Honda Malaysia achieves monthly record sales in March
March must be a very lucky month for the auto industry. Not only did Perodua achieve its best ever monthly figures, now Honda Malaysia has announced that the 4,041 units it sold …
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Lexus IS 250C previewed up close and personal
The convertible version of the Lexus IS glided into our market quietly last month; only a press release alerted us of Lexus Malaysia's latest addition. There won't be test drive units available …
BMW Malaysia introduces 730Li and Individual 760Li
BMW Malaysia has fleshed out the local 7-Series range at both ends with this morning's introduction of the entry level 730Li and the range topping Individual 760Li. The two new variants bookend …
Virus to help split water into hydrogen for fuel cells?
This has to be the geekiest and coolest piece of news related to the alternative fuel industry that has come out in a while. A hydrogen fuel cell is one very clean …
Russian hybrid electric vehicle to roll out mid-2012
Russia's second (or first?) richest man is spearheading an effort to produce Russia's first hybrid electric car. Mikhail Prokhorov's Onexim Group and Russian truckmaker Yarovit is in a joint venture in which …
Peugeot to build new normally aspirated and turbocharged 3-cylinder engines
The trend of engine downsizing continues! PSA Peugeot Citroen is developing a new 1.2 litre inline-3 turbocharged engine to slot into its compact cars and will be investing 175 million Euros over …
Blackberry’s RIM acquires iDrive OS maker QNX
Could we see Blackberry Email being pushed to BMW's iDrive in the future for CEOs to check their email from the comfort of their F02 7-Series rear seat? It could definitely be …
Peugeot enters RCZ in 24 Hours of Nürburgring
Peugeot will campaign its RCZ in the 24 Hours of Nürburgring endurance race which happens next month (15-16 May). The French brand's Audi TT fighter will earn its racing stripes in the …
GALLERY: BMW 5-Series Heritage
BMW Press have released over 30 photos of all the 5-Series they have built to date. If you own a classic 5-series you'll probably be interested in checking out the photo gallery …
Perodua breaks sales and service records in Q1 2010
Is the economy back in full swing and fully recovered from the global financial crisis? It has to be, because sales records are tumbling everywhere, from Audi to Perodua. Malaysia's automotive market …
Saab 9-5 – 500,000km of European chassis testing
Now that the whole drama about whether Saab will go on as a car company has ended since it has been sold to Spyker, it's time to see its first post-GM car …
The BHPetrol Double Barrel Hunt
Tune in to season one of Driven at 10.30pm on 8TV every Sunday and find out the number of times BHPetrol’s Double Barrel Nozzle appears on the show. Then log on Driven's …
ZF Sachs develops carbon fiber suspension damper
Carbon fiber has been used in many exotic applications in cars but I've never seen a carbon fiber damper before! Unlike the Bose suspension system which is exotic in its own complicated …
Audi surpasses Mercedes in sales, next target is BMW
Audi is ambitious and aggressive. The brand with the four rings wants to overtake both BMW and Mercedes by 2015 to be the world’s leading luxury carmaker with sales of 1.5 million …
FIA and Christian Horner: Red Bull RB6 is perfectly legal
Red Bull's RB6 that powered Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber to a one-two finish at the Malaysian GP is the fastest car on track at the moment, leading some rivals to question …
Local Toyota sales unaffected by recalls, UMWT sales rise
Some might have expected Toyota's image and sales to suffer across the globe after the world's top automaker was hit by a wave of recalls, with those in the US particularly sticky …
Volkswagen and Suzuki to co-develop Thai eco-car?
Nissan became the first company to launch its eco-car in Thailand with its new March at the recent Bangkok Motor Show. Other Japanese carmakers like Toyota and Honda are expected to follow …
2011 Lotus Elise – world’s cleanest sports car
Lotus has been eyeing the tag of "World's Cleanest Sports Car" with the facelifted Elise and has clinched it with the new entry-level 1.6-litre model's confirmed emissions figure of 149 g/km of …
Naza Kia introduces facelifted Kia Sportage
Naza Kia launched the facelifted Kia Sportage today at the Shah Alam stadium carpark, where the company is having the Naza Kia Family Festival over the weekend (10-11 April). Not to be …
BMW TeleServices Workshop, X1 Launch and Parts Clearance at AB Sg Besi this weekend!
The BMW X1 has already gone through a set of media and special customer launches across this week but Auto Bavaria Sg Besi has something interesting going on this weekend. They will …