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  2025 Proton X50 facelift: full pics, specs and variant breakdown of major refresh; brief driving impressions

  2 July 2025 / 29 comments

  Let’s rewind for a moment to 2020. Remember that surreal year? Remember that uncertain, existential state of mind brought about by the pandemic, job insecurities and shocking local political developments? Remember how you felt having […]

   

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  2025 Proton X50 facelift shown in Malaysia – live photos of major redesign, all-new interior, 4-cyl engine

  1 July 2025 / 13 comments

  Proton has wasted no time in letting the public get a good look at the facelifted Proton X50. Just hours after revealing the first official photos and details of the revised B-segment SUV, the national […]

   

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  Customs bans import of dummy seatbelt buckles

  1 July 2025 / 8 comments

  A Malaysian Federal Government Gazette has been issued banning the import of dummy seatbelt buckles. The Gazette, titled Customs (Prohibition of Imports) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2025, specifically forbids the import of dummy seatbelt buckles. […]

   

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  Cycle & Carriage Malaysia names Adrian Short as CEO

  1 July 2025 / 4 comments

  Cycle & Carriage Malaysia (C&C) has announced the appointment of Adrian Short as its new CEO, succeeding Thomas Tok Chek Kuan who will take on a new role as COO of Cycle & Carriage Industries’ […]

   

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  2025 Honda HR-V facelift to be launched in Malaysia soon – order books open; NA, turbo, e:HEV hybrid

  1 July 2025 / 19 comments

  As expected, the facelifted Honda HR-V will be the third new model to be released by Honda Malaysia in 2025, with its impending arrival announced by the opening of the order books for the SUV. […]

   

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  2025 Mercedes-Benz EQV facelift to launch in Malaysia tomorrow – Avantgarde Line, two 12.3-inch screens?

  1 July 2025 / 4 comments

  Go to Hap Seng Star’s Facebook page and you’ll see the above poster, announcing that the 2025 Mercedes-Benz EQV facelift will be launched in Malaysia tomorrow by the country’s Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicle distributor, Hap Seng […]

   

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  MBPJ aims to install 1,000 EV chargers at public parking sites, strategic locations in Petaling Jaya

  1 July 2025 / 6 comments

  The Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) aims to install 1,000 EV chargers, in strategic locations and public parking spaces across Petaling Jaya in phases, with the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on June […]

   

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  First JB-Singapore RTS Link train set delivered – rail system works at 56%, on track for December 2026 start

  1 July 2025 / 0 comments

  First RTS Link train (images from Singapore Land Transport Authority (LTA) FB page). The first train for the Johor Baru-Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link has arrived in Singapore, and will begin testing at the […]

   

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  Unexploded bomb found near PLUS Menora Tunnel caused 15 km jam – detonated, highway safe to use

  1 July 2025 / 5 comments

  Were you stuck in a terrible jam on the PLUS North South Highway near the Menora Tunnel yesterday? If you were wondering if there was any unusual reason for it, well, a bomb was found […]

   

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  KL-Seremban Highway Sg Besi toll temporary closure – midnight July 2 till 5am July 3, both directions

  1 July 2025 / 1 comment

  Click to enlarge UPDATE: Closure postponed until further notice, all traffic lanes will flow as usual. Take note, KL-Seremban Highway users. There will be a temporary closure at the Sg Besi toll where the BHPetrol […]

   

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  Denza Malaysia revises D9 scheduled maintenance interval – first service now at 20,000 km/12 months

  1 July 2025 / 19 comments

  Denza Malaysia has announced a change to the scheduled maintenance interval of the D9 MPV, the vehicle it currently sells here. The revision involves the first scheduled maintenance, which previously occurred at 5,000 km or […]

   

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  Over 42k Singapore vehicles yet to activate VEP tags

  1 July 2025 / 1 comment

  Full enforcement of the Vehicle Entry Permit (VEP) for Singaporean vehicles entering Malaysia starts today, but 42,416 individual private vehicles (17% of the 248,504 tags issued) have yet to activate their VEP RFID tags as […]

   

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  Honda Malaysia July 2025 promo – CR-V up to RM10k off, City RM8k, WR-V RM6k; Civic FL RM5k discount

  1 July 2025 / 9 comments

  Honda Malaysia (HM) is kicking off the second half of the year with its ‘Upgrade. Save. Enjoy’ promo which runs for the entire of July 2025. This month, you can enjoy up to RM10,000 off […]

   

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  2025 Proton X50 facelift – major update brings updated styling, i-GT 1.5T 4-cylinder engine, all-new interior

  1 July 2025 / 47 comments

  At long last, Proton has previewed the facelifted X50 (although the company calls this an “all-new” model), some five years after the original was introduced – and just a year after the mild RC update. […]

   

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  Perodua ‘QV-E’ EV spied again in Malaysia – sloping roofline, small side window revealed; debut in Q4 2025

  30 June 2025 / 12 comments

  The upcoming Perodua EV has been sighted once again, this time in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur by Afiq Roslan as posted to the paultan.org Automotive/Car Discussion Group on Facebook. This sighting, as with the previous one […]

   

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