Singapore car fills up with RON97, leaves w/o paying
Pic from China Press UPDATE: The driver reportedly forgot to pay and it was an honest mistake. Payment has been settled. A Singaporean-plate Lexus SUV recently left a Skudai R&R petrol station …
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US BMW dealers want something bigger than the X7
Being 5,151 mm long, 2,000 mm wide and 1,805 mm tall, with a 3,105 mm wheelbase, the BMW X7 is no small car, but you know how it is in super-size America. …
JPJ nabs Thai vans doing illegal cross-border services
The Kelantan road transport department (JPJ) has caught some Thai vans illegally running cross-border services by getting passengers to cross the border on foot before picking them up again on the Malaysian …
CATL unveils world’s first mass-produced sodium-ion battery for commercial EVs – 45 kWh, 175 Wh per kg
Pic from Car News China, originally posted by Auto Black Tech on Weibo Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL) recently unveiled its Tianxing II range of light commercial EV batteries, including a …
India to cut tariffs on EU cars fr 110% to 40% – report
India, the world's third-largest car market, is planning to cut tariffs on cars imported from the European Union (EU) to 40% from as high as 110%, and this could be further lowered …
Chery Tiggo 8 1.6T full showroom gallery in Malaysia – non-Pro model is cheapest 7-seat Chery at RM129,800
Launched recently, the Chery Tiggo 8 (without the Pro suffix) is now the most affordable Chery with seven seats in Malaysia. At RM130k, it's asking for RM30k less than both its Pro …
2026 Hyundai Staria in Malaysia now gets floor centre console in place of front middle seat, no price change
UPDATE: Story updated with photos and additional details. To jog your memory, seven-seat versions of the Malaysian-market Hyundai Staria have a fixed floor centre console (with a sliding lid and illuminated STARIA …
JPJ seizes 6 luxury cars incl 1 with fake number plates
The road transport department (JPJ) yesterday seized six luxury cars with a RM1.5 million total estimated value for various offences on the East Coast Expressway Phase 1 (LPT1) near Karak, including one …
Kedah JPJ nabs ‘Kelisa Gino’ modified w/o approval
If I had a ringgit for every Perodua Kelisa I've seen converted into a Daihatsu Mira Gino... anyway, the Kedah road transport department (JPJ) recently detained one on Jalan Ekor Kucing-Padang Serai, …
Mitsubishi Xforce spotted again in Malaysia on the back of a roving truck – nationwide tour until March 15
It seems every other carmaker these days is publicising upcoming models by parading them in a transparent box on a flat-bed lorry (known in marketing circles as a roving truck). Well... it …
Johor JPJ nabs 459 foreign drivers under Ops PEWA, seizes 235 vehicles – no lesen, road tax, insurance
Ops Pemandu Warga Asing (PEWA) is well and truly underway. Between January 1 and 23, the Johor road transport department (JPJ) has acted against 459 non-Malaysian drivers for various offences including having …
TQ Wuling Bingo CKD officially starts in Segambut
OK, now it's official. A month after launching the little Bingo EV in Malaysia, TQ Wuling has announced that local assembly (CKD) has officially begun at Tan Chong Motor Assemblies (TCMA) Segambut …
Negeri Sembilan JPJ auctioning 100 vehicles on January 28, bidding starting from as low as RM50
The Negeri Sembilan road transport department (N9 JPJ) will be auctioning 100 vehicles of various types, including rigid lorries and Yamaha RX-Z bikes, on Wednesday, January 28, reports Harian Metro. Bidding will …
‘Tonto’ threats won’t stop JPJ enforcement – Loke
Transport minister Anthony Loke has said again that the road transport department (JPJ) will not be deterred by threats from 'tontos' (an abbreviation of tolong orang nak tipu orang, referring to those …
Puspakom rolls out JPJ’s revised brake inspection protocol for heavy vehicles – emphasis on drag force
Following a road transport department (JPJ) directive, Puspakom has implemented a revised brake inspection protocol for lorries, effective January 12. This will fail heavy vehicles with "excessively tight or excessively loose" brake …
Tesla Model Y again best-selling SUV in China followed by Geely Xingyue L and Boyue L – BYD not in top five
China bought 425,337 Tesla Model Ys in 2025, making it the third best-selling new energy vehicle (NEV) and, once again, the best-selling SUV in the country. That number represents 3.58% of the …
58 vehicles driven by foreigners without lesen seized
The Kuala Lumpur road transport department (JPJ) has seized 58 vehicles under Ops Pemandu Warga Asing (PEWA). The operation, which targets non-Malaysians driving without licences or proper documentation, was carried out from …
2025 Malaysia new car sales TIV hit record 820,752 units, Dec and Q4 also highest-ever month/quarter
Malaysia's appetite for cars is just... unbelievable. In a land of not even 40 million people, we bought 820,752 new cars last year (yet another record), or 0.5% more than 2024's 816,747. …
2026 BYD Seal Premium and Performance Malaysian review – new DiSus-C adaptive suspension any good?
The BYD Seal got updated in Malaysia last August with a pair of variants on offer - the RM172k one-motor RWD Premium and the RM192k two-motor AWD Performance. These prices are around …
300 EV vans for Rapid On-Demand between late-2027 and end-2028, zones expanding, in-app payments soon
Rapid On-Demand is going EV - 300 electric vans (130 in the Klang Valley, 170 in Penang) are planned to enter service between late-2027 and end-2028, Bernama reports, with Prasarana Malaysia strategy …
