Mercedes-Benz Malaysia has expanded its EQE sedan range, now with two variants on offer – the EQE 350 Electric Art Line and EQE 350+ AMG Line. Prices start from RM 379,888 for the Electric Art Line to RM 429,888 for the AMG Line (prices are OTR without insurance). As before, the EQE is imported (CBU) from the Bremen plant in Germany. The Mercedes-Benz EQE 350+ Electric Art Line is now the entry variant, which features a more subtle exterior styling, 19-inch 5-twin-spoke light-alloy wheels, and A

Primed to pull tycoons' gazes away from the likes of the BMW X5 and Mercedes-Benz GLE, the 2023 Lexus RX 500h F Sport has just been launched in Malaysia, priced from RM 498,888, fully imported (CBU) from Japan. Turbo-hybrid performance Big headline figures for the RX 500h; a combined 371 PS and 550 Nm of torque comes off its 2.4-litre turbocharged four-cylinder engine (T24A-FTS) and hybrid system, good enough to give the RX 500h a 0 to 100 km/h time of 6.2 seconds. As the h implies, there's elec

Mercedes-Benz Malaysia reckons that although Thailand appears to be ahead of the region in terms of policies to boost EV adoption and localization, Malaysia is still more or less on par. “If you are talking about localizing efforts or sales, I think both countries have an equal opportunity at the end of the day to showcase electric vehicles. I would say right now they are more or less on par, in terms of bringing more electric vehicle models, in terms of sales adoption, so let’s wait and see how

Mercedes-Benz Malaysia has confirmed that it will be launching a new locally assembled (CKD) battery EV model next year. “We are certainly working on localizing the EQ models. In 2023, we will announce our first EQ model that will be localized, so I ask you to stay tuned for that,” said Sagree Sardien, CEO & President of Mercedes-Benz Malaysia, at the sidelines of the launch of the Mercedes-Benz EQE today. Mercedes-Benz Malaysia’s plant in Pekan, Pahang currently only makes one electrified model

Homologation is a word that motorsports fans commonly hear but actually the word simply means conformity to regulations. In the case of WRC cars, it’s FIA regulations. In the case of road cars, it’s the local country’s road transport regulations. Before the first unit of a new model can be registered in Malaysia, it has to undergo what’s referred as vehicle type approval (VTA), the industry’s term for homologation of road-going cars. You can loosely describe VTA as a ‘birth certificate’ of a car

At the rate that things are progressing in many parts of the world, where governments are waging wars against high CO2 emissions cars and speeding, it’s inevitable that car buyers will soon trend towards lifestyle cars that are packed with the latest infotainment, powered by the smallest available engine. We have already seen this in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Japan, where 180 series engines are the norm for Mercedes-Benz A-Class and C-Class models. Here in Malaysia, the lowest available engine t