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

This week, diesel is cheaper by another 2 sen, following last week's reduction. Therefore, fuel price movements in Malaysia from 22- to 28-August 2024 are as follows: Fuel Price Update 22- to 28-August 2024 RON 95 RM 2.05 RON 97 RM 3.37 RON 100 RM 5.00 Shell V-Power RM 6.30 Diesel EURO 5 B10 RM 3.23 (-2 sen) Diesel EURO 5 B7 RM 3.50 Follow fuel price live updates: Petrol Price Malaysia

Sanjay

Aug 21, 2024

Malaysia is the first right-hand drive (RHD) market to preview the Dongfeng Box which is sold in China as the Dongfeng Nammi 01. Dongfeng is one of the Big Four Chinese state-owned carmakers. It will be distributed in Malaysia by Central Auto Distributors Bhd (CADB), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Association of Malay Importers and Traders of Motor Vehicles Malaysia (PEKEMA). The units shown to the media are pre-production RHD units for internal testing and evaluation and CADB mentioned the pr

CY Foong

Aug 21, 2024