You know how some cars can be truly fantastic except for one minor detail that you just can’t overlook and it ends up ruining the entire driving experience. It could be a terrible head unit or a bad seating position. Well, some of the engineers at Toyota’s Kinto subscription service thought that could be the abysmally slow speed of the sliding doors on the previous AH30 generation of the Toyota Alphard and Vellfire. Either that or they must be getting really bored over there. Or someone has secr

Surprising as it may sound, but UMW Toyota Motor, the official distributor of Toyota vehicles in Malaysia has quietly removed the Toyota Alphard from its website. The Alphard's sibling mode, the Vellfire has also been axed. UMWT began offering local specifications version of the Toyota Alphard since 2014 with the AH20-generation model. Subsequently in 2016, UMWT launched the then-new AH30-generation Alphard and Vellfire duo. Now, roughly 7 years later and both luxury MPVs have been removed from

The Toyota Alphard, a perennial crowd favourite in Malaysia, with businessmen and politicians alike. You see VIPs making rounds in one to Istana Negara when meeting the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, at valet parking in swanky hotels, or even at elite golf clubs. It is indeed, a status symbol, in a box. Even in its third generation (AH30) now, the Alphard continues to be the chariot of choice for many. The good news is, prices of used AH30 Alphards are actually at very attainable levels now. Want one, d

At BMW Group’s recent Annual General Meeting, the German carmaker announced that it will avoid emissions of over 200 million tonnes of CO2 by 2030. To achieve that goal, BMW Group would be reducing its vehicles’ carbon footprint which includes the launching of all-electric versions of the BMW 5 Series and BMW X1 among others. By the end of this year, BMW Group will be offering five fully electric models – BMW i3, BMW iX3, MINI SE, BMW iX, and BMW i4. BMW adds that there are also plans to launch

BMW Malaysia has previewed the G30 2021 BMW 5 Series facelift (LCI). There are 2 variants available – 530e and 530i, both in M Sport guise. Estimated prices (OTR without insurance, with SST) for the locally-assembled (CKD) BMW 5 Series are RM 343,000 for the BMW 530e and RM 396,000 for the BMW 530i. The new variants are fitted with slightly larger kidney grilles and slimmer headlights with a new daytime running light design. The BMW 530e M Sport comes with Adaptive LED Matrix headlights, while t

** This article is the personal experience of a 1989 Mercedes-Benz W124 300E-24 owner and does not necessarily reflect the views of WapCar. Instagram: @luqcars (Luqman Hakim) About the Mercedes-Benz 300E Back in 2018, I was just gaming when my dad texted me a picture of a rather familiar W124 being washed. When asked, he simply replied “our new toy.” Of course, it was short lived – I’ll explain why in a bit. However, it does mean that I got the chance to return to one of my highlights of my chil