With skyrocketing prices of RON97 grade fuel – RM 4.70/litre at the time of writing – one must wonder if posers with recond/used Porsche Macans and Cayennes (which are not expensive to buy after a few years) can still afford to refuel their cars with the right stuff today. And we have all seen or know of certain "entrepreneur types" who cruise around in their dolled-up Macans and Cayennes, wrapped in either white, gold or luminescent green sporting 20-inch wheels from Taiwan and tyres from China

CBU and CKD Porsche Cayenne are visually indistinguishable The biggest hint is the VIN How to tell the CBU and CKD VIN apart? The Sime Darby-owned facility in Kulim, Kedah has begun assembling the 2022 Porsche Cayenne for the Malaysian market. The Porsche Cayenne arrives at the Sime Darby facility in semi knocked down (SKD) form – the shell comes pre-painted from the mother plant in Slovakia and the rest of the parts are assembled here. If users want to be very academic about the subject, then y

As the Mitsubishi Xpander expands (no pun intended) its popularity across the region, the 7-seater SUV/MPV is raking in money for the Three Diamonds brand. According to Mitsubishi’s distributors in the Philippines and Indonesia, the Xpander is the carmaker’s best-selling model in their respective markets in July 2021. Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corporation (MMPC) reported its highest sales performance record for 2021 so far with 1,207 units sold in July 2021. This was a 60% increase against t

The Honda HR-V might have been a very popular crossover SUV but it’s been on sale for quite some time already. 7 years since its global debut at the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show to be precise. Thailand sales began in 2014 with the Malaysian launch in 2015. The local automotive landscape changed immediately after the HR-V landed in Malaysia 5 years ago. Its rivals are playing catch up and even Proton and Perodua are set to launch their own compact crossover very soon. But like all things, life must move

Perodua will reduce its model prices (on-the-road excluding insurance) by between 3% and 6% via cash rebates until 14 June 2020, after which it will incorporate the new sales tax-free prices throughout the tax reduction period as recently announced by the Prime Minister. “Despite the tax reduction only becoming effective 15 June 2020, Perodua will offer cash rebates between 3% and 6% for the purchase of our vehicles beginning today,” Perodua President and Chief Executive Officer, Dato’ Zainal Ab

The Geely Vision S1 crossover was spotted in Protons private compound earlier. We have detailed why the Vision S1 crossover will not be launched to the Malaysian market, instead, it is more likely that Proton is having the car to conduct feasibility studies. Feasibility study for what exactly remains a question mark, but the recent launch of the Geely Binyue Pro seems to have shed some light to the situation. What is the 1.4L turbo? The Binyue pro in China now gains a new 1.4-litre turbocharged