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  Aston Martin Arcadia Tokyo 2023: immortalising 110 years of craftsmanship and carmaking excellence

  21 December 2023 / 1 comment

  Turning 110 is no mean feat. Car brands exist in the thousands, but few have made it past the century mark. Besides Rolls-Royce, Aston Martin is the only other ultra-luxury automaker to survive the unrelenting […]

   

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  2023 Lotus Eletre review – onwards to superstardom

  24 July 2023 / 2 comments

  Four years is an awfully short amount of time to be making a car from scratch, much less an ultra premium SUV, and a high-performance fully-electric one at that. Both are uncharted territories for Lotus, […]

   

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  REVIEW: 2022 Ford Ranger Wildtrak 2.0L Bi-Turbo 4×4

  22 July 2022 / 9 comments

  The Ford Ranger T6 redefined the midsize pick-up segment with a slew of first-in-class features when it was first introduced in 2011. What was traditionally used as a tool has now become more of a […]

   

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  Pantai Bharu Holdings installs new 60 kW DC charger in Klang – supports 22 kW AC too, free for public use

  27 May 2022 / 10 comments

  Own an electric car and find yourself frequenting Klang lately? Well, good news. Pantai Bharu Holdings has just installed a brand new 60 kW DC fast charger at its headquarters, located at Jalan Meru, Kawasan […]

   

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  Double park without leaving your phone number? It’s illegal – your car can be towed away, plus RM300 fine

  27 May 2022 / 30 comments

  Dealing with a double parker has got to be one of the most inconvenient and infuriating things one could encounter on the road. First of all, it’s already illegal to double park, but what makes […]

   

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  2022 Maserati MC20 Cielo debuts with electrochromic folding glass roof – only 65 kg heavier; 630 PS, 730 Nm

  27 May 2022 / 1 comment

  Maserati has officially taken the veils off the new MC20 Cielo, a convertible version of its halo sports car. Cielo, which means ‘sky’, weighs just 65 kg more than the coupe, and it’s not just […]

   

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  2022 Toyota Yaris 1.5G review in Malaysia, from RM74k

  26 May 2022 / 35 comments

  The Toyota Yaris might be getting a little long in the tooth by now, but that hasn’t stopped people from buying the hatch. In fact, there’s a bit of a waiting period right now, even […]

   

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  2022 Ford Ranger XL, XLT launched in Thailand – XLT now gets AEB, lane keep assist; from RM71k-RM121k

  26 May 2022 / 6 comments

  Ford has officially announced the Ranger XL and XLT models in Thailand, nearly two months following the debut of the higher-end Ranger Sport and Wildtrak. Up to 12 variants are available for the XL and […]

   

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  2022 Mercedes-AMG A45S and CLA45S prices up by around RM15k in Malaysia – now RM454k to RM468k

  26 May 2022 / 5 comments

  Planning on getting a brand new Mercedes-AMG A 45 S or CLA 45 S? Well, note that prices for both models have gone up effective the first quarter of this year. The W177 A 45 […]

   

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  Volkswagen to overtake Tesla EV sales by 2025 – CEO

  25 May 2022 / 4 comments

  A little over two years ago, Volkswagen Group chairman Herbert Diess said Volkswagen could overtake Tesla in the EV race. Today, however, he is adamant that Europe’s largest automaker will indeed overtake Tesla to become […]

   

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  Tesla officially registered in Thailand – filing shows it will sell passenger vehicles, pick-ups and light CVs

  25 May 2022 / 9 comments

  It appears that Tesla is officially setting foot in Thailand, after documents of its registration with the Kingdom’s ministry of commerce cropped up on social media. According to a Twitter user, Tesla Thailand is registered […]

   

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  2022 Mercedes-Benz A200, A250 Sedan M’sian review

  24 May 2022 / 16 comments

  The V177 Mercedes-Benz A-Class Sedan is, by all intents and purposes, a gateway model into the flashy realm of the three-pointed star. It’s available in A 200 Progressive Line and A 250 AMG Line guises, […]

   

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  2022 Peugeot 308 in Malaysia gravely mistaken for the next-generation Perodua Myvi in viral TikTok video

  24 May 2022 / 19 comments

  Indah khabar dari rupa is a popular Malay proverb that perfectly defines this story. A short 10-second TikTok video recently went viral for depicting what’s deemed to be the next-generation Perodua Myvi, but the actual […]

   

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  2022 G80 BMW M3 & G82 M4 Competition M xDrive in Malaysia – 3.0L twin turbo, 510 PS, 650 Nm; fr RM798k

  24 May 2022 / 0 comments

  It’s official – BMW has launched the G80 M3 Competition and G82 M4 Competition M xDrive here in Malaysia, alongside the facelifted M5 and M5 Competition, as well as the hot new fully electric i4 […]

   

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  Mercedes-AMG One: F1-powered hypercar approved “when we were drunk,” CEO Ola Källenius jokes

  23 May 2022 / 5 comments

  Customers of the Mercedes-AMG One were supposed to take delivery of their F1-powered hypercar last year, but the project is once again facing delays. Making the car roadworthy is a huge technical challenge, to the […]

   

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