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  2020 Proton X70 CKD teased – launching on Feb 12

  10 February 2020 / 50 comments

  Proton has teased the new 2020 X70 CKD on its Facebook and Instagram pages, with an official launch set to take place this Wednesday, February 12. While both postings do not provide anything in terms […]

   

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  Plans being drawn up to pedestrianise 10 KL roads by 2025 – trial runs to be carried out over next five years

  10 February 2020 / 9 comments

  In a bid to reduce the number of cars entering Kuala Lumpur, plans are afoot to turn a number of major roads into pedestrian-only stretches, with at least 10 roads in the city set to […]

   

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  2020 Proton X70 CKD details: 4 variants, AWD dropped, new ventilated seats and power boot

  7 February 2020 / 160 comments

  Click to enlarge With the 2020 Proton X70 set to be launched soon, many are curious about just what is new with the locally-assembled (CKD) version, especially in the specs department. Well, here are a […]

   

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  Mazda MX-30 to arrive in Malaysia Oct 2020; CX-30 Kulim CKD assembly to commence in 2021 – report

  7 February 2020 / 19 comments

  The Mazda MX-30 is due to arrive in Malaysia in the fourth quarter of this year, according to a report by AmInvestment bank on Bermaz, the importer and distributor of Mazda vehicles in Malaysia. This […]

   

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  February 2020 week two fuel price – RON 95 down by four sen, RON 97 down seven sen, diesel down 10 sen

  7 February 2020 / 54 comments

  It’s the usual round of the weekly fuel price update, but there’s good news, and not just for users of RON 97 petrol, because the price of RON 95 and diesel has also dropped for […]

   

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  Road closures in KL city for Thaipusam until Monday

  7 February 2020 / 3 comments

  Several roads in Kuala Lumpur will be closed in stages over five days in conjunction with Thaipusam celebrations this year, the New Straits Times reports. The chariot processsion departed the Sri Maha Mariamman temple at […]

   

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  DUKE Jalan Kuching link partial closure for LTdL 2020

  7 February 2020 / 0 comments

  The concession holder for the Duta-Ulu Kelang Expressway (DUKE) has announced a partial closure of the Jalan Kuching interchange (northbound) to make way for the Le Tour de Langkawi (LTdL) 2020 cycling event. The closure […]

   

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  Pan Borneo Highway: Government to save RM3.1 billion with takeover from project delivery partner

  7 February 2020 / 6 comments

  The Malaysian government is expecting to save around RM3.1 billion with the takeover of the Sarawak Pan Borneo Highway project from a project delivery partner (PDP), The Edge Markets reported finance minister Lim Guan Eng […]

   

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  Top 10 best-selling car models in Malaysia in 2019

  6 February 2020 / 53 comments

  Based on overall numbers, 2019 was a good year for the car industry – the total industry volume (TIV) breached the 600k mark for the first time since 2015, recording a total of 604,287 units, […]

   

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  Touch n Go RFID targets usage beyond toll payment – parking, fuelling up, drive-thru retail from Q3 2020

  6 February 2020 / 17 comments

  At today’s launch of the Touch n Go RFID (radio-frequency identification) Tag, the company talked up the benefits of RFID usage, the milestones it has achieved since the public pilot programme started in September 2018, […]

   

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  Touch n Go RFID pilot programme ending soon – sticker tag to cost RM35 each from February 15

  6 February 2020 / 18 comments

  The public pilot programme for the Touch n Go radio-frequency identification (RFID) system, which started in September 2018, is coming to an end. Therefore, the RFID tags will no longer be free of charge, but […]

   

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  Kia Seltos gets previewed in Malaysia – launch soon?

  6 February 2020 / 21 comments

  Kia Malaysia previously teased the new Seltos on its social media pages last year, and it looks like the model could make its local launch debut soon, as soon as next month it seems. At […]

   

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  SPIED: 2020 Volkswagen Arteon in Pahang – CKD?

  6 February 2020 / 18 comments

  The Volkswagen Arteon feels like stale news at this point, having had its Malaysian launch postponed multiple times since debuting at PACE 2018. But the delay may be for good reason, seeing as this R-Line […]

   

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  Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival enters Rd3 in Penang next weekend – last street circuit before Sepang finale

  6 February 2020 / 4 comments

  Round 3 of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival will be happening in Penang next weekend, February 15-16. The race at Stadium Batu Kawan will be the penultimate round and the final one to be on […]

   

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  Petronas Setel now nationwide, at over 700 stations

  5 February 2020 / 6 comments

  Having launched Setel in 2018, Petronas has now expanded its cashless payment service across the country. Designed to eradicate customer pain points during refuelling, Setel is now available at over 700 Petronas stations nationwide, and […]

   

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