News and reviews on Malaysian cars, motorcycles and automotive lifestyle
News and reviews on Malaysian cars, motorcycles and automotive lifestyle
‘Raptor’ is the name Ford adds to its models when their performance is boosted to extremes. We’ve seen how Ford Performance, the carmaker’s high-performance division, has transformed models like the F-150 and Ranger to become more hardcore as Raptor versions, and now they’ve done it with the new Bronco SUV. Ultra4 Racing-inspired The Bronco Raptor […]
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It’s been a while since Ford had a victory in the World Rally Championship (the last one was in the Rally Great Britain in 2018) and Sebastien Loeb’s win in the 2022 Monte Carlo Rally was all the more significant as it was the first one in the new hybrid era of rallying. Loeb won […]
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The Ford Mondeo, an executive-class sedan which has been around for almost 30 years, has been sold in a number of countries (including Malaysia 10 years ago) and it has found a following in China. The popularity of the model has been strong enough that Ford is using a new design language for the new […]
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Just as the 2022 Formula 1 World Championship will see the biggest changes in technical rules in some four decades, the 50th season of the World Rally Championship (WRC) will undergo major environmental changes as new FIA technical regulations drive the series towards a more sustainable future. Under its PurposeDriven movement, the FIA is taking […]
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The full-scale prototype of Team Fordzilla’s P1 – Ford’s virtual racing car created in collaboration with the gamer community – which was unveiled at gamescom 2021 as the ultimate racing simulator has been further developed with impressive new streaming capabilities. Showcased at the Gamergy 21 event in Madrid, Spain, this month, it now has three […]
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At different periods, manufacturers have different strategies which require investments in different parts of the world. In the 1990s, Ford decided that it must ‘control its own destiny’ in the ASEAN region and was attracted by the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA). This would be a single trading region and those who made their products […]
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The Ford Ranger Wildtrak is a well-equipped, value-for-money version of the popular pick-up truck sold by Sime Darby Auto ConneXion (SDAC), Now, there’s an even better Wildtrak and only a limited number of units have been imported from the factory in Thailand. Known as the Ranger WildTrak Sport, this special edition is priced from RM158,388 […]
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Malaysians are on the roads again, motoring all over the country after having been stuck in their own states for a long time due to cross-border travelling not being permitted. While it was unpleasant and even distressing, it was necessary to try to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. With the end of restrictions, […]
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The Ranger nameplate has been used by Ford since the late 1950s (for a sedan at that time) although it is only since the 1990s that the name gained prominence globally. This was when Ford used it on a new pick-up truck which it developed as an ‘Asian Car’ – in contrast to the low-priced […]
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Back in earlier years, car companies had only to worry about professional spy photographers capturing images of their next model. The occasions when ordinary members of the public happened to spot and know what they were seeing were few and usually, they saw but could not record anything. The cameraphone changed all that and with […]
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