Rather quietly, registration of interest for the 2024 Mercedes-Benz CLE Coupe has opened in Malaysia, roughly 7 months after it made its global debut in July 2023. Now, the CLE is an entirely new model, a spinoff developed to succeed both the C-Class and E-Class coupe and cabriolet versions, as part of the company's drive to streamline its model line-up. We're happy that it's stilll a couple in the traditional sense – with two doors, with an option for a convertible version too. Also read: Merce

Learning is a never-ending process; this concept applies to driving too. Toyota embodies this culture through the philosophy of continuous improvement – kaizen. As drivers, so should we, given the number of cars we have and the amount of time we spend on the road. When it comes to driving, I’d like to divide it into two categories – street driving and performance driving. There are some overlaps between the two but they are distinct enough to warrant separate consideration, because excelling in

“Everyone desires for one, everyone has a comment on one, but nobody wants to put money down for brand new unit,” that summarizes buyers’ sentiments in the sports car world, and it also explains why most manufacturers have given up on the segment to focus on more lucrative supercars and hypercars instead – at least those buyers are putting their money where their mouth is. In a world where sedans and sports cars are being driven out of the market place by SUVs, Australia is one of the last defen

This article is contributed by the former editor of Malaysian Evo magazine, Daniel Wong, who currently resides in Australia. You can find more of his musings and articles on the motoring world at The Motor Muse. Is there anything sexier to car enthusiasts than carbon-fibre? Our knees get weak at the mention that something in the car is made of the stuff. Even if it is just the sticker motif on our dashboards. Hey, it adds 50 horsepower, according to the infallible wisdom of the internet. Despite

With a heritage of lightweight racing cars, sources from Auto Express say the Norfolk-based car maker will no longer produce Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) cars by 2022. A final ICE production car is set to launch in 2021 and that will be the end of it. Famous for the small racing cars with excellent handling, Lotus has even injected some of its DNA in certain Proton cars. With the Geely Holding Group owning a 51% controlling stake, and Syed Mokhtar’s Etika Automotive owning 49%, Lotus now has

The BMW 8 Series replaced the 6 Series nameplate in 2018. This was a move made by the previous chairman, Harald Kruger, to position the 8 Series as a true luxury car. However, this strategy isn’t bearing fruit in the US as sales performance for the 8 Series is underwhelming. Automotive News reported that most BMW dealerships are facing an accumulation of 8 Series, which blocks inventories. While dealers pointed out that it was the lack of marketing campaign, the report says that the 8 Series doe