PHS Automotive Malaysia (PHSAM), the official distributor of Audi vehicles in Malaysia has issued a reminder urging owners to check and verify if their vehicles are included in its ongoing Takata airbag recall program. The recall involves 2,297 vehicles manufactured between 2009 and 2012 and 2 other models manufactured between 2014 and 2017 which have Takata airbags installed on the driver’s side, as follows: Models manufactured between 2009 – 2012 Q5 A5 Cabriolet A5 Sportback Models manufacture

Porsche ended 2023 with 320,221 units delivered worldwide, 3 percent more than in 2022. Most of the sales were contributed by North America and Europe, with 86,059 cars (up 9 percent) and 102,659 units (up 18 percent) respectively. Germany contributed 47 percent (29,512 units) of European deliveries. In a switch of importance, Europe has overtaken China as Porsche’s most important market region. Deliveries in China came in at just 79,283 units (down 15 percent). For many years, China was Porsche

More than 5k units of the Mercedes-Benz G-Class were sold in Japan in 2021 The G-Wagen outsold the C-Class, the traditional best-seller for Mercedes-Benz Mercedes-Benz tops the sales chart in the imported car segment Japan is the land where little Kei cars rule the roost and even if one wants to get a regular car, domestic brands like Toyota, Honda, and Suzuki are kings. Imported brands like Mercedes-Benz can only be afforded by the rich and powerful which might be unsurprising to see that its b

The 2021 Mercedes-Benz E-Class facelift was launched in Vietnam back in March with 2 variants, E200 and E300. Recently, the Mercedes-Benz Vietnam website was updated with the addition of the E180, priced at 2.05 billion Dong (RM 368k). All variants are locally assembled in Vietnam. Powering the 2021 Mercedes-Benz E180 is a 1.5-litre 4-cylinder turbocharged engine making 156 PS and 250 Nm of torque, mated to a 9-speed automatic transmission that drives the rear wheels. For comparison’s sake, the

PT Mercedes-Benz Distribution Indonesia (MBDI) has just introduced the all-new 2021 V223 (long wheelbase) Mercedes-Benz S-Class in Indonesia. The W223 codename is for the standard wheelbase model. The archipelago is the second country in the ASEAN region to launch the new luxury sedan after Singapore. It is currently imported (CBU) from Germany, but local assembly (CKD) in Indonesia will commence in Q4 2021. How powerful is the V223 Mercedes-Benz S-Class? In Indonesia, only one variant of the V2

2021 is set to be a busy year for BMW Malaysia. Following our earlier news that the BMW X3 sDrive20i could be launched soon, it seems that there will be another model being prepped for a Malaysian launch, this time the G12 BMW 740Le xDrive M Sport plug-in hybrid (PHEV). Again, this seems a long time coming, because the G12 7-series has been with us a long time, and never got the M Sport treatment. The question is, why not? To our observation, most M Sport variants of BMW models have been rather