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Car-mad Italy experiencing a bicycle boom
07 July 2020
ROME: The scene looks a bit like the Giro d'Italia bike race except that the many cyclists going past the Colosseum in Rome aren't professional athletes but rather ordinary Romans....
Mercedes-Benz to preview next-gen S-Class on July 8
06 July 2020
BERLIN: Mercedes-Benz will preview its W223 S-Class ahead of its official launch in September. The preview of Daimler's flagship model looks to be held on July 8, but for the ti...
Aston Martin DB5 Goldfinger Continuation: First car complete...
06 July 2020
LONDON: The first customer car in the DB5 Goldfinger Continuation programme left the production line last week. The "Job 1" DB5 is the first new DB5 to be built by Aston Martin ...
Shell to give away 500 bottles of Advance AX7 motorcycle eng...
06 July 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: Shell is looking to give back to bikers and bike mechanics via its #OutrideAnything campaign and gets ready to give away 500 bottles of its Advance AX7 semi-synthetic...
SOCAR adds more pickup venues in Penang and Johor Baru
06 July 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: With the restrictions on interstate travel lifted, car-sharing app SOCAR has expanded its coverage area in Penang and Johor Baru. The SOCAR app can be downloaded f...
Mercedes-Benz Services Malaysia launches new insurance solut...
06 July 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: Mercedes-Benz Protection, under Mercedes-Benz Services Malaysia (MBSM), has introduced two new insurance and takaful solutions. The solutions are a first-of-its-...
Art lovers can drive their cars into this Van Gogh show in C...
06 July 2020
  <p style="text-align: center;"><em><small>People sitting in their cars as they experience a drive-in immersive Vincent Van Gogh art exhibit in Toronto. ...
First Hyundai hydrogen-powered trucks go to Switzerland
06 July 2020
FRANKFURT: Hyundai Motor Company today shipped the first 10 units of the Hyundai XCIENT Fuel Cell, the world’s first mass-produced fuel cell heavy-duty truck, to Switzerland. Th...
Ford revives Bronco brand to lure off-road enthusiasts from ...
06 July 2020
NEW YORK: Ford Motor Co. is entering the fray for loyal off-road Jeep enthusiasts by reviving its historic Bronco brand, which has been dormant for a quarter century. Originally...
AmInvestment bullish on auto sector, projects 565K TIV for 2...
06 July 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: AmInvestment Bank has maintained its "overweight" call on the automobile sector, with a total industry volume (TIV) projection of 565,000 units for 2020. In a note...
FIA pledges €1mil to back diversity, drivers split on taking...
06 July 2020
Hamilton (centre), AlphaTauri's French driver Pierre Gasly (left) and Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel taking a knee ahead the Austrian Formula One Grand Prix race on Sunday. — AFP ...
Toyota reproduces and sells spare parts for 2000GT
06 July 2020
TOKYO: Toyota Gazoo Racing (TGR) has announced that it will reproduce spare parts for the 2000GT as a GR Heritage Parts Project, and will sell them both domestically and overseas. ...
Proton gears up for anniversary Saga with online contest
06 July 2020
SHAH ALAM: Proton is holding a slogan contest on its official website for the upcoming Saga Anniversary Edition model. The Saga compact sedan was launched on July 9, 1985 and th...
This is how far you’re driving blind when you glance at your...
06 July 2020
BERLIN: Generally there’s no safety issue with speaking to someone through a phone on loudspeaker, and most countries don’t have specific laws against this. But even if you keep...
BMW M2 CS Racing class for ambitious teams to break into rac...
06 July 2020
MUNICH: BMW has carved out a new entry-level racing class with the M2 CS under the M Customer Racing programme, allowing ambitious teams and drivers to break into racing. In...
Elon Musk makes good on promise with shorts sale at US$69.42
06 July 2020
SAN FRANCISCO: Elon Musk made good on a promise to produce a pair of "short shorts” to mark his triumph against investors who had bet against Tesla Inc., unveiling the item Sunday ...
British consortium ends after making over 13,000 ventilators
06 July 2020
  LONDON: A British consortium formed by a group of aerospace, automotive and engineering firms to build ventilators for the country's health service said on Sunday it woul...
Ex-manager follows dream to set up coffee shop with a twist
05 July 2020
JOHOR BARU: A former estate manager has turned his station wagon into a mobile kopitiam. Mohd Fauzi Azmi, 52, said he made the decision to quit the job he had been doing for the...
Tata Motors has a few names for new JLR chief, says FT
05 July 2020
LONDON: Tata Motors has drawn up a shortlist of possible candidates to be the next chief executive officer of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), the Financial Times reported, citing people i...
New Lamborghini to be unveiled on July 8
04 July 2020
BOLOGNA: Lamborghini has released a teaser graphic inviting people to tune in at its site on July 8 for the official unveiling of a new car. It did not say what that car could b...