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B7 biodiesel to be sold in East Malaysia from end-Jan

19 January 2015 / 22 comments

A total of 366 petrol kiosks in Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan will begin selling B7 biodiesel from end-January, plantation industries and commodities minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas has said, according to a Bernama report. […]

GALLERY: New Chery MPV – world debut in Malaysia

16 January 2015 / 98 comments

Yes, you read that right. Malaysia is set to be the first country in the world to get this new Chery MPV, which has been spotted in the past on the road and at JPJ, and […]

F20 BMW 1 Series facelift unveiled – new face and rear end, 116i and 116d get 1.5 litre three-cylinder engines

16 January 2015 / 47 comments

The F20 BMW 1 Series three- and five-door hatch range has been given a much-needed facelift. This is pretty much the last we’ll see of the rear-wheel drive 1er, as the next generation is set […]

Perodua Myvi facelift ASEAN NCAP results released

16 January 2015 / 40 comments

Click to enlarge ASEAN NCAP has released the full results and crash test video for the 2015 Perodua Myvi facelift – the refreshed B-segment hatch now comes with a four-star safety rating, one star up on […]

DRIVEN: Hyundai Sonata LF 2.0 Executive tested

9 January 2015 / 84 comments

Ladies and gentlemen, the new Hyundai Sonata. Launched in Malaysia a brisk three-quarters of a year after its world debut in Korea, the seventh-gen LF stands before us today, cutting a sharper and sleeker figure […]

Mazda CX-3 to launch in July – CBU 2.0, sub-RM130k

9 January 2015 / 55 comments

According to a CIMB research report, the Mazda CX-3 is expected to launch in Malaysia in July, to rival the Honda HR-V, Ford EcoSport and Peugeot 2008. This is earlier than the end-2015 timeframe previously […]

New Mazda 2 pricing, specs revealed – RM85,470

9 January 2015 / 125 comments

Click to enlarge The price list for the 2015 Mazda 2 SkyActiv has surfaced on Facebook ahead of the B-segmenter’s launch later this month. An OTR without insurance figure of RM85,470 is stated, for both […]

Infiniti Q60 concept – first pic released, Detroit debut

5 January 2015 / 5 comments

Ladies and gentlemen, here stands the Infiniti Q60 concept. Teased last month and also visualised by rendering guru Theophilus Chin, the striking study previews a future coupe version of the Q50 compact exec. That’s right, the […]

RM2.4 mil collected in foreigners’ overdue traffic fines

5 January 2015 / 23 comments

Johor police, in collaboration with Bukit Aman (federal police HQ), have collected over RM2.4 million through 15,470 overdue traffic summonses incurred by non-Malaysian-registered vehicles, Bernama reports. “Some 13,529 foreign cars that were checked through this […]

Honda Jazz, City qualified as Energy Efficient Vehicles

2 January 2015 / 87 comments

Honda Malaysia has announced on its website that the Honda Jazz and Honda City have been qualified as Energy Efficient Vehicles (EEV). Both of them belong to the 1,001-1,250 kg category, and undercut the corresponding 6.0 […]