The organisers of the Asia Cross Country Rally 2024 (AXCR 2024) in August recently announced that the event will not be run in Malaysia. The AXCR, which used to be run in Malaysia as well, was to have ended...
Crime is something which, unfortunately, has yet to be completely eradicated. While the police and other law enforcement authorities do their best to keep us safe, there will still be occasions when criminal acts may be committed which involve...
The installation of the radio in cars is generally agreed to have started in the 1920s by Chevrolet although it was only in the 1930s that the accessory began to be more common as it became affordable. Long-distance drivers...
This year will see no less than three motorshows in Kuala Lumpur, with the Malaysia Auto Show 2024 this month and then the 2024 International Automodified (IAM) Kuala Lumpur & Malaysia Motor Expo (MME) in June, and the KL...
In a sort of reverse move to Xiaomi, a well known smartphone manufacturer, starting to make cars, Polestar has gone into the smartphone business. It’s not in a big way (yet?) and mainly in China where the lifestyle accessory...
When Elon Musk made the decision for Tesla to focus only on electric vehicles, he realised that in order to sell more EVs, having places (besides the home) to charge them was crucial. He therefore decided that Tesla would...
The fastest Aston Martin Vantage is now in Malaysia, priced from RM2.37 million. Powered by a heavily reworked, hand-built 4-litre Twin-Turbo V8 engine with 665 ps/800 Nm, the new Vantage is said to be able to go from 0...
A new Porsche Experience Centre (PEC), will open in Singapore in 2027, bringing the number of its purpose-built facilities worldwide to eleven. It is the first PEC conceptualised from the onset for both local and regional Porsche customers and...
Since 2001, UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) has run an environment education programme as an important part of its Corporate Social Responsibility activities. The national-level programme, in partnership with the Malaysian Ministry of Education (MOE), is one demonstration of UMWT’s...
In 2022, a new era began at Bentley with the Batur Coupe, a bespoke project by Bentley Mulliner after the Bacalar. Only 18 units were offered, all of which were taken up over a period of 11 months. As...
Among the many new products at the Malaysia Commercial Vehicle Expo 2024 are 3 new trucks launched by Angka-Tan Motor Sdn Bhd (ATM) which is the sole distributor of Foton Light Commercial Vehicles, Foton Auman and JMC vehicles.
ATM, a...
The Malaysia Commercial Vehicle Expo (MCVE) is on again, for the sixth time, at the Mines International Exhibition and Convention Centre outside Kuala Lumpur. The first and biggest commercial vehicle expo series ever held in Malaysia – and also...
