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  Ford’s legendary design chief and Mustang man Moray Callum retires, replaced by Anthony Lo from Renault

  27 January 2021 / 1 comment

  If you’ve been following the auto industry, the name Moray Callum will be a familiar one. Synonymous with Ford, Callum will cap his 38-year product development career – more than half of which was with […]

  
  

   

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  Full lane closures at KL-Seremban Highway near South City Plaza for MRT works, contra flow by stages

  27 January 2021 / 1 comment

  Click to enlarge Turnkey contractor of the MRT Putrajaya Line, MMC-Gamuda, has announced the continuation of full lane closures and activation of contra flow by stages at the KL-Seremban Highway. The stretch in question is […]

  
  

   

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  Hyundai releases Ioniq 5 EV ‘action movie trailer’ style teaser – new electric car to debut in mid-February

  27 January 2021 / 0 comments

  Dramatic film score, car chase scenes, beautiful (appears to be Korean) female lead – this movie seems to have it all. Hyundai has released an official trailer for the world premiere of the Ioniq 5, […]

  
  

   

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  S.Korea giving up to RM70k subsidy for EV purchase

  25 January 2021 / 9 comments

  It really pays to go green in South Korea. The home country of Hyundai and Kia will offer up to 19 million won in subsidies to those who buy an electric car this year, Pulse […]

  
  

   

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  Subaru’s UK sales fell 68% in 2020, sold below 1k cars – new boss describes performance as ’embarrassing’

  25 January 2021 / 10 comments

  With just 951 cars sold, Subaru’s sales in the UK fell by 68% year-on-year in 2020, a performance its country boss described as ‘ridiculous’ and ’embarrassing’. The brand did just below 3,000 units in 2019. […]

  
  

   

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  Ford to recall 3m cars worldwide for Takata airbags

  22 January 2021 / 4 comments

  After the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) ordered Ford to issue a recall for Takata driver-side airbag inflators on Tuesday, rejecting the carmaker’s 2017 petition to avoid the inconvenience, Ford has now said […]

  
  

   

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  Porsche Taycan – entry-level RWD variant reaching Malaysia in Q2, EV from RM585k with SST exemption

  22 January 2021 / 8 comments

  Earlier this week, we read about Porsche rolling out an entry-level Taycan variant in the US and Europe; the rear-wheel drive version joining existing AWD variants Taycan 4S, Taycan Turbo and the range-topping Taycan Turbo […]

  
  

   

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  Subaru buys 0.3% stake in Toyota to fulfil terms of alliance – autonomous, electrification on the cards

  22 January 2021 / 6 comments

  Subaru has announced that it has completed the acquisition of shares of Toyota Motor Corporation in accordance with the business and capital alliance agreement announced in September 2019. The off-market transactions from November last year […]

  
  

   

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  US orders Ford to recall 3m cars with Takata airbags

  21 January 2021 / 5 comments

  The Takata airbag recall saga seems so long ago, but it’s actually not over yet. Contrary to popular belief, Japanese carmakers weren’t the only ones supplied by Takata, one of the biggest airbag vendors in […]

  
  

   

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  JPJ Wangsa Maju KL closed till Jan 25 for sanitisation

  21 January 2021 / 8 comments

  The main KL road transport department (JPJ) office in Wangsa Maju, Setapak, will be closed for five days from today for sanitisation and cleaning works. The January 21-25 closure was announced by JPJ WPKL in […]

  
  

   

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