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Hyundai's SangYup Lee wins FAI design award
29 January 2021
SEOUL: Hyundai Motor's global design chief, who created the latest EV concept, ‘Prophecy’, has won the coveted grand prize of design at the 36th edition of Festival Automobile Inte...
Mazda's facelifted CX-5 is a more frugal drive
29 January 2021
COLOGNE: Mazda has been selling the current second generation of the CX-5 since 2017. With the latest model update, the Japanese manufacturer wants to keep the SUV fresh and frugal...
Touch ‘n Go to remove parking surcharge, plans eWallet reloa...
29 January 2021
PETALING JAYA: It is perhaps the much-awaited news for most Malaysians. Touch ‘n Go Sdn Bhd will be making two massive changes this year.
All Touch ‘n Go parking surcharges, whi...
Ford all out to woo China buyers with local assembly of Must...
29 January 2021
SHANGHAI: Ford has announced that Mustang Mach-E, its first global pioneering SUV built on an all-new, all-electric platform, will be manufactured in China by Changan Ford for loca...
To do or not to do: Hyundai agonises over the risks of embra...
29 January 2021
The Kia plant in Georgia, USA. With Hyundai and Apple having headstrong managments, Kia could be the compromise solution as contract assembler for the Apple car.
SEOUL/SAN FRANC...
Mercedes-Benz takes over-the-air upgrade to the next level
29 January 2021
STUTTGART: Mercedes-Benz is expanding the possibility of upgrading vehicle programmes and systems over-the-air (OTA) instead of just updating them.
Mercedes-Benz's Digital Vehic...
China’s XPeng to recall majority of G3 SUVs on power issue
29 January 2021
BEIJING: XPeng Inc. will recall 13,399 G3 electric sports utility vehicles due to an inverter issue that may cause loss of power and pose a safety risk, China’s State Administratio...
e-PG system set up to expedite guilty plea for traffic offen...
29 January 2021
PETALING JAYA: A system has been set up by the Malaysian judiciary for people to plead guilty to traffic offences, says the Office of the Registrar-General.
In a statement today...
Motorists with expired driving licence can still use their v...
29 January 2021
PETALING JAYA: Private vehicle owners with an expired driving licence can still drive their vehicle during the movement control order, provided that the vehicle’s insurance is stil...
Jan 30- Feb 5: Diesel down two sen to RM2.07 per litre, petr...
29 January 2021
PETALING JAYA: Petrol prices will remain unchanged from Jan 30 to Feb 5, says the Finance Ministry.
The price of diesel, however, will be reduced by two sen from RM2.09 per litr...
Opening car windows can cut Covid-19 contamination risk
29 January 2021
BOSTON: It may seem obvious, but research from the US confirms that opening the windows of your car can significantly reduce the risk of Covid-19 contamination.
According to the...
Jaguar’s newest car is actually 70 years old
29 January 2021
LONDON: Jaguar’s classics department has announced it will make eight more of the curvaceous C-Type that was originally produced from 1951 to 1953.
The continuation cars, set to...
GM to end petrol and diesel-powered vehicles by 2035
29 January 2021
WASHINGTON: General Motors Co said on Thursday it was setting a goal to sell all its new cars, SUVs and light pickup trucks with zero tailpipe emissions by 2035, a dramatic shift b...
30 years on, Daimler's massive W140 S-Class is still a great...
29 January 2021
FRANKFURT: It was the wrong car at the wrong time. When Mercedes-Benz pulled the wraps off the new W140 generation S-Class in the spring of 1991, the era of glitz and glamour in po...
How does the electronic stability control in cars work?
29 January 2021
BERLIN: The electronic stability control (ESC) installed in cars has been saving lives for years. Also known as electronic stability program (ESP), depending on the manufacturer, t...
After years on the market, Tesla Model S gets major interior...
28 January 2021
SAN FRANCISCO: Remember when Elon Musk said Tesla only continued to build the Model S and X for sentimental reasons? (during an earnings call, October 2019).
Now we have refresh...
Toyota beats VW to become world's No.1 car seller in 2020
28 January 2021
TOKYO: Japan’s Toyota Motor Corp overtook Germany’s Volkswagen in vehicle sales last year, regaining pole position as the world’s top selling automaker for the first time in five y...
BMW says 2020 cash flow exceeded market expectations
28 January 2021
FRANKFURT: BMW’s free cash flow last year was better than market expecations at about €3.4 billion (RM16.6bil) in its core automotive division, the German carmaker said on Wednesda...
Navistar to work with GM, others on hydrogen fuel-cell comme...
28 January 2021
DETROIT: Truck maker Navistar International Corp said on Wednesday it will collaborate with US automaker General Motors Co and others to develop a hydrogen fuel-cell powered commer...
MINI Hatch gets big makeover
27 January 2021
MUNICH: The MINI 3-door, the MINI 5-door and the MINI Convertible is getting a massive makeover in March.
The line-up will get clear exterior design accents, giving it a purist ...
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