UX, in particular, has cabin trims that imitates washi paper-grain and designed to echo the engawa architectural features of Japanese homes with its seamless merg