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Hino Malaysia hits 100K sales
06 February 2020
PETALING JAYA: Hino Motors Sales (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (HMSM) celebrated another milestone by delivering the 100,000th unit Hino truck to its customer, Ikhasas Resources Sdn Bhd (Ikha...
It's Round 3 of the Toyota Gazoo Race in Penang this month
06 February 2020
SHAH ALAM: Penang sets the stage for an epic Round 3 of the Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival (TGR) as racers in all three classes of the Toyota Vios Challenge vie in a strategic game o...
Front-wheel, rear-wheel, four-wheel: Which drive is for you?
06 February 2020
HAMBURG: When it comes to powering your car, the decision can often be difficult, even though there are only three options. Front-wheel drive, rear-wheel drive and four-wheel drive...
Why driving when you have the flu is a bad idea — even with ...
06 February 2020
BERLIN: If you have the flu or a cold, then you don't belong behind the wheel — not even if you've been doping yourself up with medicine to dull your symptoms, road safety experts ...
Elon Musk celebrates after dance track enters SoundCloud Top...
06 February 2020
MIAMI: Tesla Inc.’s stock may have fallen 17% on Wednesday but Elon Musk was celebrating after an electronic dance music track he released last week entered SoundCloud’s global top...
JPJ to parents: Bike gift to children should include licence...
06 February 2020
KANGAR: Parents who want to give their school-going children a motorcycle as a gift should include driving licence and crash helmet in the package, said Perlis Road Transport Depar...
Citroën to re-enact Sahara crossing with electric vehicles
06 February 2020
A replica of the Golden Scarab that first crossed the Sahara nearly a century ago. PARIS: Citroën has announced that it will embark on a new crossing of the Sahara, 100 years afte...
New Cadillac Escalade shows off swanky curved OLED display
06 February 2020
DETROIT: Cadillac has launched its latest rendition of the luxurious Escalade full-size SUV, a model that was first introduced to the world back in 1998. For the 2021 iteration ...
Road users' attitudes a contributing factor to increasing ac...
05 February 2020
PETALING JAYA: The inability of Malaysians to practise road safety culture is the reason why road accidents are on the rise every year, says Tan Sri Lee Lam Thye. The Alliance f...
More fatal road accidents recorded
05 February 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: Fatal road accident cases have seen a slight increase, according to police statistics compiled throughout Ops Selamat 16, says Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datu...
Kia posts first teaser photos of latest Sorento
05 February 2020
NDON: Kia has published teaser sketches of the new Sorento after the SUV was spied completely undisguised on the road earlier this week. Though these sketches aren't quite as re...
GM rolls back 'radical' plan to offer only three-cylinder en...
05 February 2020
BEIJING: General Motors is backtracking on an aggressive promotion of three-cylinder engines in China that saw some Buick and Chevrolet models offered only in that option — a move ...
Hyundai teases new i20 design
05 February 2020
LONDON: Hyundai Motor has teased the all-new i20, indicating that it will feature a completely new emotive design and that it will be the first car in Europe to carry Hyundai’s new...
Daimler kills off X-class just three years after launch
05 February 2020
STUTTGART: German automaker Daimler is to end production of its X-class Mercedes Benz pick-up truck in May, a company spokesman said on Tuesday. The X-class model — launched in ...
Bookings open for upgraded Toyota Alphard and Vellfire
05 February 2020
PETALING JAYA: Bookings are now open for the upgraded Toyota Alphard and Vellfire, which will soon be launched in Malaysia. The new MPVs will go on sale with prices starting fro...
Driverless Nissan LEAF completes record 370km journey in Bri...
05 February 2020
LONDON: A Nissan car has completed a 370km journey autonomously in Britain, the longest and most complex such trip in the country as carmakers race to develop driverless technologi...
'Giga Texas?' Musk asks Twitter users to vote on new gigafac...
05 February 2020
The Tesla battery plant in Shanghai. — Reuters SAN FRANCISCO: Elon Musk, the billionaire chief executive officer of Tesla Inc, went on Twitter to ask users if the electric carmake...
India guards against virus at car show dominated by Chinese ...
05 February 2020
NEW DELHI: India’s biennial auto show that kicks off this week is set to be dominated by Chinese automakers showcasing cutting-edge electric vehicles and connected cars — but with ...
Ford falls further behind Tesla after making Musk-like mista...
05 February 2020
DETROIT: Ford Motor Co, founded 100 years and 15 days before Tesla Inc, is paying the price for a sudden role reversal: It’s now the one struggling to produce a new model on time, ...
Choices aplenty for dashboard cameras (dashcams)
05 February 2020
KUALA LUMPUR: More Malaysians are installing dashboard cameras (dashcams) in their cars. The cameras are more accurately described as windscreen cameras as they are mounted on t...