Bermaz Auto, the parent company of Mazda’s distributor in Malaysia, Bermaz Motor, ended its financial year ending 30-April 2024 (FY2024) with 18,394 units of Mazda vehicles sold, an increase of 17.9% from the previous financial year. The Mazda CX-5 contributed 36.9% of the total sales, followed by the Mazda CX-30, at 31.7%. The biggest surprise, however, was the Mazda 3, which more than tripled its sales to 1,635 units. The figure is 216% higher than FY2023's 517 units. The main reason behind th

Calling all Nismo fans and lovers of Nissans, this one is definitely one shouldn’t miss out on! Nissan is holding a booth over at the ongoing Tokyo Auto Salon Kuala Lumpur (TAS-KL) 2023 at the Malaysia International Trade & Exhibition Centre (MITEC) this weekend (9-11 June 2023). If you want to get official Nismo merchandise, this is the place to be as the Nissan booth is offering merchandise from Nissan’s legendary motorsports division. These include T-shirts and jackets which start from as low

Japan has one of the highest fuel prices in the world. Despite it being home to many of the world’s biggest automotive names, Japan actively discourages the use of personal cars, especially in the city. To promote public transport – as any sustainably developed country should – Japan imposes two types of taxes on petrol – consumption tax (similar to GST) and petrol tax. Fuel prices in Japan now average around RM 5.40 per litre for regular petrol (RON 89 to RON 95), and RM 5.75 per litre for high

Sportage is Kia's best-selling model Contributing nearly 15% of global sales Top-sellers are SUVs Kia Corporation recorded total global sales of 250,646 units in March 2022, a 0.9 percent decrease year on year. For sales outside of Korea, Kia recorded sales of 205,580 units, up 1.8 percent year over year. In the month of March, the SUV line-up led the global sales with Sportage being highest selling model. Sportage recorded global sales of 36,154 units in March. Also read: The CKD Kia Sportage i

The big news of the day that overshadowed all other debuts at the 2022 Jakarta Auto Week (JAW) is the surprise preview of the 2022 Kia Sportage. According to our colleagues in Autofun, PT Kreta Indo Artha (KIA) didn’t only just silently preview the SUV, they also did not reveal any details on whether they plan to relaunch the Sportage in the archipelago. Also read: Hyundai chooses Indonesia but Kia prefers to do CKD in Malaysia over Thailand, here’s why Previewed in a matte ash grey, a colour th

Different people have a different way of defining what perfect means to them. Like a house, picking the right car is a decision that you would want to cherish for as long as possible. Which is why if you’re the type of person who would want to upgrade your standard car into something grander, you would enjoy this week’s Top Rank. Last week, we took a look at some of the models to look forward to in 2021, and needless to say, they were mostly your run-of-the-mill standard cars. Where are the BMWs