Electric vehicles (EVs) are fast becoming the new trophy to have. Yes, it’s always nice to have a BMW 7 Series but combustion engine cars, regardless of their status, are now seen as kind of passé. The conversation starters at the golf club’s lounge have moved from V8 cars to high-end EVs, simply because spaceship-inspired EVs have a novelty factor that even flat-six turbocharged sports cars don’t have. If you run a business, especially a technology-related one, you will understand the need to m

Mercedes-Benz Thailand is geared up to export the W223/V223 Mercedes-Benz S450 to Vietnam. Under the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA) with Mercedes-Benz Vietnam, the first batch of cars is will be exported to Vietnam within this year. The Mercedes-Benz S450 is assembled at the Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Thailand plant in the Samut Prakan Province. Roland Volger, President of Mercedes-Benz Thailand, said, “After the launch of the new S-Class last year and it has been well received by custo

The new 2021 G30 BMW 530e plug-in hybrid (PHEV) facelift (LCI) was launched in Malaysia a couple of days ago, alongside its 530i sibling. Like the 530i, the new 530e is locally-assembled (CKD) at BMW’s Kulim plant. At launch, BMW Malaysia is offering two variants of the facelifted 5 Series, which are the 530e and 530i. The 530e is the current entry point into the 5 Series line-up. The G30 530e is priced at RM 334,353 (on-the-road, without insurance and SST, with extended warranty and service pac

The new 2020 G30 BMW 5 Series facelift isn’t exactly a very new car. We covered the launch of the refreshed executive sedan back in May and even did a comparison with the pre-facelift model. BMW has released more images of the G30 facelift with the 530e Sedan and the 540i xDrive Sedan. As we had mentioned during its launch, the G30 5 Series will expand its plug-in hybrid variants which now includes 5 models which are the 530e Sedan, 530e xDrive Sedan, 530e Touring, 530e xDrive Touring, and 545e

BMW has just announced Digital Key for iPhone, allowing Apple iPhone users to unlock a compatible BMW model. This comes after slightly after two years BMW introduced Digital Key for NFC-equipped Samsung devices. Typical of Apple, getting started is easy – you just need to pair your iPhone or Apple Watch to a BMW that supports Digital Key for iPhone, then hold your Apple device to the door handle. Once that’s completed, the authentication process with start and you can use either FaceID or TouchI

Here are supposedly the official photos of the BMW iX3 leaked ahead of its debut. And as you can tell, it looks almost identical to the concept. The BMW iX3 is the first fully electric SUV (BMW insistently calls it SAV) model, and the X3 will also be the first model to include the full range of powertrain with petrol and diesel engines, plug-in hybrid and fully electric. The electric motor in the BMW iX3 delivers 286 PS and 400 Nm of torque and all the power is sent exclusively to the rear wheel