Author: Jonathan Lee

Having built cars since 2018, Xpeng has released its first second-generation model, the brand new P7. Set to switch its flagship P7i, this electric sedan looks much more futuristic than its predecessor, with shades of the Polestar 5 in its design. That much is clear within the fastback-like roofline that stretches all of the solution to the back, the rakish kinked C-pillars, the T-shaped front light signature (here stretching across the complete width of the automotive) and even the shrink-wrapped door mirrors that likely adjust in the identical way by moving the complete housing. Even the four-Y-spoke wheels seem like…

Just while you thought things couldn’t get any worse for Nissan, they’ve – the Japanese carmaker posted a net lack of 670.9 billion yen (RM19.6 billion) for the fiscal yr 2024, ending March 31, 2025. The fourth quarter alone was chargeable for dragging the corporate deep into the red, with net loss widening from nine billion yen (RM262.6 million) within the previous quarter to an astounding 676 billion yen (RM19.7 billion). In response – and under latest management – Nissan has kicked off an excellent more aggressive series of cost-cutting measures under the Re:Nissan banner, targeting savings of 500 billion…

Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia (VPCM) could have teased several special editions for this weekend’s Malaysia Autoshow, but evidently it couldn’t wait that long – so it’s decided to launch all of them today. The one which enthusiasts can be most involved in is undoubtedly the Golf GTI Black Edition which, because the name suggests, receives an entire host of darkened components. First up, the value, which is RM246,490 nett (RM247,512 on-the-road without insurance) with the usual two-year warranty, or RM258,990 (RM260,012 OTR) with the Volkswagen Assurance Package (VAP) five-year warranty and servicing (the latter prolonged to seven years here). That’s…

It’s clear that development of Perodua’s first electric vehicle, the eMO (Electric Motion Online), is progressing at a rate of knots. Just five months after the eMO-II concept was shown on the Kuala Lumpur International Mobility Show (KLIMS), images of the hatchback have surfaced throughout social media, with these ones – posted by Meng Lee Chen on the paultan.org Automotive/Automobile Discussion Group on Facebook – giving the perfect view. How will we know that that is definitively a Perodua? The trade plate number B3598A belongs to the national carmaker, having last been seen in these pages on a Daihatsu Move…

Launched in China back in 2022, the Geely Panda Mini has received a facelift ahead of the Auto Shanghai motor show later this month. The tiny four-seater electric city automotive, which competes against the likes of the Wuling Hongguang Mini EV and Air EV, gets a fair cuter design and a few much-needed safety upgrades. Revisions include a brand new front end, still with large round headlights but with a black strip joining them, running across the charging port with the “Geome” badge (short for Geometry, now folded into the principal Geely lineup). The front bumper design can also be…

Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport Mk8.5 The progenitor of the new hatch genre, the Volkswagen Golf GTI hits the half-century mark next 12 months, and Wolfsburg is celebrating the milestone with a fiftieth anniversary special edition of the Mk8.5 this June. That date wasn’t picked at random – it coincides with the Nürburgring 24 Hours from June 19 to 22, where race versions of the automobile will aim to secure a second successive class victory. Not much was revealed within the press release, but Autocar expects the commemorative model to be based on essentially the most potent Clubsport variant – only…

Remember the incident involving a Proton Saga FL driving against traffic on the Malaysia-Singapore Second Link highway yesterday? It seems that the driving force involved is an 85-year-old man, based on a Harian Metro report, reigniting questions on whether senior residents needs to be allowed to proceed driving. Iskandar Puteri police chief Assistant Commissioner M Kumarasan said the person turned up on the district’s traffic investigation and enforcement division later within the day to assist within the investigation. It was found that the driving force ended up opposing southbound traffic on kilometre 14.3 of the Second Link after making a…

Motorists driving on the Malaysia-Singapore Second Link this afternoon got a shock of their lives when a road user driving against traffic nearly caused a multi-car collision. Based on a video posted by Facebook user Roda Johor, the incident happened southbound near the Iskandar Puteri exit around 2:40 pm. The dash cam footage shows a automobile encountering a gold Proton Saga FL driving in the other way, and on the fast lane at that. The driving force of the said automobile, in addition to those of the Proton Exora ahead and the Proton Perdana behind, all needed to take evasive…

The road transport department (JPJ) has furnished its registration data for the month of February 2025, giving us a snapshot of how the automotive industry did last month. Here, we’re taking a take a look at the highest 20 best-selling brands, and it’s no surprise who’s on top. Yes, as has been the case for time immemorial, Perodua has taken a commanding lead with 31,382 vehicles registered in February, representing a sizeable 38.3% hop over the previous month. That’s almost thrice its nearest challenger, Proton, which sold just 11,068 vehicles. Its 54,627-unit year-to-date figure paints the same picture, being excess…

Other than answering our questions on Touch ‘n Go eWallet’s latest SOS Balance feature, operator TNG Digital also provided some insight into the long-awaited introduction of its PayDirect system on PLUS Malaysia’s closed-system tolled highways, resembling the North-South Expressway (NSE). To recap, PayDirect allows motorists using their TNG cards to make use of their eWallet balance to pay for tolls, as a substitute of what’s of their cards. PayDirect is certainly one of the important thing components of SOS Balance; without it, only RFID users will have the opportunity to utilise their eWallet balance and thus, SOS Balance. Of the…