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Interested in an F1 racing helmet or steering wheel?
19 January 2021
PARIS: Artcurial Motorcars will host a sale of the former collection of Giuseppe Neri, a friend of Enzo Ferrari, at its Automobilia auction on Feb 6. The lots include a large nu...
Carsome survey: More Malaysians planning to get cars
19 January 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: The Carsome Consumer Survey conducted in October 2020 found that 58% of Malaysians plan to buy a car within one to six months, far ahead of other Southeast Asian coun...
Silentium ramps up global rollout of Active Road Noise Cance...
19 January 2021
SHANGHAI: Israel-based Silentium, a tech innovation company specialising in creating personal in-car sound environments, is ramping up global rollout of its Active Road Noise Cance...
Bill Peffer: This name pops up again and this time he's Mase...
19 January 2021
DETROIT: Remember Bill Peffer? The guy who left Kia Motors America after only a week as its chief operating officer. Well, Peffer has moved on to greener pastures, so to speak. ...
Automakers redesign cars for millions of aging drivers in Ja...
19 January 2021
Car companies from Toyota to Nissan are employing smart technology to make cars more user friendly for older people. — Reuters TOKYO: Automakers in Japan, where almost 30% of the ...
Ranger on the rails
19 January 2021
LONDON: Known as "rail buggies", utility vehicles are not new to the railway maintenance industry, but the development of the custom Polaris Rail Ranger presented an opportunity to...
BMW joins Audi, Mercedes-Benz to end its Netflix-For-Cars pr...
18 January 2021
NEW YORK: f you had planned to borrow a BMW M5 for a weekend touring the Grand Ole Opry and Johnny Cash Museum, you’re out of luck. And not just because of Covid-19. BMW has can...
Toyota Capital Malaysia introduces Kinto One car subscriptio...
18 January 2021
SHAH ALAM: Kinto One, a car subscription-based programme which is available in the Americas, major countries of Asia with a strong presence in Europe, has arrived in Malaysia. I...
Volkswagen Malaysia centres to stay open during MCO
18 January 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: All authorised dealerships and service centres of Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia are operational nationwide during the current movement control order (MCO). To...
BMW and MINI cars now cheaper with shorter warranty, option ...
18 January 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: BMW Group Malaysia today announced new price lists for the BMW and MINI range of vehicles, saying it was to enable greater customer personalisation of their ownership...
Interstate travel: Three-day grace period up, every car to b...
18 January 2021
PETALING JAYA: The three-day grace period that police gave for people to travel home across states and districts ended on Friday and from now on, “lame excuses” will no longer be t...
Honda to roll out US-specific HR-V for 2022
18 January 2021
A teaser image of the upcoming Vezel that will be launched in Japan next month. LOS ANGELES: The next-generation Honda HR-V for the US will look different from the ones sold in Ja...
Stellantis denies reports of tie-ups with Chinese firms
18 January 2021
File pic of the key players Mike Manley (left) and John Elkann at Stellantis. Manley will head Stellantis’ key North American operations, while Elkann will be chairman. — AFP AMST...
US buyer gets first Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport
18 January 2021
PARIS: The first Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport has been delivered to a customer in the United States. Bugatti Greenwich, official dealer partner of the French luxury brand in Connect...
350,000th Ducati Monster delivered with fanfare
17 January 2021
BOLOGNA: The Ducati Monster reaches a significant milestone in its history with the delivery of the 350,000th model. This is a Monster 1200 S “Black on Black”, which Ducati CEO Cla...
After long journey, Fiat Chrysler and PSA seal merger to bec...
17 January 2021
MILAN: Fiat Chrysler and PSA sealed their long-awaited merger on Saturday to create Stellantis, the world’s fourth-largest auto group with deep enough pockets to fund the shift to ...
Auto makers get nod to operate after being re-listed as esse...
16 January 2021
PETALING JAYA: After being instructed to stop operations during the present movement control order (MCO 2.0), car makers in Malaysia are now allowed to resune business. The Gove...
Renault 5 get a new lease of life as an electric super-mini
16 January 2021
PARIS: Renault has unveiled a new electric version of the classic 5 hatchback as the French company transforms its business model to focus on electrification. Renault said the s...
BMW aims to double fully-electric vehicle sales in 2021
16 January 2021
MUNICH: BMW said on Friday that it aims to double its sales of fully-electric vehicles this year as the German carmaker and rivals race to release new models to comply with CO2 emi...
France's Stephane Peterhansel wins Dakar Rally for 14th time
15 January 2021
JEDDAH: France's Stephane Peterhansel today won the Dakar Rally for the 14th time, 30 years after his initial success in the most gruelling event on motorsport's calendar. Peter...