Unlike most Chinese brands entering our markets, Chery has been around the minds of Malaysians the longest. Though the carmaker made its return in 2023 with the Omoda 5 and Tiggo 8 Pro, you still see older models from its first Malaysian appearance on the roads. Perhaps some of you reading this article might even grow up in one, particularly the Chery Eastar MPV and the first Chery Tiggo. Compared to those models, the latest ones currently offered by Chery felt like night and day. While others w

The first units of right-hand drive (RHD) converted Toyota Tundra full-sized pickups are set to start testing in Australia very soon. This is first time the bigger, badder brother of the Toyota Hilux, the Tundra, has been adapted for an RHD market, previously only available as a Left Hand Drive for the US market. According to Australian automotive website GoAuto, the first 50 units of converted RHD Tundras will be delivered to potential customers for long-term evaluations in December 2023; to ga

The Ranger Raptor finally gets the familiar 2.0-litre bi-turbo diesel here Identical in specs to the 3.0L V6 petrol Ranger Raptor except for the engine RM 10k cheaper than the petrol version The Ford Ranger Raptor is the apex predator of the pick-up segment here. It plays by its own rules, chewing and spitting regular pick-ups for breakfast before annihilating sand dunes for lunch just to work up an appetite of Baja running for dinner at a price of RM 248,888. When Sime Darby Auto Connexion’s (S

Toyota has announced prices of the Toyota GR Corolla at its home market in Japan. Two variants are available but only 1 is relevant to us. The RZ variant sells for JPY 5,250,000, which is 15 percent more expensive than the highest specs GR Yaris RZ High Performance. The other variant is the Morizo Edition, a stripped out, 2-seater track missile that’s definitely not coming here. That variant costs JPY 7,150,000. Both the GR Corolla and GR Yaris share more or less the same powertrain – a 1.6-litr

Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (Geely Holding) has announced that it has acquired a shareholding in Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings (Aston Martin), representing 7.6 percent of the ordinary share capital of the ultra-luxury British performance brand. The amount of which Geely paid to acquire 7.6 percent share was not disclosed. Currently, Mercedes-Benz has 9.7 percent stake in Aston Martin and Mercedes still provides V8 engines to Aston Martin. Geely's Li Shufu owns nearly 10 percent stake in

2.0-litre TSI & 7-speed DSG 280 PS/350 Nm Fully imported, estimated to cost between RM 290k to RM 310k More luxurious than the Passat At the launch of the Volkswagen Das WeltAuto Pre-Owned Car Division and VolksFest 2019, Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia (VPCM) has also displayed the all-new Volkswagen Arteon R-Line. The company’s latest offering to the Malaysian market. This is merely a public preview but interested parties can place their orders for one at any Volkswagen dealership nationwid