UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) has announced the names of 30 schools shortlisted for Toyota Eco Youth (TEY) 2025. The event, held annually since 2001 in collaboration with the Ministry of Education, challenges secondary school students across Malaysia to develop...
Being the most developed area in Malaysia with a quarter of the country’s 36 million population, the Klang Valley (which comprises Selangor and WP Kuala Lumpur) also has the largest percentage of new vehicle sales and ownership.
As such, car...
The Nissan KICKS e-POWER has been awarded Vehicle of the Year 2025 by DSF.my-Allianz. This is a significant achievement for the Nissan brand in Malaysia, thanks to the KICKS e-POWER being Malaysia’s first Nissan model equipped with Nissan’s innovative...
A year ago, at the Bangkok International Motor Show, Isuzu revealed its first fully electric pick-up truck, the D-MAX EV. Production had begun at the automaker’s global production hub in Thailand and the first shipments of the zero emissions...
‘Genchi Genbutsu’ is a Japanese term which, roughly translated, means ‘go to the source and see for yourself’. Widely adopted in lean production in many industries today, Toyota is credited with having originated the practice which is one of...
Electric vehicles (EVs) are the future and Malaysia, like many other countries, is transitioning into the new era. Proton, our national automaker, is also riding this wave forward and has even established Proton New Energy Technology - or PRO-NET...
Round 1 of the 2025 TOYOTA GR Vios Challenge concluded with some mighty fierce on-track action which saw the younger generation of racers outpacing the accomplished veterans.
The opening round of the year saw a total of 36 racers, including...
Following the launch of the 2025 GR Yaris in January this year, UMW Toyota Motor now offers an additional variant with an 8-speed GAZOO Racing Direct Automatic Transmission as a complement to the earlier variant 6-speed Intelligent Manual Transmission...
Ingress Corporation and Sime Motors have announced a strategic joint venture to operate and manage two BMW and one MINI dealership sites under a newly established entity of Performance Motors Malaysia (no relationship with the BMW dealership in Singapore...
After the closure of the 52-year old Goodyear Malaysia factory in Selangor last year, another tyre factory in Malaysia will stop manufacturing operations. This is the Continental Tyre factory in Alor Setar, Kedah which will shut down at the...
Tomoyuki Yamaguchi takes on his role as Isuzu Malaysia’s Chief Executive Officer with the aim of strengthening the Isuzu dealership network, enhancing its level of services and ensuring parts inventories are optimally-available to ensure a greater experience for Isuzu...
In November 2024, Audi announced that it would introduce a new brand which would puzzle many since it is called… AUDI. But this is not actually unusual in the auto industry as companies like Ford and Toyota have brand...
