Latest Stories (Page 126)

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  Toyota GR Corolla facelift in Japan – 6MT and 8AT, exclusive Circuit Mode with anti-lag, from RM163k

  4 February 2025 / 4 comments

  Toyota may be Japanese, but it’s taken a surprisingly long time to bring the facelifted GR Corolla to its home country. The refreshed über hatch only just made its debut there today, meaning that this […]

   

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  KTM Komuter free rides for Thaipusam 2025, Feb 10-11

  4 February 2025 / 3 comments

  Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) will be offering free rides to travellers on the KTM Komuter line in the Klang Valley over two days, February 10 and 11 in conjunction with Thaipusam which will be […]

   

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  Norway nears 100% EV goal, could be first in the world

  4 February 2025 / 9 comments

  Almost 96% of new cars registered in Norway in January were fully-electric (EV), reports AFP. According to the Norwegian Road Federation (OFV), 8,954 of the 9,343 new cars sold last month were zero-emission vehicles, and […]

   

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  Aston Martin to keep making V12 engines until 2030; manual transmission coming back – EV in next decade

  4 February 2025 / 1 comment

  Aston Martin is aiming to launch its first fully electric vehicle by 2030, reported Autocar. According to Aston Martin CEO Adrian Hallmark, the brand’s first EV will arrive by then, and hybrid versions of its […]

   

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  Xiaomi YU7 AWD set to get up to 760 km CLTC range

  4 February 2025 / 7 comments

  The drip feed of Xiaomi YU7 news continues ahead of its launch in either June or July this year. The car was revealed in December, and a recent filing with China’s ministry of industry and […]

   

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  Electricity base tariff going up by 14% not true, but expect a raise in H2 2025, rate to be determined – PM

  4 February 2025 / 21 comments

  Last month, it was reported that the base electricity tariff in Peninsular Malaysia will be raised from the current 39.95 sen/kWh to 45.62 sen/kWh in July 2025, along with a new tariff schedule in July […]

   

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  GWM to launch new luxury brand – Confidence Auto

  4 February 2025 / 3 comments

  Everybody wants to go upmarket, it seems, likely pushed there by intensifying competition in the volume segments and the ensuing price war. Now Great Wall Motor (GWM) wants a piece of that caviar pie too, […]

   

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  Ops Selamat a success, 4.5% fewer accidents, 62.5% fewer fatal accidents during CNY period – Johor police

  4 February 2025 / 8 comments

  The annual Ops Selamat has been deemed a success over this year’s Chinese New Year period, at least according to Johor police. According to The Star, authorities saw a drop in road accidents in the […]

   

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  Audi changes naming convention for models again, reverting to e-tron for EV, TFSI for petrol, TDI for diesel

  4 February 2025 / 4 comments

  What’s in a name? Some confusion, apparently – Audi has decided to revert to its previous, long-standing model naming convention, just two years after it had changed its naming strategy to use even numbers for […]

   

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  Penang KPDN seizes 27,000 litres of smuggled diesel

  4 February 2025 / 6 comments

  The domestic trade and cost of living ministry‘s (KPDN) Penang chapter has raided a diesel smuggling syndicate’s illegal warehouse beside Sungai Perai in Sungai Lokan, seizing 27,000 litres of subsidised diesel expected to be sold […]

   

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  JPJ eBid: NEF and TCS number plates up for bidding

  4 February 2025 / 3 comments

  JPJ has announced that NEF and TCS are the next number plate series to go up for bidding on its online auction platform, JPJ eBid. Negeri Sembilan’s latest running number series is ‘NEF’, and it […]

   

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  Proton Satria rendered – eMas 3 EV with fewer doors

  3 February 2025 / 9 comments

  Yup. Not that it’s likely to see the light of day (or will you prove us wrong, Proton?), but that hasn’t stopped rendering guru Theophilus Chin from imagining (or should we say re-imagining) a Proton […]

   

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  BYD Atto 3 facelift spotted on road in China – Atto 2 looks, maybe new ADAS, launching Q2 2025?

  3 February 2025 / 3 comments

  Sighted in Chinese government filings last month, the facelifted BYD Atto 3 has now been caught on roads in the Middle Kingdom, hinting that a market launch is coming sooner rather than later. These spyshots […]

   

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  Honda Malaysia February 2025 CNY promo – up to RM8,000 off, 1-year free service for City Sedan/Hatch

  3 February 2025 / 7 comments

  Click to enlarge We’ve just ushered in Chinese New Year, so how about slithering into into the Year of the Snake with a new set of wheels as you hunt for prosperity? But first, savings. […]

   

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  MV Augusta regains full ownership after KTM folds

  3 February 2025 / 4 comments

  Marking its separation from troubled Austrian motorcycle maker KTM, Art of Mobility has now gained full ownership of the MV Agusta Group. Under ownership of the Sardarov family, Art of Mobility aims to safeguard its […]

   

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