At yesterday's opening of the IAA 2023 Munich Auto Show, Mercedes-Benz Group CEO Ola Kaellenius presented to the world the Concept CLA Class. Presented as a design concept, it is not yet ready for production but it’s a preview of how the next generation 2024 Mercedes-Benz CLA will look like. More importantly, the Concept CLA Class also presents the first product to ride on the company’s new MMA architecture. Short for Mercedes Modular Architecture, MMA will replace MFA II, the current platform t

Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia (VPCM) has just announced the 2022 Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace Life variant that slots in below the Elegance variant, making it the most affordable in the line-up. Currently, VPCM offers three variants of the 2022 Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace – Life, Elegance, and R-Line, priced at RM 173,590, RM 180,590, and RM 226,073 respectively. Here’s a brief walkthrough of the spec differences between all three variants. 2022 Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace Life 1.4TSI Starting

If you try to understand Japanese society from the perspective of Western pop culture, then you would think that oyabuns of Yakuzas ride in a Toyota Century. That is no longer true since the 2010s. Like everyone else, business has been bad, even in the underworld. Stricter anti-boryokudan (organized crime) laws are also hitting Yakuzas where they hurt the most – their bank accounts. Today’s Internet-connected world means that a smartphone is essential for business but many Yakuzas are forced to

Dinamikjaya Motor, the new distributor of Kia vehicles in Malaysia, has pretty much confirmed that the all-new fifth-generation 2022 Kia Sportage will be making its return to our shores. But what else have the distributor revealed and what should you expect from the C-segment SUV contender? The Kia Sportage is the brand’s most popular model to date. Kia sold more than 360,000 units of the Sportage in 2021 alone, despite the mid-year (June 2021) launch in Korea and the rest of the world later in

Sitting alongisde the 2020 Toyota GR Yaris at UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT)'s Shah Alam headquarters is this, the 2020 Toyota Vios GR Sport. Much like the GR Yaris, it also has some commendations of its own which we'll go through as we progress in this article. Actually when you think about it, the Vios GR Sport's appearance is rather left-field. Nobody really expected it, but hey, we now have what is the first-ever locally-assembled (CKD) Toyota car to wear the GR Sport badge. Exterior - more than ju

5-Years/100,000 km Warranty & Free Scheduled Service Includes parts, labour and lubricants Available for all Mazda models except BT-50 pick-up truck In January 2019, Bermaz Motor, the official distributor of Mazda vehicles in Malaysia announced that all new Mazda models (except the BT-50 pick-up) registered from 1 January 2019 onwards will come with a 5-Years/100,000 km Warranty and Free Scheduled Service. This makes Mazda the only Japanese brand in the country to offer such a comprehensive afte