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PLUS closes Shah Alam Toll Plaza due to flash floods
18 December 2021
PETALING JAYA: PLUS Malaysia Bhd has totally closed its Shah Alam Toll Plaza and interchange due to a flash flood at 2pm today. In a statement at 6.25pm today, it said mandatory...
Can't tell the difference between an SUV and a 4WD? Here's h...
18 December 2021
ZWICKAU (Germany): It's easy to get bogged down in terminology when arguing over which four-wheel drive system makes a good mud-plugger. These days nearly all the car-makers hav...
How Luxembourg is the world's luxury car capital
18 December 2021
LUXEMBOURG: Luxembourg is the world's luxury car capital, with one luxury car for every 13 people, according to a new study. And when it comes to countries with the highest dens...
Outgoing FIA president Todt on Schumacher: 'I miss Michael'
18 December 2021
A handout released by FIA on Oct 23, 2009 showing Schumacher embracing Todt after his election as the new FIA's president in Paris. PARIS: Outgoing FIA president Jean Todt has pai...
December sales to mirror November's at 58,742 units, says MA...
17 December 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia recorded 58,742 units of new vehicle sales in November 2021, up 1.94% from 57,622 units in the same month last year, the Malaysian Automotive Association (MA...
Why the Japanese are struggling to embrace electric cars
17 December 2021
TOKYO: Over the past two years, electric car sales have soared around the world - but not in every country. One nation of die-hard motorists is still resisting all-electric cars...
Russian truckmaker Kamaz looks to prisons to plug workforce ...
17 December 2021
Kamaz faces a shortage of 4,000 workers at its production facilities in Naberezhnye Chelny. — Reuters MOSCOW: Russia's largest truckmaker Kamaz is considering bringing in prisoner...
Cruise CEO Ammann leaving GM's self-driving car unit
17 December 2021
Ammann (right) with Cruise Automation co-founders Vogt (centre) and Daniel Kan. WASHINGTON: General Motors Co said on Thursday that Dan Ammann, the chief executive of its majori...
Mercedes-Benz Malaysia shares Xmas cheer with the kids
17 December 2021
PETALING JAYA: Mercedes-Benz Malaysia celebrated a fun-filled Christmas party for over 30 children from Rumah K.I.D.S in the 11th installation of the company’s annual social initia...
New ploy to steal car? Apple Air Tag tracker found hidden un...
17 December 2021
DETROIT: A Michigan man only had his newly purchased car for two days when he discovered it was being tracked with an Apple Air Tag tracker that he found under the car, a news repo...
This remote office in Sweden is entirely powered by Hyundai ...
17 December 2021
STOCKHOLM: Ever dreamt of working in the middle of nature in a small designer cabin with just the sound of birds chirping and deer running past the window? Hyundai is trying to ...
Riding the rocket: Lambo Countach still delivers after 50 ye...
17 December 2021
BOLOGNA: Seldom was the name of a car more fitting. Countach is an exclamation in the Turin vernacular meaning "Oh my God!" and that was exactly how visitors to the 1971 Geneva sho...
Kia Carens MPV morphs into SUV-like creature
16 December 2021
SEOUL: The latest Kia Carens made its world premiere in India today. It's now called a recreational vehicle (RV) instead of an MPV. The fourth-generation Carens is touted as ...
BMW iX xDrive40i used to show how JPJ homologates vehicles
16 December 2021
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia's Road Transport Department (JPJ) today presented the vehicle type approval (VTA) and homologation process of a vehicle to the media for the first time, using t...
Refreshed Volvo XC60 lands in Sabah
16 December 2021
KOTA KINABALU: Volvo Car Malaysia takes another step towards full electrification as it officially unveiled its latest model in East Malaysia. Dubbed “the new Smarter XC60”, thi...
Enhance your Mercedes-Benz with original tyres and rims at C...
16 December 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: Cycle & Carriage has introduced the Mercedes-Benz Original Tyres and Rims Boutique, the first and only dealer in Malaysia to launch the boutique as part of a comp...
Hyundai Palisade arrives, 4 variants from RM329K
16 December 2021
PETALING JAYA: Hyundai-Sime Darby Motor Sdn Bhd wrapped up its model launch for the year with the official debut of the full-size Palisade SUV. The fully imported model comes in...
China EV, battery makers grapple with graphite squeeze
16 December 2021
BEIJING: As they scour the globe for the lithium, nickel and cobalt resources needed to keep China on top in the electric vehicle (EV) stakes, Chinese battery and EV makers are fre...
VW to produce even fewer cars in 2022 than this year, says m...
16 December 2021
BERLIN: Volkswagen expects to produce even fewer cars in 2022 than this year due to ongoing semiconductor supply troubles, Manager Magazin reported today, citing people familiar wi...
Nissan to build new battery recycling factories in US, Europ...
16 December 2021
File pic of a lithium-ion car battery pack being stripped down for recycling. — Reuters TOKYO: Nissan Motor Co Ltd plans to build new battery recycling factories in the United Sta...