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  BMW i4 electric 4-door coupé revealed in first photos

  17 March 2021 / 3 comments

  The second-generation BMW 4 Series lineup continues to be fleshed out, first with the vanilla G22 Coupé, then the G82 M4 and the G23 Convertible. Now, Munich has released the first photos of the closely-related […]

   

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  Volkswagen CEO Diess dismisses tie-up notion – “We want to get close to Tesla, and then overtake them”

  17 March 2021 / 7 comments

  Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess has dismissed the notion of tying up with Tesla for the manufacture of electric vehicles, CNBC reported. “No, we haven’t considered that, we are going our own way,” the CEO […]

   

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  2022 Kia Stinger debuts in the US – turbo 3.3L V6 and 2.5L 4-cylinder; up to 368 hp; special Scorpion model

  17 March 2021 / 5 comments

  Several months after being revealed to the world, the facelifted Kia Stinger has now been introduced to the United States for the 2022 model year. Set to arrive at dealerships this spring, the sporty liftback […]

   

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  2021 Nissan X-Trail – 1.5L turbo 3-cylinder and 8AT combo currently on trial for US-market Rogue SUV

  17 March 2021 / 3 comments

  We’ve just heard about the fourth-generation Nissan X-Trail getting a new VC Turbo engine in China. That’s Infiniti’s high-tech variable compression turbocharged engine, an upgrade from the familiar naturally aspirated 2.5 litre four-cylinder unit announced […]

   

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  BMW iX electric SUV detailed – 320 PS xDrive40 with 400 km range, 500 PS xDrive50 with 600 km range

  17 March 2021 / 29 comments

  Back in November, BMW made a bold statement of intent of its future by revealing the iX electric SUV. Not a lot of technical information was divulged back then, but Munich has now teased a […]

   

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  Indonesia looking to push assembly and adoption of pure EVs by raising taxes on PHEVs and hybrids

  17 March 2021 / 6 comments

  Indonesia is looking to push the adoption of pure electric vehicles (EV) by raising the tax for plug-in hybrids. The new regulation, which will only apply to locally-assembled vehicles, was announced by the country’s finance […]

   

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  Porsche to take control of Bugatti, form JV with Rimac

  17 March 2021 / 7 comments

  During the Volkswagen Group’s annual media conference recently, board chairman Herbert Diess provided a clearer picture as to what will happen to Bugatti. As it turns out, the French brand won’t be sold outright, but […]

   

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  Bentley Continental GT Speed to debut March 23

  17 March 2021 / 0 comments

  The third-generation Bentley Continental GT Speed is set for its debut on March 23, the Crewe-based luxury automaker has stated in a teaser claiming it will be “the most capable, performance-focused Bentley yet, with no […]

   

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  BMW i4 gets teased ahead of global debut tonight

  17 March 2021 / 6 comments

  The BMW i4 all-electric sedan will make its debut later today, slightly more than a year after a concept previewing it was revealed. The model will be shown during the BMW Group’s annual conference but […]

   

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  MG Extender facelift revealed in Thailand – rebadged Maxus T60 pick-up refreshed with radical new nose

  16 March 2021 / 6 comments

  Showing how seriously it is taking Thailand, MG released the Extender exclusively for the market back in 2019, entering the lucrative one-tonne pick-up truck segment. Just two years later, the company is giving it a […]

   

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  BMW reveals next-gen iDrive with Operating System 8 – first debut in the iX later this year, followed by the i4

  16 March 2021 / 0 comments

  BMW has officially provided full details of its eighth-generation iDrive system, which was previously previewed in January during the Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The system will make its first debut in the iX later this […]

   

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  G82 BMW M4 Competition price revealed in Thailand – RM1.3 million, nearly double what it costs in Malaysia!

  16 March 2021 / 7 comments

  Having already been launched in Malaysia late last year, the new G82 BMW M4 Competition is now making its way to the rest of Southeast Asia, with the high-performance coupé soon to be introduced in […]

   

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  Ford Ranger FX4 MAX debuts in Thailand – 2.0 litre turbo, Fox monotube shocks make it a Raptor “lite”

  16 March 2021 / 8 comments

  Ford has introduced a new Ranger variant in Thailand, and the FX4 MAX isn’t just an XLT given the usual dress-up treatment. The version gets plenty of mechanical improvements, enough to make it sort of […]

   

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  V167 Mercedes-Benz GLE 350de 4Matic PHEV CKD in Thailand – 320 PS, 700 Nm, 1.1 l/100 km; from RM629k

  16 March 2021 / 4 comments

  The V167 Mercedes-Benz GLE 350 de 4Matic has officially been launched in Thailand. The plug-in hybrid SUV is made in the Land of Smiles and is priced from 4,699,000 baht (RM629k). That’s quite a bit […]

   

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  Tesla’s reopening of Fremont plant during lockdown last year caused hundreds of Covid cases – report

  16 March 2021 / 2 comments

  It has now emerged that Elon Musk’s insistence on reopening Tesla’s factory in California in May last year – despite a countywide stay-at-home order – led to the Fremont plant recording hundreds of Covid-19 cases. […]

   

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