Present at the launch of the locally-assembled (CKD) Mercedes-Benz EQS 500 4Matic was Minister of International Trade and Industry (MITI), Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz, who announced that the government aims to provide 10,000 units of EV chargers by 2025 and targets 15 percent of TIV for electrified vehicles (xEV, hybrids included) by 2030. “MITI expects that the domestic automotive industry will continue to be resilient and become a major contributor to the country’s economy by 20

Hybrid cars are not new to Malaysians, seeing that they have been available in Malaysia for roughly 15 years with the introduction of the FD-generation Honda Civic Hybrid. And today, hybrids are even more popular, as manufacturers like Honda, Toyota, and Nissan all offer at least one hybrid model in their line-up here in Malaysia. More recently, Perodua has thrown their hat in the ring with the 2022 Perodua Ativa Hybrid. On one of the presentation slides that Perodua showed, the second national

Fast and nimble sports SUV that’s quick everywhere Cossetting interior, nicely tricked out with AMG goodies Scores excellent on paper, but does it have enough character to sway you As opposed to most of our reviews, which are as objective and empirical as possible, we have to start this review with a quirky quote from Grand Tour host, James May, who said “driving an exciting car gives you that sort of a fizzy feeling”. Not to digress, but that fizz or fizzle doesn’t necessarily mean a car has to

Earlier in February, Mercedes-Benz Malaysia (MBM) announced that it will be expanding its line-up of locally-assembled (CKD) compact cars and SUV models this year. While the company didn’t mention any specific models, the A-Class Sedan and GLA are obvious candidates. Since then, the company has also launched the CKD Mercedes-Benz GLE 450 in May 2021, widening the company’s CKD SUVs line-up to three, joining the GLC and GLC Coupe. Also read: BMW X5's rival, CKD 2021 Mercedes-Benz GLE 450 launched

Monsoon season is here and you know what that means – floods. Generally, we don’t recommend driving through floods for numerous reasons but if you have to, we’ve listed a few tips here. Anyway, let’s move on to the main topic at hand – cars with highest wading depth that are currently on sale in Malaysia. If you live in an area that is prone to floods and want a vehicle that is capable of wading through them, we’ve rounded up 5 of them for you. 1. Land Rover Discovery, 900 mm Land Rover is prett

With its launch slated for September, Mercedes-Benz will be releasing more videos surrounding its all-new 2021 W223 Mercedes-Benz S-Class, with the first being a deep dive into its My Mercedes-Benz User Experience (MBUX) system. In essence, My MBUX is the customisable aspect of the whole system. In a video featuring a talking Mercedes (an MBUX feature), the features highlighted include biometric authentication, multi-seat connectivity user experience, personalised media for passengers and augmen