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  Bermaz expands Takata airbag recall campaign for Mazda vehicles – RX-8, BT-50 (UN) and 2 (DE) affected

  22 December 2016 / 9 comments

  Bermaz has expanded its Takata airbag recall campaign for Mazda vehicles, with the RX-8 (FE), additional units of the first-gen BT-50 (UN) and third-gen Mazda 2 (DE) joining the company’s previous recall campaign that included […]

   

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  Hands-free phone use just as distracting as hand-held

  22 December 2016 / 10 comments

  According to a new study by the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), using a hands-free mobile phone system while driving is equally as distracting as holding the device in your hand. For the study, the […]

   

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  Volvo Red Key – eliminating out-of-sight insecurities

  22 December 2016 / 7 comments

  If you’ve ever had to hand your car over to someone else to operate, you’ll be familiar with the sense of having a slight anxiety over your pride and joy being handled right. Well, how […]

   

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  Proton Ertiga gets 4-star ASEAN NCAP safety rating; Hyundai Elantra, Mitsubishi Pajero Sport get five stars

  20 December 2016 / 22 comments

  The Proton Ertiga, Mitsubishi Pajero Sport and Hyundai Elantra are the latest vehicles to be tested by the New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP), with all models scoring a four-safety safety […]

   

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  Euro NCAP reveals ‘Best in Class Cars of 2016’ list – Hyundai Ioniq, Toyota Prius, Volkswagen Tiguan

  15 December 2016 / 12 comments

  The European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP) has bestowed three cars with the ‘Best in Class’ award for performing best in their respective categories. In 2016, the Toyota Prius won the honour in the […]

   

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  Subaru Impreza gets five-star ANCAP safety rating

  15 December 2016 / 17 comments

  In its latest round of testing, the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) has awarded the fifth-generation Subaru Impreza with a five-star safety rating. The fifth-generation model is available as both a hatchback and sedan […]

   

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  Takata airbag recall expanded in the US – McLaren, Audi, Ferrari, Tesla, Lexus models added to the list

  14 December 2016 / 4 comments

  The United States National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced that more than 20 high-performance models will be added the Takata airbag fiasco, further expanding the world’s biggest automotive recall in history. Surprisingly, the […]

   

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  Volvo scores most IIHS Top Safety Pick Plus awards of any European carmaker for 2017 – S60, V60, XC60

  8 December 2016 / 10 comments

  In recent years, the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety (IIHS) in the United States has been doubling down on safety requirements for its Top Safety Pick awards. So it’s no surprise that Volvo, the standard […]

   

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  Honda Civic, Toyota Sienta and Nissan Navara all obtain full five-star ASEAN NCAP safety rating

  8 December 2016 / 18 comments

  The New Car Assessment Program for Southeast Asian Countries (ASEAN NCAP) has released its latest round of results for the Nissan Navara, Toyota Sienta and Honda Civic. Starting with the Navara pick-up truck, which now […]

   

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  3M Malaysia launches DG3 conspicuity markings

  8 December 2016 / 5 comments

  Visibility is key to safety on the road, and to that end 3M Malaysia has launched the Diamond Grade DG3 range of conspicuity markings. As the name suggests, the exterior reflective stickers are designed to […]

   

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  Mercedes-Benz Digital Light can project signs on road

  5 December 2016 / 4 comments

  Mercedes-Benz has come up with the latest in lighting technology, Digital Light, which aims to further improve the quality of headlamp illumination. In this configuration, a high definition headlamp chip contains more than one million […]

   

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  ASEAN NCAP Grand Prix Awards 2016 winners listed – Honda gets 10, Toyota 8, Nissan 4, Proton 3, Perodua 2

  2 December 2016 / 26 comments

  After the award dinner earlier this week, we now know the full list of winners of the ASEAN NCAP Grand Prix Awards 2016. The awards were meant to acknowledge vehicles, companies and individuals in the […]

   

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  Hyundai Ioniq gets a five-star Euro NCAP safety rating

  30 November 2016 / 20 comments

  Hot on the heels of the Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid‘s Malaysian launch, Euro NCAP has released its full report plus footages of the Ioniq’s crash test, in which the hybrid vehicle scored the full five stars. […]

   

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  Honda Civic, Toyota Sienta, Nissan Navara, Mitsubishi Pajero Sport, Hyundai Elantra – ASEAN NCAP 5 stars

  30 November 2016 / 17 comments

  At the ASEAN NCAP Grand Prix Awards ceremony last night, the organisation announced the results of the crash tests it performed in the fourth quarter of 2016. Of the nine cars that were evaluated, five […]

   

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  Proton and Perodua win 5 ASEAN NCAP safety awards

  30 November 2016 / 27 comments

  At this year’s ASEAN NCAP Grand Prix Awards, in conjunction with the Stop the Crash ASEAN 2016 event, national carmakers Proton and Perodua managed to bag a few awards for their respective vehicles. Beginning with […]

   

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