Korean carmaker Ssangyong, now known as KG Mobility (KGM), announced that it signed a strategic partnership and platform license agreement with Chery Automobile. The agreement will see KGM collaborating in areas including design and development of vehicles as well as car manufacturing and distribution. The deal also includes sharing the intellectual property of the T2X platform, Chery’s second-generation modular architecture that supports plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs). According to regulatory

CY Foong

Oct 24, 2024

Hyundai Motors Indonesia announced bookings are open for the all-new fifth-generation (MX) Hyundai Santa Fe in the country. The 3-row D-segment SUV will be offered with two variants, namely Prime and Calligraphy which are powered by a 2.5-litre petrol and 1.6-litre hybrid powertrains respectively. The 2.5-litre petrol variant is powered by a naturally aspirated 4-cylinder unit that makes 194 PS and 246 Nm. Power is sent to the front wheels via an 8-speed automatic transmission. Meanwhile, the hy

CY Foong

Oct 24, 2024

A small car that costs nearly a quarter of a million Ringgit is going to raise a lot of eyebrows. Small is cheap, big is expensive – that’s the usual consumer hierarchy unless you're selling bikinis or diamonds. The profit margin on small cars is too thin for manufacturers to pay more attention. Also, no ambitious car engineer wants to boast about building the best entry-level luxury car, so motivation to excel is limited. When the CEOs of Mercedes-Benz or BMW talk about progress, they rarely me

Hans

Oct 24, 2024

Fuel price movements in Malaysia from 24- to 30-Oct 2024 are as below: Fuel Price Update 24- to 30-Oct 2024 RON 95 RM 2.05 RON 97 RM 3.19 RON 100 RM 5.00 Shell V-Power RM 6.30 Diesel EURO 5 B10 RM 3.01 Diesel EURO 5 B7 RM 3.21 Follow fuel price live updates: Petrol Price Malaysia

Sanjay

Oct 23, 2024

Jaecoo Malaysia has just given us a sneak peek at the upcoming Jaecoo J7 plug-in hybrid (PHEV). Registration of interest (ROI) for this C-segment PHEV SUV opened just last week. Set to officially launch at the end of 2024, deliveries are expected to begin in February 2025. While bookings aren’t available yet, we were told that they will be open soon. In Malaysia, the Jaecoo J7 PHEV will initially arrive as a front-wheel drive (2WD) variant, with an all-wheel drive (AWD) version following shortly

Shaun

Oct 23, 2024