The earlier rain settles into a light drizzle, the air is damp and fizzing with the smell of fuel. A procession of cars that took nearly one hour to get on the main straight of the Sepang F1 circuit has led to this moment. Standing almost dead centre of the pack, Mercedes-AMGs stretch as far as the eye can see up and down the road. As the marshalls start counting the number of cars, the final tally stops at a whopping 448 units. The feat, jointly organised by Mercedes-Benz Malaysia (MBM), AMG Cl

Daihatsu launched the 2023 Daihatsu Ayla a couple of days ago and the new A-segment hatchback has garnered a fair bit of response, not just in Indonesia, but all the way in Japan. As a brief recap, the 2023 Daihatsu Ayla, as well as the Toyota Agya, are sibling models to our D74A 2023 Perodua Axia, all of which are developed on the same DNGA architecture and share similar powertrains. Also Read: Is the D74A Perodua Axia still an A-segment car? Its wheelbase is longer than the Myvi According to a

It’s December and Car of the Year awards are being handed out. Over in Japan, the Mk8 Volkswagen Golf has won Japan’s 2021 Import Car of the Year award. According to JCOTY’s committee, the reason why the Mk8 Golf won is due to its excellent packaging, powertrain, and driving performance. In addition to that, the Mk8 Golf’s 4V mild hybrid (MHEV) powertrain was also praised for its strong performance. Also Read: VW Golf Mk8 to launch in more RHD countries, Malaysia by 2H 2021 The Mk8 Golf claimed

Booked a Perodua, or thinking about getting one? Well, be prepared to wait a bit longer for deliveries. In a document circular that we spotted, it appears that Perodua is bracing for a shortage in semiconductor chips. Also Read: After MCO, chip supply shortage is slowing car production in Malaysia According to the circular, Perodua expresses that, "This impact has slowly resulted in auto companiesn halting or slowing down vehicle production and supply of some spare parts and unfortunately, this

The Proton Iriz R5 is a little rally-machine that was built to fit under FIA homologation rally specifications. It made waves at the infamous Goodwood Hillclimb a few years back and competed in a few British rallies last year. But if you ever wanted to own one, Mellors Elliot Motorsport (MEM) has released a sales brochure for the Iriz R5. That means you can now own one of these cool Malaysian rally cars and it only starts from 140,000. British pound sterling. If we convert that to Malaysian ring

In 2015, Proton signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) and Licence Agreement with Suzuki and DRB-Hicom to form a collaboration. Subsequently, Suzuki ceased its sales and production operation in Malaysia which led to the conversion of Suzuki outlets to Proton. Then came the Proton Ertiga but we digress. Suzuki has been absent in Malaysia for about 4 years now and the last Suzuki Swift Sport officially available in Malaysia was the third-generation model, codenamed ZC32S. It was a combination