I once had dinner with Ryo Yanagisawa, Mazda’s young design maestro, whose most recent work is the fabulous looking Mazda CX-30 and before that, the Mazda 2 and Mazda BT-50.F30s styling is highly viewed by very accomplished car designers like Ryo YanagisawaI asked what he thinks is the best looking non-Mazda car on sale today (then), exotic cars aside. Without skipping a beat, he candidly answered the F30 BMW 3 Series. To be fair, the conversation took place in 2015, long before the curren

Hans

Oct 29, 2020

The sparkplug plays an important role within a car’s petrol internal combustion engine (ICE). It is the component responsible for igniting the fire within the combustion chamber and turning firepower into kinetic power thence allowing your car to move forward. There are many types of sparkplugs on the market, so here’s a guide. The main components of a sparkplug are 2 electrodes (central and ground) positioned apart to create an electrode gap. The electrodes are what generates a

Jerrica

Oct 29, 2020

Lynk & Co has produced some interesting cars which include its own answer to the BMW M3 but one of its most exciting concept cars might come into reality.At the 2020 Auto China in Beijing last month, the company unveiled the Zero Concept, a sleek electric four-door coupe that is built on Geely’s full-electric platform, the Sustainable Experience Architecture (SEA).Now it is revealed that the first production body-in-white (BIW) of the Lynk & Co Zero Concept has rolled off the line

CY Foong

Oct 29, 2020

It's been a long time coming - since KL International Motor Show (KLIMS) 2018 - but the Korean contender to the Proton X50, the Hyundai Kona, launches tomorrow. What do we know about the Kona?The Kona as driven in Malaysia.We've been charting it around its trips, from a first drive in New Zealand and closer to home, a preview and quick review in Malaysia. To recap, the B-segment SUV will have three variants at launch, with the range-topper having a different engine from the res

Sanjay

Oct 29, 2020

Like for like, the difference between a B-segment 2020 Proton X50 and a C-segment 2020 Proton X70, even when compared against similarly equipped variants, is just around RM 10k.Put aside for a moment semantics that both the X50 and X70 are from different segments. At the end of the day, both cars do more or less the same thing, have five seats, are similarly equipped, and are priced almost the same – the latter is what matter most to consumers.Both the Proton X50 and X70 come in four varia

Hans

Oct 29, 2020