Author: Gerard Lye

We’re at the continuing paultan.org Auto Automobile Expo, and on display on the BYD booth is the Seal 6 EV in an exclusive Ivory Gold exterior paint finish. Announced for our market just last week, this hue is proscribed to 100 units, all of that are within the top-spec Premium variant. The special color is accessible at no extra cost, so that you’ll be paying the Premium’s really helpful retail price of RM115,800, or RM116,500 including on-the-road costs but without insurance. The Seal 6 EV was launched here back in September, initially with three colors: Arctic White, Harbour Grey and…

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The paultan.org Auto Automotive Expo – co-sponsored by Carro and Kärcher – returns to the Setia City Convention Centre (SCCC) this yr and can happen next weekend from November 8-9. At ACE 2025, you’ll find one of the best deals on a wide range of cars from the brands in attendance. If you happen to’re a fan of Audi SUVs, look no further than the newest Q7. Proudly assembled in Malaysia, the Q7 delivers on multiple fronts, starting with its 3.0 litre turbocharged V6 petrol engine that comes with mild hybrid technology. Rated at 340 PS and 500 Nm of…

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Say hello to the brand new Proton Saga MC3! After several prototype sightings and appearing in a livestream, we now have our greatest have a look at the brand’s heavily updated sedan because of recent photos circulating online. While the automotive seen in these photos (dubbed “all-new,” very similar to the X50) is wearing batik/songket-inspired camouflage, the brand new design cues are clear as day to see. As has been expected (and known) for a while, the Saga sports an overhauled front end that features redesigned LED projector headlamps with C-shaped daytime running lights. The DRLs are visually connected by…

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The ministry of finance has announced the retail prices of fuels for the approaching week of October 16 to 22, 2025. As announced previously, unsubsidised RON 95 petrol will stay at RM2.60 per litre for the complete month of October 2025. Malaysians with a sound driving licence and are eligible for the Budi Madani RON 95 (Budi95) programme will get to buy RON 95 petrol at a subsidised rate of RM1.99 per litre with a monthly quota of 300 litres. Moving on, RON 97 petrol can be priced at RM3.18 per litre for the approaching week, which is unchanged from…

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The ministry of finance has said it just isn’t allowed to make use of one other person’s MyKad to buy subsidised RON 95 petrol for yourself through the Budi Madani RON 95 (Budi95) programme. This was stated in an FAQ that attempts to reply the query: can my wife and I take advantage of our respective MyKad to replenish the identical vehicle? Based on the document, your wife (or some other Budi95-eligible individual) and you should use your respective MyKad to replenish the identical vehicle. That is provided that the person filling up is present and uses his or her…

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In August this 12 months, BYD revealed it had set a brand new electric vehicle (EV) top speed record of 472.41 km/h with its Yangwang U9 Track Edition. Not content with that result, the Chinese carmaker returned to the high-speed oval earlier this month and managed an excellent higher top speed of 496.22 km/h. The returning electric hypercar, now referred to as the Yangwang U9 Extreme, achieved this feat on the Automotive Testing Papenburg test track in Germany, which was where the previous record was set. With a top speed of 496.22, the U9 Xtreme (formerly U9 Track Edition) further…

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It wasn’t just the Germans that introduced essential recent models at this 12 months’s IAA Mobility show (otherwise referred to as the Munich Motor Show), because the French also had something substantial to indicate. Say hello to the sixth-generation Renault Clio, the most recent chapter in a nameplate that has existed since 1990. Across five generations, nearly 17 million of the Clio have been sold in 120 countries along the world, including ours prior to now. A continuous fixture at the highest portion of European sales charts, the Clio is a vital model for Renault, and the corporate is trying…

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Nio today officially announced it will sell its first-ever right-hand drive model, the Firefly EV, in Singapore. In an official release, the Chinese automaker said it’s partnering with Wearnes Automotive to sell the electrical hatchback within the island country in 2026. First launched in China in December last 12 months, the Firefly EV is obtainable in two variants priced at 119,800 and 125,800 yuan (about RM70k and RM74k). Each variants are made cheaper when optioned with the battery-as-a-service (BaaS) programme, which brings with it a monthly subscription fee of 399 yuan (RM235). With BaaS, the bottom Free (Zizai) variant goes…

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After a temporary delay attributable to heavy rain, the Xpeng P7 has accomplished its 24-hour endurance test, achieving a distance of three,961 km to set a brand new record. The attempt began on August 13 shortly after order taking for the P7 start in China, and comes just a few months after the Xiaomi YU7 clocked 3,944 km in April. The endurance tests by each Chinese brands were done under the supervision of the China Automotive Technology and Research Centre (CATARC), with the goal being to push electric vehicles (EVs) to their limits when it comes to sustained performance and…

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Details of Xpeng’s upcoming X9 REEV (range-extended electric vehicle) have been revealed by China’s ministry of industry and data technology (MIIT) ahead of the MPV’s launch within the fourth quarter of this yr. The Chinese carmaker had previously teased the arrival of X9 REEV on Weibo, claiming greater than 1,000 test vehicles had travelled to twenty countries and 330 cities around the globe over 800 days, accumulating greater than 20 million km of test mileage. Those test vehicles featured ‘450’ on their doors, suggesting this to be the X9 REEV’s pure electric cruising range. Referring to the MIIT filing, the…

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