Make no mistake, the affordable sports car of the future will either go the way of the dodo bird or burn a hole in your wallet. Mazda wants to fix that with one of the most controversial powertrain combinations that’s being previewed in its Mazda Iconic SP concept. What’s running it? A rotary electric hybrid. Yeah, kind of wild but we’re digging it. The concept was first unveiled virtually last year as the “Vision Study Model.” In the metal, it’s the Iconic SP. Once you delve under its streamlin

Bermaz has updated the 2022 Mazda MX-5 RF for Malaysia, with the roadster now coming with Kinematic Posture Control (KPC), equipped on both the automatic and manual variants. This update also sees a price increase, with the fully-imported (CBU Japan) model now priced from RM 264,029 for the manual variant, and RM 265,964 for the automatic. These prices are inclusive of the 50% Sales Tax Reduction (SST) and is valid until 30-June 2022. Also read: SST-free prices ending in less than 2 months – whi

At NEXTGen Malaysia, an event on sustainability and electrified mobility, BMW Group Malaysia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with its partners, MGTC, TNB, and Siemens Malaysia, to further develop the ecosystem and infrastructure for Electric Vehicles in the country. This follows the announcement by BMW Malaysia that it will be installing DC fast chargers on all BMW dealerships across the country, which will be open to EVs of all makes. Also read: BMW Malaysia: Our dealers’ DC fast

Developing a car from scratch can be very costly, even for a regular car. For instance, the Proton Iriz cost roughly RM 300 million to develop (no wonder it keeps chugging on). As such, some carmakers would partner with one another in a bid to save costs. These carmakers would rather put their rivalry aside in order to join forces and develop a model together or rebadge. The latter might be a trigger word to some Proton fans but it’s a necessity. Also read: How is the Proton Iriz still on sale 7

The BMW Group is systematically pursuing its electrification strategy and will release the new BMW iX3 onto the market by the end of 2020. Standard production of the BMW core brand’s first pure electric model will get underway at the BMW Brilliance Automotive joint venture (BBA) in China in late summer as planned. The testing required for homologation of the new BMW iX3 has now been successfully completed and the results submitted to the regulatory authorities in key automotive markets. More tha

Here are supposedly the official photos of the BMW iX3 leaked ahead of its debut. And as you can tell, it looks almost identical to the concept. The BMW iX3 is the first fully electric SUV (BMW insistently calls it SAV) model, and the X3 will also be the first model to include the full range of powertrain with petrol and diesel engines, plug-in hybrid and fully electric. The electric motor in the BMW iX3 delivers 286 PS and 400 Nm of torque and all the power is sent exclusively to the rear wheel