Ferrari S.p.A has found a new partner for their Malaysian operations in Ital Auto Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., which have been appointed as the supercar maker's authorised importer in our country. Ital Auto Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. is a subsidiary of Singapore-based Ital Auto Pte. Ltd, which also holds the same role in the island nation and in turn an affiliate of Komoco Holdings Pte. Ltd, a Shanghai-based regional automotive group that also dabbles in the fields of luxury retail, property, and food business.

Admit it, everyone was a little bit disappointed upon finding out that the all-new Honda Jazz won' make it to Malaysia. The nameplate, after all, has been a firm favourite with Malaysian buyers. All is not lost however, because you can still pick up a used GK-generation Honda Jazz for not a lot of money. In my books, it's still a brilliant little B-segment hatchback. Here's what you need to know if you're in the market for one. Value User's Car Which variant should you plump for? When it was lau

Honda has launched the sportier Honda Jazz Modulo X in Japan. Sold as the Honda Fit in Japan, this is the most expensive Jazz variant sold there, priced at JPY 2,866,600 (~RM 107,384). Compared to the regular non-Modulo variant, this variant costs JPY 440,000 (~RM 16,478) more. So what does the extra RM 16k nets you? Let’s take a closer look. Starting with the exterior, Modulo said that the Jazz Modulo X inherits the "effective aerodynamics" philosophy from the "Sports Modulo Civic Type R". As s

MINI Malaysia has launched the all-electric MINI Cooper SE. Starting at RM218,370.78, the Mini Cooper SE is a stylish electric car that share a similar powerplant with the BMW i3s. The difference between the MINI Cooper SE and the BMW i3s would be the fact that the MINI is front-wheel-drive while the BMW is rear-wheel-drive. Assembled in Oxford, the electric MINI is a city electric car with a battery 28.9 kWh battery capacity, just a tad below the 35.5 kWh battery capacity of the Honda E. On the

Back in the early 90s, if you wanted to buy a performance car, you’d most probably choose the manual transmission option. The equivalent automatic option was probably heavier, slower-reacting, and had higher fuel consumption. My own uncle once told me back then, “In a sprint, my manual car would always be faster and more accelerative versus an automatic.” Those words stuck with me. Fast forward to today, and self-shifting transmissions have gotten so good, no human input could possibly match its

You’re probably familiar with the name John Cooper thanks to the aggressive MINIs that has rolled off the line and onto our roads. But do you know who John Cooper really is and why his name is synonymous with MINI’s fastest and most aggressive cars? John Newton Cooper was born in 1923 in Kingston, Surrey. He and his father Charles Cooper founded the Cooper Car Company to fuel John Cooper’s and his childhood friend, Eric Brandon’s racing dream. He is well known for being the founder (Audi would b