Aston Martin has always been associated with James Bond but funnily enough in the last film featuring Agent 007, he was seen driving in a humdrum Toyota Land Cruiser Prado. Perhaps Aston’s own SUV isn’t good enough for him then? Well, the British ultraluxury carmaker listened and introduced the Aston Martin DBX707, a major upgrade from the regular DBX SUV. The three digits at the end of the name give a clue to just how potent this behemoth is. Powering the hand-built DBX range-topper is a 4.0-li

BMW Group Malaysia has exported over 4,600 cars from its vehicle assembly plant in Kulim, since 2018 when the company's exports programme began, thus making it one of Malaysia's largest exporter of premium cars, if not the largest. It should also be noted that the Kulim-assembled BMW and MINI models are powered by engines that are also assembled in the adjacent engine assembly facility. Opened in 2018, the RM 132 million SDAE Engine Assembly Facility in Kulim makes 3- and 4-cylinder diesel and p

Nearly two decades ago, at the 2003 Frankfurt Motor Show, Mercedes-Benz unveiled the Vision CLS concept car, and the automotive world was infatuated by its beauty. Mercedes-Benz was so proud of its concept that combined coupe and sedan into one, it declared that it had “created a milestone in automotive history” in its official press release. While the production CLS did eventually pave the way for rivals (and Volkswagen) to launch their own version of a 4-door coupe, Mercedes-Benz wasn’t the fi

The new 2021 G30 BMW 530e plug-in hybrid (PHEV) facelift (LCI) was launched in Malaysia a couple of days ago, alongside its 530i sibling. Like the 530i, the new 530e is locally-assembled (CKD) at BMW’s Kulim plant. At launch, BMW Malaysia is offering two variants of the facelifted 5 Series, which are the 530e and 530i. The 530e is the current entry point into the 5 Series line-up. The G30 530e is priced at RM 334,353 (on-the-road, without insurance and SST, with extended warranty and service pac

Mercedes-Benz Malaysia has launched the Mercedes-Benz GLE 450 4Matic Coupe, priced at RM 661,009 (OTR without insurance, with SST incentive). Let’s start with performance; the GLE 450 is powered by a 3.0-litre in-line 6 turbo that makes 367 PS/500 Nm, paired to a 9-speed automatic transmission (9G-Tronic) that spins all four wheels through the 4Matic system. 0-100 km/h is dealt with in 5.7 seconds, top speed is capped at 250 km/h. From the front, there’s the diamond radiator grille with the sing

Following the announcement of the 330e plug-in hybrid going on sale in Europe with an improved eDrive range of 66 kilometers (nearly 50 percent further than before), BMW has also announced that it is rolling out an to the 530e to bring its eDrive technology to be on par with the lower range 330e. The previous 530e has an electric driving range of around 45 km. The new and improved 530e however, is capable of driving with electric power-only for up to 66 km, with a maximum speed of 140 km/h – sim