NKVE Subang toll slip road from Ara Dsara closed
Stuck in a bad jam from Ara Damansara and the Subang Airport heading towards the Subang NKVE toll? PLUS has announced that the slip from this direction to the toll is closed. …
Proton Saga Cross rendered again by Theophilus Chin with MC3 styling – AMA, 1.5L i-GT 4-cyl, hybrid too?
With the launch of the new Saga in November, Proton's Advanced Modular Architecture (AMA) is finally out in the world, underpinning the company's best-selling model. But that's just the start, as the …
Chery Tiggo 8 1.6T full showroom gallery in Malaysia – non-Pro model is cheapest 7-seat Chery at RM129,800
Launched recently, the Chery Tiggo 8 (without the Pro suffix) is now the most affordable Chery with seven seats in Malaysia. At RM130k, it's asking for RM30k less than both its Pro …
Jetour T1 awarded five-star ASEAN NCAP rating – coming to Malaysia soon, CKD local assembly?
The Jetour T1 has been awarded the full, five-star rating from ASEAN NCAP, following the achievement by its stablemate, the T2, earlier this month. Like the T2, the T1 was tested under …
2026 Hyundai Staria in Malaysia now gets floor centre console in place of front middle seat, no price change
UPDATE: Story updated with photos and additional details. To jog your memory, seven-seat versions of the Malaysian-market Hyundai Staria have a fixed floor centre console (with a sliding lid and illuminated STARIA …
GWM Malaysia ships first CKD units of Wey G9 to Thailand – PHEV MPV to be launched here this month
Ahead of the GWM Wey G9’s launch in Malaysia this month, GWM Malaysia has announced that the first units of the locally-assembled (CKD) MPV have been shipped out to Thailand. This comes …
JPJ seizes 6 luxury cars incl 1 with fake number plates
The road transport department (JPJ) yesterday seized six luxury cars with a RM1.5 million total estimated value for various offences on the East Coast Expressway Phase 1 (LPT1) near Karak, including one …
MP proposes two-year entry ban for foreign-registered vehicles caught filling up with unsubsidised RON95
A government backbencher has proposed that owners of foreign-registered vehicles caught pumping subsidised RON 95 petrol should be blacklisted from entering Malaysia for a period of two years, The Star reports. Speaking …
Clarity needed on lorry brake inspection before enforcement: Association of Malaysian Hauliers (AMH)
More formal engagements are required before Malaysian authorities roll out its new brake inspections, and the Association of Malaysian Hauliers (AMH) has appealed to both the road transport department (JPJ) and Puspakom …
2026 Proton X70 MC3 maintenance costs – new 1.5 litre i-GT turbo four-cylinder less than three-cylinder
Proton kicked off 2026 by launching the new X70 MC3, which sees the return of an inline-four engine in place of the inline-three unit that the SUV got back in 2022. Beyond …
Kedah JPJ nabs ‘Kelisa Gino’ modified w/o approval
If I had a ringgit for every Perodua Kelisa I've seen converted into a Daihatsu Mira Gino... anyway, the Kedah road transport department (JPJ) recently detained one on Jalan Ekor Kucing-Padang Serai, …
Proton eMas 7 PHEV launching on Feb 4 – 262 PS, up to 146 km EV range, 996 km total, RM110k-130k est
Yesterday, Proton announced that its next model, the eMas 7 PHEV, would be launched in ten days, on February 4. That would put it three weeks after the petrol-electric SUV was opened …
BYD Atto 3 Ultra gets new Atlantis Grey colour option – limited tax-free EV stock offered at RM105,800
BYD has announced that the Atto 3 Ultra is still available in tax-free form at a promotional price of RM105,800. Stocks are limited. There's also a new Atlantis Grey exterior colour option …
Mitsubishi Xforce spotted again in Malaysia on the back of a roving truck – nationwide tour until March 15
It seems every other carmaker these days is publicising upcoming models by parading them in a transparent box on a flat-bed lorry (known in marketing circles as a roving truck). Well... it …
2026 Perodua Traz maintenance costs compared – much cheaper than Proton X50, but same as Ativa?
The Perodua Traz was launched one month ago, but it is two years late due to Daihatsu’s ‘procedural irregularities’ safety testing scandal that surfaced in late 2023. Everything has now been sorted …
Johor JPJ nabs 459 foreign drivers under Ops PEWA, seizes 235 vehicles – no lesen, road tax, insurance
Ops Pemandu Warga Asing (PEWA) is well and truly underway. Between January 1 and 23, the Johor road transport department (JPJ) has acted against 459 non-Malaysian drivers for various offences including having …
KLIA taxi touts could face seizure of vehicles – JPJ
Illegal taxi touts operating at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) could face forfeiture of their vehicles under measures enforced by the road transport department (JPJ), New Straits Times has reported. Tougher …
Denza D9 tax-free prices unchanged for 2025 units as MY2026 is prepared – RM259k FWD, RM309k AWD
Denza Malaysia has moved to reassure prospective buyers that prices for its sole current model, the D9 electric MPV, will remain unchanged for 2025 units, which are still available. These cars will …
Tesla Model 3 Standard now in Malaysia – RM147,600 sedan is now the cheapest new Tesla in Malaysia
Just a few months after its global debut in October 2025, the Tesla Model 3 Standard has made its way to the Malaysian order page, priced from RM147,600. This makes it the …
Tesla Model Y Long Range RWD now in Malaysia – 661km WLTP range, 0-100 in 5.6s, from RM216,450
A new variant of the Tesla Model Y has been added to the range in Malaysia. No, it's not the Model Y Performance, but the Tesla Model Y LR RWD, which is …
