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  Suzuki Every van gets Land Rover Defender face with DAMD Little D body kit – available from summer 2022

  29 December 2021 / 8 comments

  Japanese tuner DAMD is known for offering body kits that make the Suzuki Jimny look like a Mercedes-Benz G-Class (Little G) or even the previous Land Rover Defender (Little D). Recently, the company announced that […]

   

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  Honda N-WGN Picnic, N-One K-Climb, N-Van Third Place, other concepts set for 2022 Tokyo Auto Salon

  29 December 2021 / 1 comment

  Honda has announced more cars that will be put on display alongside the new Civic Type R prototype at next year’s Tokyo Auto Salon, which is scheduled to take place in middle of January. The […]

   

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  Zeekr, Waymo collaborate to develop autonomous ride-hailing electric vehicle for the United States

  29 December 2021 / 1 comment

  Geely has announced a collaboration between its electric vehicle brand Zeekr and Waymo for the development of a new, fully electric and autonomous ride-hailing vehicle that will be deployed in the Waymo One autonomous ride-hailing […]

   

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  Tesla applies for grants to install first Supercharger stations with CCS connectors in Texas, US – report

  29 December 2021 / 1 comment

  Earlier this year, Tesla, through its CEO Elon Musk, confirmed that it would open its Supercharger network to electric vehicles by other carmakers. This has already happened in Europe, with vehicles being equipped with the […]

   

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  2022 Tokyo Auto Salon – Subaru STI E-RA Concept, WRX S4 STI Performance concept and BRZ GT300

  29 December 2021 / 0 comments

  Subaru will be heading to the 2022 Tokyo Auto Salon with the STI E-RA Concept, an electrified study for carbon-neutral race cars, it said. The ‘E’ most likely refers to an electrified powertrain, while ‘RA’ […]

   

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  China to remove restrictions on foreign ownership of local automotive joint ventures from January 1, 2022

  29 December 2021 / 16 comments

  China has announced that it will allow full overseas ownership of automotive companies in the country from January 1, 2022, according to a release by the country’s ministry of commerce and the National Development and […]

   

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  SPYSHOTS: Rolls-Royce Spectre EV seen in public

  28 December 2021 / 4 comments

  The Rolls-Royce Spectre has been sighted by our spy photographer sources as the first-ever fully electric model from Goodwood has taken to public roads. Here, the Spectre wears the shape that has been seen in […]

   

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  Jiayuan Komi launched in China – small city EV with up to 41 hp, 322 km of range; priced from RM37k

  28 December 2021 / 6 comments

  The Jiayuan Komi is another mini electric vehicle that has gone on sale in China, joining the likes of the Wuling Hongguang Mini EV, Chery QQ Ice Cream and Pocco Duoduo. According to CarNewsChina, the […]

   

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  BYD, Momenta team up to develop self-driving tech

  28 December 2021 / 0 comments

  Chinese automaker BYD has formed a joint venture with autonomous driving startup Momenta to develop semi-autonomous tech for its range of cars, Reuters reports. Called DiPi Intelligent Mobility Co, the new firm is headquartered in […]

   

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  Hyundai closes engine development centre – report

  28 December 2021 / 8 comments

  The Hyundai Motor Group has closed its engine development centre, reports Business Korea. This was part of a wider reorganisation of its research and development headquarters, the Namyang Technology Research Centre that sees the powertrain […]

   

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  2022 Geely Xingyue L Hi-X – 245 PS, 540 Nm hybrid; 3-stage gearbox, 1,300 km range, 0-100 in 7.9 seconds!

  28 December 2021 / 19 comments

  Say hello to the new 2022 Geely Xingyue L Hi-X. It’s a new hybrid variant of the KX11 SUV, but powered by an all-new hybrid powertrain developed by sister firm Leishen Power. The Xingyue will […]

   

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  VinFast CEO Michael Lohscheller to step down from role this month – Le Thi Thu Thuy named as successor

  28 December 2021 / 1 comment

  VinFast CEO Michael Lohscheller has confirmed he will leave his role at the end of this month and return to Europe due to personal reasons. The former Opel CEO joined the Vietnamese carmaker back in […]

   

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  2021 Chery Tiggo 4 Pro in SA – 1,000,000 km warranty!

  27 December 2021 / 7 comments

  Chery has just launched the new Tiggo 4 Pro in South Africa, and its one million-km warranty has everybody talking. According to the automaker, the warranty comprises two phases, starting with a standard five-year or […]

   

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  Performmaster G805 Carbon Widebody – a tricked out Mercedes-AMG G63 with 805 PS & 1,020 Nm of torque!

  27 December 2021 / 0 comments

  Another day, another custom Mercedes-Benz G-Class. This is the Performmaster G805 Carbon Widebody, a specially tuned Mercedes-AMG G 63 with a carbon-fibre widebody kit. As you can tell from photos of the Olive Green and […]

   

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  Thai drivers like EVs, but infrastructure a deal-breaker

  27 December 2021 / 7 comments

  When it comes to owning an electric vehicle, nearly three out of four Thai motorists say the current charging infrastructure is a deal-breaker, the Bangkok Post reports. According to a new ABeam Consulting Thailand study, […]

   

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