Here is an easily overlooked fact. In Malaysia, the price gap between different variants of the same model is often wider than that between competing brands. But when two cars from completely different marques sit just RM13,280 apart, things get rather interesting.

Put their price tags side by side, and you would think both carmakers had planned it together. The Honda Civic 1.5 RS Turbo is priced at RM149,900, while the Toyota Corolla GR Sport comes in at RM149,800—a mere RM100 difference. In the Malaysian car market, RM100 is barely enough for a decent car waxing session.

If someone told you that RM89,800 buys you a car with 181 PS, 290 Nm, and a 0-100 km/h sprint of 7.5 seconds, whereas RM149,900 only gets you 180 hp, 240 Nm, and an 8.3-second century run, you would probably wonder if the pricier car had been tagged with the wrong price.

In the Proton showroom, there is a car wearing an RM89,800 price tag with a spec sheet that reads like a luxury car's checklist: a 12.3-inch infotainment touchscreen, 360-degree camera, panoramic sunroof, 10.25-inch digital instrument cluster, six airbags, Level 2 ADAS, plus 181 PS and 290 Nm.

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In Malaysia's C-segment sedan market with a budget around RM 150k, local car buyers will invariably cross paths with these two arch-rivals:

The Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla are two household names in the C-segment sedan market. They have battled globally for half a century and remain each other's most direct rivals in Malaysia.

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Less than a year later, the Honda Civic is getting another update in Thailand.

According to Thai automotive publication Autolifethailand, the updated 2026 Honda Civic e:HEV is scheduled to launch in Thailand this July, bringing a new feature that Honda enthusiasts will be watching closely, the S+ Shift system.

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