For the better part of last month, yours truly was in the United States. Two things struck me when I was there; first is that everything there is just bigger – the people, food, cars, road, etc. – and secondly, did I mention everything is bigger? It makes a Toyota Corolla feel like a Vios and the Yaris is practically a Kei car over there, which I believe it’s a contributing factor to the Yaris’ discontinuation in the US. Then it clicked, why cars like the Honda CR-V and Mazda CX-5 are called ‘Co

This week saw the media preview of the Proton X50. Some might be tired of all the hype and some might even be tired of waiting for the official price list. Having said that, we predicted that the price of the X50 could range between RM 80,000 to a little over RM 100,000. With that price, it is priced closely to Perodua’s SUV. No, not the D55L, that might be out in 2021. I’m talking about the Perodua Aruz. At RM 77,900 (inclusive of SST) for the top-of-the-range 1.5 AV, should you go for the rear

The Lexus RX 300 was given a facelift last year and the 200t moniker has been dropped in favour of 300, but the powertrain remains unchanged. All three variants of the RX 300 (Premium, Luxury, and F-Sport) are propelled by a 2.0-litre turbocharged 4-cylinder engine that makes 238 PS and 350 Nm of torque. Power is channeled to all four wheels via a 6-speed automatic. The one we have here is the F-Sport variant, priced at RM 424,187 (without SST). What are its pros and cons? Like all Lexus models,

In the light of Covid-19 pandemic, it is not a surprise at all that Jaguar Land Rover has decided to delay the planned UK media drive of the all-important 2020 Land Rover Defender. But what surprised everyone was their decision to redeploy the media fleet to the Red Cross’ international to aid in their fight against the coronavirus. Land Rover announced their decision to hand over the fleet to the Red Cross on their official Twitter account. LR’s communications director, Richard Agnew, also foll

As is well-known that Touareg can dart through the downtown even in its slightly large body, while Land Rover is born to across the rainforest and have its off-road ability on the ball, so many may suspect that Land Rover is destined to win the off-road contest if racing with Touareg. Confronting the "incontrovertible" opiniton, TFLCAR conducted an off-road test recently, in which the team made contrast of Volkswagen Touareg with Land Rover Discovery, and the video goes way beyond our speculatio

The seven-seat SUV Perodua Aruz comes in two models and is priced at: Aruz 1.5X: RM 72,900 Aruz 1.5AV: RM 77,900 All variants come with a 5-year / 150,000 km warranty (whichever comes first). Compared with its sibling Rush, Aruz's differences mainly at the air intake grille, and the third pole Perodua badge. The chrome strips are also connected to the LED daytime running lights in the LED headlights. Aruz has one solid color -ivory white, and four metallic colors, namely Amazon Green, Granite Gr