Weekly car news: 1st January 2024

"Weekly car news " is a recap of some of the major stories in Taiwan car market last week.

26th December 2023

●Taiwan New Car Assessment Program (TNCAP) released the 4th batch of ratings, and the Nissan Kicks earned 5 stars, and the Toyota Yaris earned 3 stars.

●Pan German Motor introduced the BMW i7 eDrive50 Excellence before the 2024 Taipei Auto Show, and the MSRP starts from NT$ 5,980,000.

27th December 2023

●Luxgen revealed the trim levels and the starting MSRPs of the MY2024 Luxgen n7 before the 2024 Taipei Auto Show, and these are the 5-seater “純粹版” (NT$ 1,099,000), the 5-seater “亮點版” (NT$ 1,299,000), and the 7-seater “亮點版” (NT$ 1,349,000).

●Sime Darby Auto Kia announced the the Kia EV9 took more than 300 orders during its pre-sale.

●Delta Electronics introduced the cloud subscription scheme for BEV charging.

28th December 2023

●The 2024 Taipei Auto Show officially begins.

●Yulon Nissan revealed the Nissan Ariya in the 2024 Taipei Auto Show, and also began the online reservation.

●Hotai Motor introduced the “芥末黃” (mustard yellow) color for Toyota Prius PHEV in the 2024 Taipei Auto Show, which is limited to 20 units.

●Hotai Motor began the pre-sale of the all-new Lexus LBX in the 2024 Taipei Auto Show, and the trim levels and the starting MSRPs are the Active (NTT$ 1,330,000), the Active+ (NT$ 1,360,000), the Cool (NT$ 1,460,000), the Relax (NT$ 1,460,000), the Relax+ (NT$ 1,720,000).

●Hotai Motor revealed the Toyota H2 City Gold hydrogen bus for the first time in the 2024 Taipei Auto Show.

●Hotai Motor revealed the Hino pure electric truck for the first time in the 2024 Taipei Auto Show.

●Mazda Motor Taiwan began the pre-sale of the facelifted Mazda MX-5, and the trim levels and the starting MSRPs are the MX-5 (NT$ 1,400,000), the MX-5 RS (NT$ 1,500,000), and the MX-5 RF (NT$ 1,590,000).

●Pan German Motor began the pre-sale of the all-new Mini JCW Countryman ALL4 in the 2024 Taipei Auto Show, and the MSRP starts from NT$ 2,520,000.

●Yun San Motors revealed the Aston Martin DB12 and the DBS770 Ultimate in the 2024 Taipei Auto Show.

●Yun San Motors revealed the Taiwan Commissin, the 7th Classic Study piece of Singer, in the 2024 Taipei Auto Show for the first time.