Tianqi Lithium, a Chinese mining company that produces lithium compounds and derivatives in China, is considering investing in Smart as part of its efforts to expand its holdings, reports Automotive News Europe. The Chinese miner is in advanced talks to invest USD 100 million to USD 200 million in Smart, which may value the automaker at several billion dollars. An agreement could be reached in the next few weeks, although discussions could still be delayed or fall apart. Also read: Review: Behin

The new Subaru Forester facelift made its global debut in Japan back in June 2021. 17 months later in November 2022 the facelifted Forester was launched in Thailand. The longer than usual time is partly because of the lead time necessary for local assembly (CKD) work, as the the Subaru Forester is locally-assembled (CKD) at Tan Chong Subaru Automotive Thailand’s plant in Lat Krabang, Bangkok. Also Read: Review: 2020 Subaru Forester 2.0i-S ES – It drives far better than it looks At the ongoing Ba

Mazda will be launching several new SUVs beginning 2022, and just last week the Mazda CX-50 started production in North America. Now, Japanese media have taken a shot and rendered the Mazda CX-80, an upcoming model that’s a little bit more relevant to us Malaysians. One of the five new SUVs announced – alongside the CX-50, CX-60, CX-70, and CX-90 – the CX-80 will be sold in Japan and Europe, which gives it a good chance of appearing here, considering some of our Mazda models are imported from Ja

Back in January, we reported that Suzuki has commenced production of the Suzuki Jimny at their Gurugram plant in India. The Gurugram plant is the second plant after Suzuki Motor’s plant in Kosai, Japan to build the Jimny. Initially, the target market for the India-made Jimnys were Peru and Columbia, as well as African countries and the Middle East. With this recent piece of news, Philippines can now be added to the growing number of countries. As reported by CarGuide, Suzuki Philippines has shif

Well-renowned motoring journalist, Jeremy Clarkson, once said in an interview that God is normally fair with His dishing out of talents. He went on to give an example with David Beckham – an immensely talented footballer, blessed with good looks but to balance it out, a squeaky voice was given. It appears the Mercedes-AMG GLB 35 faces a similar conundrum. It takes off like a scalded cat and it’s able to keep up with sports cars in the twisties. And to balance it out, it looks a like a bread loaf

The Mitsubishi Outlander is a pretty capable SUV but it is getting old as competition builds up with the likes of the Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace and Mazda CX-8. Time for a new replacement and based on these leaked photos, the 2022 Mitsubishi Outlander will look drastically different. The photos provided by Allcarnews show the uncovered Outlander with a very bold design. As a matter of fact, the overall design resembles that of the Mitsubishi Engelberg Tourer concept car that was shown at the 201