SUVs are all the rage in Malaysia and in the B-segment market, there will be a new player in town against the likes of the Honda HR-V and Proton X50, the 2023 Hyundai Creta. Hyundai-Sime Darby Motors (HSDM) has officially opened the order books for the Creta at all its authorised sales outlets nationwide and via its online booking platform, Cl!cktoBuy. “With so much practicality and space contained within a compact footprint, it’s not difficult to see why SUVs continue to rise in popularity, bot

UMW Toyota Motor is currently finalizing preparation work for the launch of the Toyota Corolla Cross Hybrid in Malaysia. The new hybrid crossover is now undergoing pre-production activities at ASSB, UMW Toyota Motor’s assembly plant in Bukit Raja, Selangor. Also Read: More features for less - Toyota Corolla Cross CKD, hybrid specs confirmed Akio Takeyama, Deputy Chairman of UMW Toyota Motor said, “Since we opened for bookings for the new Corolla Cross Hybrid, response has been good and we are ha

Looks like we’re getting ever closer to the launch, as the all-new 2021 Honda HR-V has been spotted testing in Thailand again. But there’s more, the spy shots of the HR-V also revealed that the SUV features two exhaust pipes. Does this mean that a turbocharged engine will be added to the engine line-up? Currently, the all-new Honda HR-V is offered with two engine options, the e:HEV hybrid and a 1.5-litre naturally aspirated engine for the HR-V G variant. Both engines only have single exhaust pip

Recently, Kia announced that bookings of the all-new 2022 Kia Sportage have been opened in Korea and calling it an overwhelming success might be a bit of an understatement. Just one day after pre-orders were opened, 16,078 units were ordered. This is the second highest pre-order sales ever recorded for a domestic SUV in Korea right after the all-new Kia Sorento (18,941 units). The Sportage’s pre-order figures easily surpassed that of the previous record holder, the Hyundai Tucson which recorded

Like for like, the difference between a B-segment 2020 Proton X50 and a C-segment 2020 Proton X70, even when compared against similarly equipped variants, is just around RM 10k. Put aside for a moment semantics that both the X50 and X70 are from different segments. At the end of the day, both cars do more or less the same thing, have five seats, are similarly equipped, and are priced almost the same – the latter is what matter most to consumers. Both the Proton X50 and X70 come in four variants.

Toyota unveiled the new Yaris Cross last week, the company’s first-ever SUV to be built on the TNGA-B platform. In terms of positioning, the new Yaris Cross is positioned below the C-HR and Corolla Cross, whereby the new model will be pitted against the popular Honda HR-V and Mazda CX-3. Dimension wise, the Yaris Cross is 4,180 mm long, putting it 95 mm shorter than the Mazda CX-3 and 166 mm shorter than the Honda HR-V. So it's a really tiny SUV. If you think the CX-3 is small, the Yaris Cross i