Author: Mick Chan
Shown on the recent 2024 Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show (GIIAS 2024) was the Toyota Land Cruiser, with the 300 Series model arriving within the republic priced from 2,656,000,000 rupiah (RM756,687) in GR Sport guise, bringing a sportier aesthetic to the brand’s flagship off-roader that’s officially sold through PT Toyota Astra Motor. For Indonesia, the Land Cruiser 300 gets the three.3 litre turbodiesel V6 engine rated to supply 305 PS at 4,000 rpm and 700 Nm of torque from 1,600 rpm to 2,600 rpm, and these outputs are sent to all 4 wheels through a 10-speed automatic transmission, with front…
Chinese manufacturer BYD has opened the BYD Hartamas 3S (sales, service and spare parts) centre within the Hartamas Shopping Centre in Kuala Lumpur, thus marking the entry of the China-based Harmony Auto automotive dealership group into the Malaysian market. The ability covers roughly 3,230 square feet at one end of Hartamas Shopping Centre – that is where a furniture and residential decor outlet once stood – which is situated after the shopping centre’s automotive park entry and exit along Jalan Sri Hartamas 1. The brand’s 3S centre currently operates as a sales outlet to start with, and repair and spare…
Audi SQ6 e-tron in Beijing The Audi Q6 e-tron range that has recently been joined by the SQ6 e-tron performance variant will gain a good stronger variant, the RS Q6 e-tron that’s resulting from debut in 2025, Audi insiders have told Autocar. Because the naming convention suggests, this can be a high-end derivative of the range based on the Premium Platform Electric (PPE) architecture that also underpins the newest Porsche Macan, which boasts of as much as 639 PS and 1,130 Nm in top Turbo guise with its dual-motor, all-wheel-drive powertrain. It’s a version of this powertrain that is predicted…
Peugeot Malaysia has announced that the recently-launched Peugeot 408 has accrued greater than 300 bookings for the reason that order books opened this 12 months, with the overwhelming majority choosing the highest trim level. The proportions for bookings split between variants were 60% for the GT, 22% for the Premium and 18% for the bottom Allure, based on Peugeot Malaysia, which it says is “testament to the market demand and recognition of the automotive”. Launched last month, the 2024 Peugeot 408 began from RM146,055 for the Allure, ranging as much as RM166,055 and RM196,055 for the Premium and GT variants,…
It’s Wednesday, and so it’s time for the standard weekly fuel price update, because the finance ministry has announced the retail prices of fuel for the approaching week of May 16 to 22, 2024. There continues to be no change in the worth of RON 97 petrol, and so it continues on the RM3.47 per litre rate from last week, and in reality has been since September last yr. As for RON 95 petrol, it continues at its ceiling price of RM2.05 per litre, as set by the Malaysian government in February 2021. Likewise, the establishment stays for diesel prices…
Completely satisfied Labour Day, and with it being a Wednesday, it’s time for the weekly fuel price update in Malaysia, as announced by the finance ministry for the approaching week of May 2 to May 8, 2024. There continues to be no change in the value of RON 97 petrol, which has the premium grade of petrol proceed at its present rate of RM3.47 per litre because it has been last week, which has also been unchanged since September 2023. Meanwhile, RON 95 petrol continues at its ceiling price of RM2.05 per litre, as set by the Malaysian government in…
Following its preview in January this 12 months, the GAC GS3 Emzoom has now been officially launched in Malaysia, and the B-segment SUV model is obtainable in two variants; Exclusive, and Premium-R, each in fully imported (CBU) form, priced at RM118,900 and RM128,900 on-the-road without insurance, respectively. That is the Chinese brand’s entry that competes with the likes of the Chery Omoda 5, Honda HR-V and Proton X50, amongst others. First emerging locally as a completely imported (CBU) model, the GS3 Emzoom is now a CKD model that’s locally assembled within the Tan Chong Motor Assemblies (TCMA) plant in Segambut,…
National carmaker Proton is expecting to release its electric vehicle model in 2025, and this can be an all-new model that’s co-developed by Proton and Geely, and it can not be a rebadged version of an existing model, Proton deputy CEO Roslan Abdullah has said. The upcoming, fully electric model from this joint development may spawn each a Geely version in addition to a Proton version. This has accomplished its design and prototype stages, and it’s currently undergoing testing, Roslan said. As for the segment of the EV, “We are going to let you understand closer to the time of…
Tesla has began rolling out its Full Self Driving (FSD) Beta v12 driver assistance suite, in one of the crucial anticipated updates to the Tesla’s Level 2 ADAS system which the electrical carmaker hopes will eventually reach Level 4 or Level 5 functionality, Electrek has reported. The v12 iteration of Tesla’s FSD software introduces what CEO Elon Musk calls ‘end-to-end neural nets’, and the largest difference here in comparison with previous versions of FSD is that the vehicle’s controls are actually handled by neural nets, reasonably than coding that has been input by programmers. Tesla has been known for its…
A feasibility on lemon law for vehicles will probably be carried out this yr, in accordance with the ministry of domestic trade and value of living (KPDN), The Star has reported. The laws would empower consumers to say for losses if the vehicles they’ve purchased, have broken down or have did not abide by quality standards or performance criteria as stated by their supplier, KPDN minister Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali said. “Once the study is accomplished, a policy decision will probably be made on the ministry level before the legal framework is carried out,” Armizan stated in a written reply…
