A Toyota Prius is not a car that you would normally associate with motorsports. But did you know that since 2012, the Toyota hybrid has been competing in Japan’s Super GT under a privateer team Apr Racing, with the standard car’s hybrid system retained? Toyota has since announced that a Toyota Prius will be participating in a 10-hour endurance race in Thailand’s Chang International Circuit in Buriram, at this weekend’s Idemitsu Super Endurance Southeast Asia Trophy 2023. The Prius will race unde

The Toyota Prius had a rather short, fleeting stay here in Malaysia. It was on sale for only one generation, for about 5 years, between 2009 to 2014. As an imported model, coupled with higher cost of Toyota’s full-hybrid drivetrain, it would’ve been price at the level of a BMW 3 Series if not import and excise duty exemptions for hybrid vehicles then. So when that tax exemption expired, the Prius was pulled out of Malaysia. Unlike the Corolla Cross Hybrid (or even the Camry Hybrid before it), lo

Two years after its global debut, it looks like the Mk8 Volkswagen Golf is (finally) getting ready to make its Malaysian debut. Interestingly, a couple of units were spotted on a trailer just outside KL Sentral by an anonymous reader. Both models are expected to be locally-assembled (CKD) at VW's plant in Pekan, Pahang. From what we can see, there appears to be two different variants of the MY-spec Golf. The white one looks like a standard Golf while the red model is clearly the hotter GTI. The

Everyone has an aspiration to be rich, but there are also certain lifehacks that make you appear rich. Look up online and you’ll find numerous tips on looking like a million bucks while spending only a few hundred or less. After all, if you can look rich based on what you dress or appear, surely the same can apply to your ride too. Fortunately, we have got you covered since finding the perfect car has always been our motto. We decided to set a limit that won’t exceed more than RM 100k for these

Surprise, surprise. It looks like the 2020 Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk8 stealthily got on our shores as one was recently spotted testing on Genting roads. Decked in Kings Red Metallic, we can tell that this is a GTI by a few ways: a telltale badge on its grille, front fascia design, unique wheels and twin-tailpipes. Is it CKD? Judging by how its unusual for CBU cars to wear Pahang trade plates and VW has a plant in Pekan, this likely points that the GTI is being worked on there. Which could mean that

The all-new 2020 Volkswagen Golf Mk8 was unveiled back in October, and sales in Germany has only begun yesterday. With the exception of the United Kingdom, sales in other right-hand drive markets, including Singapore and Australia, are not expected to begin until late-2020. At launch, the all-new Golf is available across several variants, including Style, R-Line, and GTE. The hotter GTI and R variants are expected to debut at a later date. For the German market, Volkswagen is offering a range of