Author: Jonathan Lee
The brand new BMW Alpina sub-brand has released a trickle of knowledge for the reason that starting of the 12 months, when BMW took the marque over from the Bovensiepen family. Having already shown its wordmark, the corporate has now revealed the brand that may adorn a brand new range of high-performance vehicles. Featuring a version of Alpina’s original asymmetric typeface, the roundel remains to be recognisable but has been simplified and sharpened up. The red and blue shield is gone, and while the throttle bodies and crankshaft remain, their designs have been made more abstract – not surprising, provided that…
At its media appreciation night today, Chery Corporate Malaysia has outlined its plans for the approaching 12 months. The corporate announced that 4 latest models can be launched, joining the Tiggo 8 that was introduced earlier this month. While the corporate did indirectly name the cars which might be on their way, we are able to already deduce that “redefining flagship luxury” within the second quarter refers back to the Tiggo 9. Chery already confirmed that the automotive could be coming here in the primary half of the 12 months. In China, where it’s sold because the 9X, the Tiggo…
Two weeks after prices for the Alfa Romeo Giulia and Stelvio Veloce were leaked, Alfa Romeo Malaysia has finally released official prices for the 2 cars. This comes two months after the CBU fully-imported compact executive sedan and SUV were previewed as a part of the storied Italian brand’s return to the country. The figures are exactly as what was revealed, the Giulia Veloce retailing at RM438,800 nett excluding on-the-road costs, and the Stelvio Veloce at RM478,800. The on-the-road prices are RM440,078 and RM480,128 respectively, significantly higher than the previous estimate of RM400,000. Interestingly, Alfa Romeo Malaysia also provided duty-free…
Capping off a smorgasbord of Volvo news today, the Swedish carmaker has announced it should roll out Google’s Gemini generative AI to an enormous 2.5 million cars in what it has dubbed “one in all the largest over-the-air updates within the history of the world” – just hours after revealing the EX60 with the feature. In accordance with Autocar, the virtual assistant – which can replace the old Google Assistant – shall be rolled out to each Volvo running on the corporate’s Android Automotive-based operating system, first introduced on the XC40 Recharge EV (now called the EX40) back in 2020.…
Just days out from its reveal on Wednesday, the all-new Volvo EX60 has been scooped within the buff, showing the XC60 substitute’s front three-quarter design in full. These images of the electrical compact executive SUV, sighted on Reddit, were apparently mistakenly uploaded onto a Norwegian newspaper’s website ahead of time. It looks like Volvo is pursuing a “Russian doll” design language, since the EX60 sports some obvious design cues from Sweden’s other latest models – most notably, the also-new XC70. This includes the split LED headlight setup, as unlike the EX90, the “Thor’s Hammer” daytime running lights don’t pop open…
It’s official – Proton is hitting the bottom running in 2026 with the launch of the brand new X70 on Thursday, January 8. Arriving just 17 months after the facelifted model, the most recent iteration of the C-segment SUV will feature a brand-new engine, the national carmaker confirmed. That engine is the 1.5 litre BHE15-EFZ turbocharged four-cylinder from last 12 months’s facelifted X50, which Proton has given the Intelligent Green Technology (i-GT) badge to. It produces 181 PS at 5,500 rpm and 290 Nm of torque between 2,000 and three,500 rpm – increases of 4 PS and 35 Nm over…
After faltering barely in 2024, Proton bounced back last 12 months by selling 157,976 vehicles – a rise of three.3% over the 12 months before and putting it back on a trajectory of continuous improvement that began in 2018. That is estimated to have put its market share at 19.4%, a bump of 0.7% in a 12 months where the overall industry volume (TIV) is predicted to have shrunk by 0.2% to 814,949 units. A comprehensive renewal of Proton’s best-sellers enabled it to hit those highs. The corporate sold 74,013 units of the Saga (the best since 2011), with 7,975…
It’s easy to forget, on condition that we’ve had the City Hatchback as its alternative for some time now, however the Honda Jazz does still exist in other parts of the world. It’s been six years because the fourth-generation model was revealed, but it surely’s still going strong, and actually it seems that the automobile will soon be in for a second facelift in China, where it’s called the Fit. Photos of the refreshed B-segment hatchback have cropped up on Autohome, and my word has it been in for a makeover. The doe-eyed original was perhaps slightly too cutesy for…
A mixed Mazda–Kia–Xpeng-branded Bermaz showroom I’m sure that by now you’ve seen Kia models being sold alongside Mazdas and Xpengs at certain Bermaz showrooms across Malaysia. It is because the corporate has hitherto held the distributorships for all three brands, and because it already has an intensive Mazda dealer network – and since some outlets usually are not capable of justify the additional outlay of constructing a separate Kia showroom – the three otherwise unrelated brands are forced to take a seat alongside one another under one roof. In fact, Bermaz isn’t the one company doing this. Stellantis Malaysia operates…
The ministry of transport has moved to quell reports that outstanding road transport department (JPJ) summonses would cause users to be locked out of their Budi95 petrol subsidy. Based on an announcement released by minister Anthony Loke, unpaid fines and subsidy eligibility are based on two different mechanisms that operate individually; they will not be related to one another. He insisted that Budi95 eligibility will proceed as is, whereby users will only have to be Malaysian residents with a sound MyKad and have an energetic driving licence. Note that this doesn’t mean the licence itself must be valid – users…