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Seow Yaohan | January 21, 2011
Move over Honda Malaysia, which just announced record-breaking sales for 2010. UMW Toyota Motor, the official distributor of Toyota and Lexus cars in Malaysia, is still the top non-national automaker by sales volume in this country—for the 21st consecutive year. In 2010, 92,000 ...
Seow Yaohan | November 23, 2010
Edaran Tan Chong Motor has launched the Nissan Teana, a large D-segment sedan introduced to take on the likes of Toyota Camry and Honda Accord. Four variants are available for selection: the locally-assembled 2.0 Comfort at RM 138,000, the locally-assembled 2.0 Luxury ...
Seow Yaohan | October 19, 2010
Toyota Motor Thailand (TMT) has confirmed that the Toyota Prius will be assembled in Thailand, with details of the Thai-built Prius to be announced at a soft launch on October 21 before an official launch in November. TMT already assembles the Camry ...
Seow Yaohan | August 16, 2010
How things have changed. A few years back, most of us would have laughed it off if we were told that the all-new, sixth-generation Hyundai Sonata YF is going to share the best-in-class lead in the large family sedan segment with Honda Accord and ...
Seow Yaohan | August 5, 2010
Edaran Tan Chong Motor (ETCM), the official distributor for Nissan cars in Malaysia, has announced back in May that two new models are set for launch in 2010, including a fully-imported (CBU) SUV in ...
Seow Yaohan | July 14, 2010
UMW Toyota Motor, the official distributor of Toyota models in Malaysia, has announced plans to locally assemble the highly-popular Toyota Camry via Assembly Services Sdn Bhd (ASSB) located in Shah Alam. With an initial capital outlay of RM 100 million, ...
Seow Yaohan | July 11, 2010
The Mazda6 sedan facelift, which was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year, has been launched in Malaysia alongside the full-size Mazda8 MPV. The 2.0-litre variant now sells for RM 153,016.90 (RM 5K more than before), and the 2.5-litre variant goes ...
Seow Yaohan | March 14, 2010
The Honda Accord Crosstour is obviously not the prettiest car Honda has ever designed. Based on the U.S. Accord, the Accord Crosstour is Honda's answer to Toyota Venza, a car based on the U.S. Camry. Both Accord Crosstour and Venza are crossovers, in this ...
Seow Yaohan | December 16, 2009
Ford Mondeo, which Auto Express once described as “Ford’s finest ever car” was launched in Malaysia at the start of the month, and now we have sampled it. So is it really Ford's finest ever? Well, in terms of Ford's model line up ...
Seow Yaohan | October 29, 2009
Guys, this is why we love fast, expensive cars. Not because we want to consciously show off, but because our biology sees cars as a form of “sexual signaling”, according to lead researcher Gad Saad at John Molson ...















