New Ford F-150 Raptor more offroad-capable than ever before
04 February 2021
DETROIT: Ford created an off-road icon in 2009 when it introduced the desert racing-inspired F-150 Raptor. It was designed to not only speed over rough terrain, but also to jump an...
Mazda expects chip shortage to affect about 7,000 vehicles i...
04 February 2021
TOKYO: Japanese automaker Mazda Motor Corp said today it expects a chip shortage to affect its vehicle production from this month.
Mazda will revise its production plans based o...
Ford abandons EV plans with China's Zotye
04 February 2021
Looking back. Ford and Zotye officials getting to know each other in August 2017 prior to the signing of the joint venture in November that year.
SHANGHAI: Ford Motor has decide...
Nobody needs 1,900hp — Pininfarina's electric Battista has i...
04 February 2021
FRANKFURT: Two million US dollars (RM8.1mil). That's the price of getting to 100kph in 2 seconds on electric power. The Pininfarina Battista is set to offer ridiculous amounts of s...
Toyota retires first-generation 86 in UK
04 February 2021
LONDON: Toyota has sold its last GT86 in the UK after a nine-year run where it managed to sell 7,500 units.
The GT86 (or simply 86 in Japan and Malaysia) was the forerunner for ...
Daimler to become Mercedes-Benz, split trucks unit from cars
04 February 2021
FRANKFURT: Daimler AG will split up into the world’s largest makers of luxury cars and commercial vehicles, renaming itself Mercedes-Benz and listing its truck unit separately by y...
Chip crunch to affect global auto production into Q3, says I...
04 February 2021
LONDON: A shortage of auto chips could impact 672,000 units of global light vehicle production in the first quarter, data firm IHS Markit said on Wednesday, warning that the disrup...
Facelifted Toyota Fortuner debuts, two variants from RM173K
03 February 2021
SHAH ALAM: UMW Toyota Motor has started sales of the new 2021 Toyota Fortuner with styling, performance and safety updates, while retaining all the strong attributes that make it a...
Updated Toyota Innova has arrived, priced from RM112K
03 February 2021
SHAH ALAM: UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) has unveiled the new 2021 Toyota Innova range with updated styling and features as well as additional safety systems being made standard.
As b...
Property giant Evergrande posts videos of cars, says ‘trial’...
03 February 2021
SHENZHEN: Evergrande Group, the property giant with ambitions to take on Elon Musk in the world of electric vehicles, released photos and video footage of its first batch of cars u...
Enough road tax disks nationwide, says JPJ
03 February 2021
PUTRAJAYA: The Road Transport Department (JPJ) has assured the public of sufficient supply of Motor Vehicle Licence disks to cater for customer transactions nationwide.
In a sta...
Toyota aims to build record 9.2 million vehicles this year, ...
03 February 2021
TOKYO: Toyota Motor Corp plans record high global production of 9.2 million vehicles this year, up about 2% from 2019’s pre-coronavirus output, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Fri...
Set up a single hotline for potholes, say experts
03 February 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: Fixing pothole-riddled roads has been a never-ending battle, mostly due to the lack of coordination in handling the complaints, according to local experts.
Univers...
Harley unveils turnaround plan
03 February 2021
CHICAGO: Harley-Davidson Inc’s shares plunged more than 20% on Tuesday after the motorcycle maker unexpectedly swung to a quarterly loss, overshadowing a new turnaround plan that t...
Special edition Nissan LEAF10 marks 10 years of EV sales
02 February 2021
LONDON: Nissan UK has introduced the LEAF10, a special edition of the popular all-electric car, to celebrate 10 successful years of sales as the first mass-market EV in the world.
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Teaser photo of 2021 model heralds Lexus brand overhaul
02 February 2021
TOKYO: Lexus will undergo a brand overhaul in spring this year and it will be marked by the release of a new concept car that would signal the automaker's intentions for the future...
Volvo Trucks Malaysia get new MD
02 February 2021
KUALA LUMPUR: Volvo Trucks has appointed Tony O’Connell as its new managing director for Volvo Trucks Malaysia effective Feb 1.
O’Connell who was previously vice president (sale...
Tesla says sorry to China’s state grid for charging blame vi...
02 February 2021
SINGAPORE: Tesla Inc. has publicly apologised to State Grid Corp of China after a video showed one of the carmaker’s staff purportedly telling a customer that an overload in the na...
Billionaire Li Shufu gears up for his next big move
02 February 2021
HANGZHOU: Chinese billionaire Li Shufu shook up the car industry with an eye-catching run of deals among traditional, European automakers that made his Zhejiang Geely Holding Group...
Ford taps Google to offer cloud-based data services
02 February 2021
DETROIT: Ford Motor Co will tap into software, artificial intelligence and cloud computing offered by Alphabet Inc’s Google to develop new consumer services and modernise internal ...
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