News and reviews on Malaysian cars, motorcycles and automotive lifestyle
News and reviews on Malaysian cars, motorcycles and automotive lifestyle
The F1 races in Malaysia and Singapore have always been physically the toughest due to the high temperatures and high humidity. This year, the drivers must also cope with the haze though it does not seem to have been mentioned as much of a problem. The steel beams underpinning the concrete of the Esplanade Bridge […]
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Audi has completed its quartet of visionary vehicles with an electric off-roader for the future of road transport with the AI:TRAIL quattro. The 4-seater concept car, which combines automated driving capability with competent off-road capabilities, joins the Aicon, AI:ME, AI:RACE concepts shown earlier. With the AI:TRAIL, Audi is now opening up the potential applications for […]
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Race starts at 8:10 pm Singapore/Malaysia time on Sunday UPDATE FOR STARTING GRID: Daniel Ricciardo starts from last position due to disqualification for exceeding the MGU-K power limit during qualifying. Previous Winners Of The Singapore Grand Prix 2008: Fernando Alonso (Renault) 2009: Lewis Hamilton (McLaren Mercedes) 2010: Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) 2011: Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull […]
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While the Jeep and Land Rover usually come to mind when thinking of 4×4 vehicles, Toyota’s Land Cruiser also has a place in the history of such vehicles. And according to the latest data released by Toyota, cumulative sales of the Land Cruiser – the company’s longest-selling model – passed the 10 million mark at […]
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When Perodua started making cars over 25 years ago, its mission was to offer Malaysians low-priced personal transportation, besides helping in the development of the domestic auto industry. Learning from its technical partner, Daihatsu Motor, and then slowly building up its own in-house capabilities, it has done well and ascended to being the No.1 carmaker […]
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Ahead of the F1 Singapore Grand Prix this weekend, Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS Motorsport driver, Valtteri Bottas dropped by at PETRONAS’ US$16 billion (about RM66.76 billion) megaproject at the Pengerang Integrated Complex (PIC) in Johor. Due to start commercial operations by the fourth quarter of this year, Valtteri visited the ‘brain’” of the 6,239-acre complex, the Main […]
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For some, there’s a certain appeal to being able to see inside objects and observe the different parts, especially mechanical ones. And where a watch is concerned, there are certainly many parts which are also moving and therefore provide a fascinating ‘show’ on the wrist. Casio’s G-SHOCK Clear Skeleton Series clearly exploits this with its […]
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Key Points: ♦ The Total Industry Volume (TIV) rose marginally by 1% or 295 units month-on-month compared to the TIV for July. ♦ 46,802 passenger vehicles were registered during August, but this number does not include pick-up trucks which are classified under commercial vehicles. ♦ The same month in 2018 saw a significantly higher TIV due to […]
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Perodua today announced that it has decided to postpone the 2019 MYPerodua Nation carnival until further notice. The decision was made due to the worsening haze situation nationwide. The third edition of the popular carnival was to take place this weekend (September 20 – 22) at the Setia City Oval Lawn in Setia Alam, Selangor, […]
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