Author: Danny Tan
Perodua is an organization that plans all the pieces intimately, and sticks to it. Annual sales records, a vice-like grip of its No.1 position and market share that’s now pushing 45% are testaments to the discipline and efficiency at play in Rawang. Heck, Perodua is now the No.2 carmaker in ASEAN after overtaking Honda in 2024. But an EV in 2025 wasn’t a part of the plan. It was the plan of the Madani government, and although Perodua won’t ever say so publicly, the corporate was tasked to give you a reasonable EV. To make things much more ‘interesting’ the…
That is the Perodua eMO EV concept, the headlining act of the Malaysia Autoshow (MAS) 2025 that opens to the press today at MAEPS Serdang. That is the third episode of the Electric Motion Online, after P2 wheeled out the eMO-II concept on the Kuala Lumpur International Mobility Show (KLIMS) late last 12 months. That is the ultimate rehearsal before the the production automobile – Perodua’s first electric vehicle – debuts in Q4 2025. It comes every week after the primary spyshots of the camouflaged EV surfaced online. Those images, which show a wide-stanced hatchback with big wheels, is a…
Click to enlarge Take note, Sunway/USJ residents and people who take the BRT Sunway Line. The elevated bus route will likely be running on street level tomorrow. That’s 2pm to midnight, May 3. That is to make way for the Under Armour Infinite Race event, which is able to flag off at 8.15 pm for the person category. Which means that the BRT buses will likely be moving under the elevated track, and can stop directly below the BRT stations except at 4 stations, which may have alternative pick-up and drop-off points. The stations are USJ 7, South Quay, Mentari…
PDRM is offering discounts on traffic saman on May 1. The one-day campaign is along side the Hari Pekerja 2025 event organised by the human resources ministry, which can be happening at Axiata Arena, Bukit Jalil. The hours are from 8am to 4pm. This time around, there’s no mention of ‘50%’ or any discount rate for that matter. Previous deals were for saman excluding those involving traffic lights, emergency lane, double line overtaking, dangerous overtaking/queue cutting, accidents, non-compound (NC), court cases, exhaust modification and people involving heavy vehicles/lorries. Also not included were Op Selamat tickets. The identical exclusions would probably…
Ni hao from Auto Shanghai 2025, where countless cars are making their world debut today on the press day. A lot of those cars, from Chinese brands, will look same-same (seriously, it’s hard to maintain abreast), but MG’s Cyber X won’t seem like any of them. Also surprising for a Chinese boxy SUV, it doesn’t seem like other famous 4x4s – this isn’t a replica of the Land Rover Defender, Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen or Toyota Land Cruiser. It even has a feature that I don’t remember seeing in any SUV, past and present – pop-up headlamps! Yes, the upper tier lights…
Click to enlarge We’ve just celebrated Chinese Latest 12 months and now, we’re within the fasting month of Ramadan, which implies Hari Raya Aidilfitri is just across the corner. What’s higher than the balik kampung journey in a brand new automotive? Honda Malaysia’s ‘Bonus Raya Raya Sangat Best’ promo for March 2025 is offering as much as RM15,000 off, and you may pick from MY2024 cars of freshly made 2025 stock. Each include discounts, but you get a greater cope with last yr’s cars, in fact. All CKD models are included within the promo, including the recently-launched Civic facelift. We’ll…
Android users, finally! The 2025 Proton X70 facelift is now available with Android Auto. Coupled with Apple CarPlay that was rolled out late last 12 months for the refreshed SUV, AACP is now complete, and the X70 facelift is the primary Proton to have the phone mirroring functions – no more ugly phone holders! Each Android Auto and Apple CarPlay may be connected wirelessly (you may as well connect with a wire, after all) and now Android smartphone users can ‘see their phone’ on the X70 facelift’s latest and enlarged 12.3-inch touchscreen. With this, Maps, other Google apps, Spotify and…
JPJ has launched Ops Tunggak at Malaysia-Thailand border areas to detain foreign registered cars. The special operation will concentrate on border areas in Perlis, Kedah, Perak and Kelantan, and targets foreign drivers that break the foundations, including those with outstanding saman. “JPJ will take motion against foreign vehicles especially those from Thailand. We are going to stop foreign vehicles for inspection, and if found to have outstanding saman, the driving force will likely be asked to pay up immediately before he can proceed the journey,” JPJ’s senior director of enforcement Muhammad Kifli Ma Hassan said yesterday in Kota Bharu. “JPJ…
Click to enlarge It’s time for MotoGP in Sepang again, and the 2024 Petronas Grand Prix of Malaysia will likely be happening next weekend, November 1-3. Heading to the race? Why not only sit back and loosen up within the bus or also have a nap as a substitute of battling traffic, in search of parking and paying toll. As usual, Rapid KL is offering bus services from the town to Sepang and back, and you may buy tickets now. Places where you may accomplish that are KLCC, KL Sentral, Pasar Seni and Masjid Jamek LRT stations, the Pasar Seni…
Click to enlarge This isn’t your usual monthly promo. Honda Malaysia has announced ‘Jiwa Madani’ extra discounts on top of the regular August 2024 promo and it’s valid from now till the top of the month. With Jiwa Madani, even the City Hatchback and CR-V – excluded from monthly sales campaigns up to now – include discounts of RM3,000 and RM2,000 respectively. Meanwhile, the City (sedan) and WR-V are being offered with an additional RM2,000 discount, which suggests that the sedan could be had with as much as RM8,000 off, a giant sum for the B-segment stalwart. That’s for the…
