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  Covid-19: Jaguar Land Rover sales dip 23.6% in 2020

  12 January 2021 / 3 comments

  Throughout 2020, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) sold 425,974 cars globally, representing a 23.6% decline compared to what it achieved in 2019. Like most automakers, JLR attributed the decline to the 10-week period when its factories […]

   

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  Puspakom PJ closed from January 12 till further notice

  12 January 2021 / 2 comments

  Puspakom has announced that its Petaling Jaya outlet will be closed from today, January 12, till a date that will be announced later. The reason given is that the move is to prevent the spread […]

   

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  Fourth-gen Honda Jazz to be launched in Singapore – ROI open; petrol, hybrid variants; pricing from RM293k

  12 January 2021 / 24 comments

  The fourth-generation Honda Jazz is set to make its launch debut in Singapore soon, with local distributor Kah Motor now accepting pre-orders for the B-segment model. The latest Jazz was first introduced at the 2019 […]

   

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  Tesla RM100k entry-level EV coming to China in 2022?

  12 January 2021 / 4 comments

  An affordable Tesla electric vehicle may still be a pipe dream for many of us, but it’s a dream that could be edging to reality faster than you’d think – especially for those in China. […]

   

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  Classic Renault models to be revived as electric cars?

  12 January 2021 / 0 comments

  Renault CEO Luca de Meo has revealed that the automaker plans to revive some of its best-selling models of yore as electric vehicles. This, according to a report by Automotive News, is part of a […]

   

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  Agong declares darurat effective until August 1, 2021 – no curfew will be enforced, no additional travel bans

  12 January 2021 / 14 comments

  Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has declared a national state of emergency as a proactive measure to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. The period of implementation for the darurat […]

   

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  Ford ends production in Brazil after over a century there – closing 3 factories to chase 8% EBIT margin

  12 January 2021 / 1 comment

  Ford has announced that it will cease production operations in Brazil this year. The Blue Oval says that the move is part of the company’s strategy to achieve 8% global operating margins, but the development […]

   

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  2021 North American International Auto Show dropped, replaced by Motor Bella from Sept 21-26

  12 January 2021 / 0 comments

  Organisers of the North American International Auto Show have announced that the 2021 edition of the show has been cancelled, and in its place will be an ‘auto-centric’ event named Motor Bella. The 2020 NAIAS, […]

   

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  BMW previews next-generation iDrive system in the iX

  12 January 2021 / 5 comments

  BMW is using this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to preview its next-generation iDrive infotainment system, which will debut with the iX that is set to go on sale later this year. On the iX, […]

   

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  2021 Hyundai Kona N officially teased – hot SUV with 2.0L 4-cyl turbo, 8-speed DCT; 280 PS and 392 Nm?

  12 January 2021 / 0 comments

  Hyundai has officially begun teasing the range-topping Kona N, a car which will go on to be the first ever high-performance SUV for the Korean automaker. At launch, it will join the i30 N, i20 […]

   

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  Tesla reportedly looking for a design chief to head new China studio, to create cars specifically for the market

  12 January 2021 / 2 comments

  Tesla is reportedly searching for a design director to head a full-function studio in China that will come up with electric vehicles tailored to local consumer tastes. Citing a trio of sources familiar with the […]

   

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  MCO reinstated in KL, Selangor, Penang, Johor, Sabah, Melaka and Putrajaya from Jan 13-26 – full travel ban

  11 January 2021 / 25 comments

  The government has announced the reimplementation of a movement control order (MCO) for the states of Selangor, Johor, Penang, Melaka, Sabah and the federal territories of Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan, and this will be […]

   

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  SPYSHOTS: MG HS SUV spotted in Juru, Malaysia

  11 January 2021 / 11 comments

  The MG HS appears set to join the C-segment SUV fray in Malaysia, with one example sighted in Juru Autocity in Perai, Penang by paultan.org reader, Faiz SMJ. In markets where the MG HS is […]

   

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  Volkswagen Golf Mk8 is Europe’s best-selling car for 2020 – 312,000 units deliveries; also top in Germany

  11 January 2021 / 6 comments

  Volkswagen has announced that around 312,000 units of the Golf Mk8 were delivered to customers in Europe last year, making it (yet again) the best-selling model in the region for 2020. The nameplate also came […]

   

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  Baidu announces EV plans, strategic partnership with Geely – automaker to design, produce the electric cars

  11 January 2021 / 2 comments

  It’s official. Baidu, China’s largest Internet company, has officially announced plans to establish a company to produce “intelligent electric vehicles”. To do that, the “Google of China” is entering into a strategic partnership with Zhejiang […]

   

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