Author: Anthony Lim

With Hari Raya Aidilfitri just across the corner, Carro has released its first festive film following its rebranding from myTukar, highlighting the thread that joins family members in addition to the connections and memories made through every balik kampung journey. Siapa Siti? tells a story of a family stuck in a traffic jam during their trip home. Nonetheless, things take a turn for the faster when grandma spots a well-known face and insists on a wild goose chase after an orange-coloured automotive. Did she spot a long-lost member of the family in the gang? Watch the short film to search…

Having been delayed from the Q1 timeline provided at its launch, Malaysian deliveries of the Tesla Model Y has finally begun, with the primary 70 or so customers picking up their cars from the Tesla Malaysia HQ in Cyberjaya today. Customers of the initial batch of vehicles are set to proceed receiving their vehicles across the approaching month. The primary batch of Model Y units contain all three available variants, these being the Standard RWD, Long Range AWD and Performance AWD. As highlighted previously, all contain the updates introduced for the automotive in China last November, with this being the…

As announced during Budget 2024, the federal government is ready to extend the service tax from the 6% rate at present to eight% as of March 1. There are just a few categories which can be excluded from the brand new rate, including F&B and telecommunications, but on the whole, consumers are set to pay more in consequence of the hike. It has already been indicated that vehicle servicing and repairs don’t fall under exempted categories under the revision, and so vehicle maintenance is ready to cost more from March 1. Keep in mind that the service tax on this…

The problem concerning parking touts, or jaga kereta, isn’t latest, with enforcement probably not eliminating the presence of those individuals. The issue isn’t confined to simply the Klang Valley, but as recent incident showed, it’s quite rampant in certain areas in town, and it may possibly also get ugly. As highlighted by the Recent Straits Times, a girl discovered that her automotive was scratched after refusing to pay the RM15 fee demanded by jaga kereta for parking in a public spot within the Bukit Bintang Maybank area. In a TikTok video, user @ballerina391 detailed the incident, stating that the touts…

In case your household electricity bill is currently costing you greater than RM220 a month, be prepared to pay more for the utility from January 1, 2024. That’s since the Energy Transition and Public Utilities Ministry announced today that domestic consumers who devour between 601 kWh and 1,500 kWh a month of electricity will now not be eligible for the 2 sen per kwh rebate under the federal government’s Imbalance Cost Pass-Through (ICPT) mechanism for the period of Jan 1 to June 30, 2024. Because the Latest Straits Times reports, the move is about to have an effect on some…

Ahead of the sixth-generation Honda CR-V‘s Malaysian launch, which is anticipated later this month, Honda Malaysia has been previewing the SUV via a series of customer showcases at chosen dealerships across the country. The previews, which began within the East Coast late last month, finally arrived within the central region over the weekend, and it was here that we caught up with the Malaysian-spec models. As with the HR-V and WR-V previews up to now, the vehicles were shown behind a draped area, with no photography allowed. While only two models within the line-up were shown, the viewing confirmed that…

The paultan.org Premium Auto Automotive Expo (PACE) is back for 2023, and you’ll be able to expect the event, which is about to be held on the Setia City Convention Centre (SCCC) on November 4-5, to again feature loads of great deals on latest and pre-owned premium cars. Participation automotive brands at PACE 2023 include BMW and MINI (each represented by Auto Bavaria), Mercedes-Benz (represented by Hap Seng Star), Audi, Volkswagen, Proton, Mitsubishi and smart (all represented by EON); Volvo , Subaru; Hyundai, BYD and Isuzu. There may also be premium motorcycles from BMW Motorrad on the show. Along with…

The just concluded International Electric Mobility Showcase held in KLCC had no shortage of displays centred around electrification, but none stood out quite like this one did, just because it looked quite misplaced amidst all the fashionable elements on call. Your eyes don’t deceive you. That’s a 1994 Mitsubishi LO49 Pajero, and a public works department (JKR) unit at that. Decked out in a yellow and gray exterior scheme up to now, the vehicle was once a typical sight within the 90s. After all, greater than three many years on, it’s now nothing greater than a legacy, of a time…

Hyundai-Sime Darby Motors (HSDM) has expanded the Hyundai Ioniq 6 range in Malaysia with the introduction of two latest variants of the fully-electric model. The Ioniq 6 Lite RWD and the Ioniq 6 Plus RWD join the Ioniq 6 Max RWD and the Ioniq 6 Max AWD, which were launched in July, to make it a 4 variant range within the country. The brand new Ioniq 6 Lite RWD and Plus RWD variants are equipped with a single-motor, with the rear-axle-mounted unit offering 149 hp (151 PS, or 111 kW) and 350 Nm of torque. The allows each Lite and…

Economy minister Rafizi Ramli says the federal government isn’t ruling out the reintroduction of the products and services tax (GST). Although the country’s priority was to roll out the capital gains tax next yr, he said that other types of taxes, including GST, shall be considered in the hassle to widen the nation’s revenue base, The Star reports. “We shall be open and undergo whatever way we will to realize fiscal sustainability through a wider revenue base – whether goes to be capital gains tax, GST or some other types of direct and indirect taxes,” he told reporters following the…