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  Hyundai Kona – Malaysian debut in Q4, CBU Korea, SmartSense safety suite, Apple CarPlay, from RM115k

  27 August 2020 / 10 comments

  Hyundai Sime-Darby Motors (HSDM) has announced that the Hyundai Kona will be officially launched sometime in Q4 this year. Earlier, the company had teased the compact SUV’s impending arrival on its Facebook page, and had […]

   

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  2020 Hyundai Kona pre-order now open in Malaysia – pricing starts from RM115k; RM288 booking fee

  27 August 2020 / 28 comments

  Hyundai-Sime Darby Motors (HSDM) has officially started order taking for the Kona, just a day and several hours after the company teased the model on its Facebook page. It’s been quite a wait for the […]

   

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  Petron is the official fuel partner for MSF Merdeka Enduro race, to provide its Blaze100 fuel to all racers

  26 August 2020 / 3 comments

  Petron will be the new official fuel partner for the Malaysia Speed Festival (MSF) Merdeka Enduro, which will take place over the coming August 28 to 30 weekend. The company will be providing its Blaze100 […]

   

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  MRR2 upgrading project complete – works minister

  26 August 2020 / 2 comments

  Upgrading works to the Middle Ring Road 2 (MRR2) around the Taman Melati junction in Gombak has completed, and it is fully opened to road users today, Bernama reported. “On a normal day, about 80,000 […]

   

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  Moovit app shows real-time location of Rapid buses

  26 August 2020 / 7 comments

  Rapid Bus – the operator of Rapid KL, Go KL and Smart Selangor buses – today announced the availability of real-time location of its buses via the Moovit mobile app. This could potentially benefit thousands […]

   

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  Jaguar XE facelift debuts in Malaysia – R-Dynamic 2.0L, 300 PS, RM396k with 50% sales tax exemption

  26 August 2020 / 9 comments

  Jaguar Land Rover Malaysia has introduced the 2020 Jaguar XE in the country, the facelift – which had its global reveal in February 2019 – going on sale here in a solitary R-Dynamic guise. It’s […]

   

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  2020 MINI John Cooper Works GP now in Malaysia – hot two-seater F56 with 306 PS; just 10 units; RM377k

  26 August 2020 / 7 comments

  Aside from the MINI Cooper SE, BMW Group Malaysia has also launched the new MINI John Cooper Works GP. In stark contrast to its pure electric sibling, the GP takes Oxford’s internal combustion engine to […]

   

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  2020 MINI Cooper SE launched in Malaysia – electric vehicle with 184 PS, 270 Nm, 234 km range, RM218,380

  26 August 2020 / 14 comments

  After dropping hints and teasers throughout the year, BMW Group Malaysia has finally launched the fully electric MINI Cooper SE. It broke cover just a little over a year ago, and there’s just one configuration […]

   

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  Hyundai Malaysia officially teases ‘upcoming’ Kona

  26 August 2020 / 20 comments

  After some spyshots of the Hyundai Kona were seen on the roads around Ara Damansara, where Hyundai-Sime Darby Motors (HSDM) is located, the brand’s Malaysian distributor has officially released a teaser post on its Facebook […]

   

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  Mercedes-Benz explains MAA reporting omission – suggests using JPJ regs as more accurate measure

  25 August 2020 / 22 comments

  Yesterday, the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) revealed that it was changing the manner in how it is providing vehicle sales data to subscribers, reporting numbers on a quarterly basis instead of monthly as it has […]

   

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  Proton X70 – more than just moving the steering wheel

  25 August 2020 / 46 comments

  While we’re eagerly awaiting the launch of Proton’s second SUV, widely tipped to be called the X50, Zhejiang Geely Holdings (ZGH) group has released a fascinating look at the development process behind the highly-successful X70. […]

   

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  Proton urges Perdana owners to replace potentially faulty Takata airbags – 87.5% completion rate so far

  25 August 2020 / 15 comments

  Proton is appealing to owners of the Proton Perdana to bring their vehicles to authorised service centres as soon as possible to replace potentially faulty Takata passenger airbag inflators, if they haven’t already done so. […]

   

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  GALLERY: 2020 Ford Ranger Wildtrak 4×4 – RM150,388

  25 August 2020 / 4 comments

  The local Ford Ranger T6 line-up has been updated for 2020 – besides the introduction of a new FX4 variant, both the Raptor and Wildtrak now come with additional kit. On the Raptor, these are […]

   

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  GALLERY: 2020 Audi Q3 Sportback 2.0 TFSI – RM302k

  25 August 2020 / 5 comments

  The first ever Audi Q3 Sportback arrived in Malaysia just two weeks ago, and it’s available here in the sole 2.0 TFSI quattro variant. It’s priced at RM301,738.62 (with SST waived), which is about RM40k […]

   

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  2020 Proton X70 police car spotted – SUV joins PDRM

  25 August 2020 / 20 comments

  In June, we brought you news of the Proton X70 being selected to join the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) fleet alongside the Honda Civic starting in July, with 197 units of the 1,275 new patrol […]

   

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