Plans to retire the Mercedes-Benz A-Class line-up as soon as this year have been rolled back, and its CEO Ola Källenius clarifies that the model will be produced well into 2026, Autocar reports. This news comes the carmaker's recent retargeting of its BEV-only stance in favour of what Källenius says as a more flexible arrangement to "cater to different customer needs", in which it will continue to produce models with internal combustion engines alongside its BEV ambitions. To recap, Mercedes-Ben

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

JD Power recently released its 2023 U.S. Vehicle Dependability Study (VDS), which showed that vehicle reliability has increased with an industry average of 186 problems per 100 (PP100) vehicles, an improvement of 6 PP100 from 2022. For context, a lower PP100 score is better. Even premium marques scored an improvement, lowering their score by 23 PP100. Vehicles from the 2020 model year were the focus of this study. Unsurprisingly, Lexus took the top spot of dependability in the premium brands seg

BMW Group Malaysia ended 2022 with 14,466 vehicles delivered, including 1,233 MINI cars and 1,378 BMW Motorrad bikes. Managing Director Hans de Visser said the figures has kept BMW Group Malaysia ahead as Malaysia’s No.1 premium automotive company, for the third time in a row, now with a market share of over 50 percent. For its namesake BMW brand vehicles alone, the company has delivered 11,855 vehicles, up 37.8 percent from the year before, giving it a 45 percent market share. “Of course the re

ACO Group, one of Malaysia’s largest distributors of electrical products, has tied up with EV Connections, the developer of the JomCharge app and operator of 5 solar-powered EV chargers at petrol stations, to install a 180 kW DC fast charger at ACO Group’s headquarters in Taman Johor Jaya in Johor Bahru. ACO Group says the DC fast charger will be one of the fastest in the country, and the fastest in Johor. To encourage EV adoption, the service will be available to the public free of charge for o

In conjunction with the 60th anniversary celebration, MINI Malaysia is incentivising buyers with three benefits to own any of the MINI models from now until 31 December 2019. First of which is lower monthly installments starting from RM 2,388 with the MINI Balloon Financing, at a lowered interest rate starting from 0.77%. Second, new owners will enjoy the insurance rebate of RM2,000 off MINI vehicles with the MINI Financing plan. Lastly, with every purchase of any MINI models during the campaign