SAIC Motor Malaysia, the sole distributor of MG vehicles in the country has unveiled the 2024 MG 5 at JioSpace, Petaling Jaya alongside the MG HS. The MG 5 has been on sale in our ASEAN neighbours since 2021 but the most interesting proposition would be the price. MG Malaysia announced that bookings for the MG 5 are now open with one variant (CBU Thailand) offered and an estimated price of below RM 100,000. In most of our neighbours, the C-segment sedan is priced closer to a B-segment car which

CY Foong

Aug 22, 2024

Chery Malaysia today honoured Malaysia’s Olympic bronze medallists at a celebratory event. Badminton stars Aaron Chia, Soh Wooi Yik, and Lee Zii Jia, who secured bronze medals in their respective events, were each presented with a Chery Tiggo 7 Pro, a gesture aimed at acknowledging their achievements and contribution to national pride. Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik, who competed in the Men's Doubles event, were present to receive their awards. Unfortunately, Lee Zii Jia, who competed in the Men's

Shaun

Aug 22, 2024

The 2024 Asian Cross Country (AXCR) ended last week, with defending champion Team Toyota Gazoo Racing Thailand taking first place in their Toyota Hilux, with Team Isuzu Suphan’s pair of Isuzu D-Maxes taking the remaining podium positions. The 2,100 km rally is one of a kind as it is one of the world’s toughest, but unlike the Dakar Rally’s purpose-built monster machines, AXCR is raced by mildly modified production pick-up trucks that are not dissimilar to the ones on sale at local showrooms. Thi

Hans

Aug 22, 2024

Though still novel, digital side mirrors are becoming common in premium vehicles, with brands like Audi, Lexus, Honda, BYD, and BMW also offering the technology depending on the model and market. The recently launched 2024 Kia EV9, 2024 Audi SQ8 and recon Honda E BEVs are some examples of cars you can already buy in Malaysia with digital side mirrors. These feature cameras, housed in angular extensions, feed real-time video to screens positioned near the A-pillars, offering drivers a view of wha

Arvind

Aug 22, 2024

Mazda is not a brand that sits on the pantheon of automotive luxury worshipped by the masses, and rightly so. But step back for one moment and ask yourself what defines a luxury product? Unlike fashion apparel, it’s very difficult to properly define what constitutes a luxury car due to the complexity of putting together tens of thousands of components to build a car. Does a Volkswagen model suddenly become a luxury car when it wears the four-ring logo (Audi Q2 and its twin the VW T-Roc)? What ab

Hans

Aug 22, 2024