Mercedes-Benz Malaysia will be amping up its portfolio of fully electric EQ models next year with the first ever electric AMG. Presently, the company is already offering five EQ models in Malaysia – EQA, EQB, EQC, EQE, and EQS. At the sidelines of the launch of the Mercedes-Benz EQE yesterday, we asked Michael Jopp, Vice President of Sales & Marketing on the prospects of an electric AMG model for Malaysia, Jopp said “Yes. It’s part of the exciting news for next year. We will come to that later.”

Under the current tax structure, CBU EVs are exempted from import and excise duties till the end of 2023, whilst CKD EVs will enjoy the same tax cuts until end-2025. Though these tax cuts are already proving to be effective and will definitely spur further EV adoption, Mercedes-Benz Malaysia (MBM) says that more time is needed, if the Government is serious about boosting CKD production of EVs. To recap, these are the current tax incentives for BEVs: Tax incentive for BEVs in Malaysia CKD CBU Imp

Sime Darby's Kulim plant is the first facility outside of Europe to assemble a Porsche model The CKD 2022 Porsche Cayenne will be only for Malaysia Prices to start from RM 550,000, first 100 units sold in 1 week Sime Darby and Porsche today rolled out the first locally-assembled (CKD) 2022 Porsche Cayenne for the Malaysian market. This marks the first assembly facility for Porsche vehicles outside of Europe. This follows an earlier announcement by Sime Darby and Porsche back in August 2021 when

Volkswagen is not the only car mainstream car maker that’s culling its sedans line-up. The current generation 2021 Lexus IS, which made its global preview earlier in June and will go on sale later this year as a 2021 model, will be the last Lexus IS sedan. This is according to a scoop by Japan’s Mag-X. The Japanese publication went on to say that the 2021 Lexus IS was originally meant to be developed on the rear-wheel drive TNGA-L platform that currently underpins the Lexus LS, Lexus LC, and Toy

Alongside the introduction of the all-new W223 Mercedes-Benz S-Class, the Stuttgart-based also gave its flagship sedan a new key fob. Despite all the technology buzz surrounding the brand-new S-Class, one may find it weird that Mercedes-Benz chose to use a traditional-looking key, instead of a fancier display key found on the BMW 7 Series. The main reason why Mercedes-Benz chose to use such a key is because the company already offers the Mercedes Me Connect app – its all-in-one app that features

The Mercedes-Benz S-Class has always been about more than just mere opulence. Throughout the generations, the S-Class has been not just a flagship for the brand, but a technological tour de force. New technologies and innovations are always premiered first in the S-Class (think air suspension, night vision, adaptive cruise control etc) and then filtered down to the rest of the product range. The upcoming 2021 W223 Mercedes-Benz S-Class is no different, in keeping with its tradition for constant