Volvo Car Manufacturing Malaysia’s (VCMM) Shah Alam plant, a wholly owned subsidiary of Volvo Car Corporation, is throttling down output as the export of Volvo internal combustion engine (ICE) cars to Thailand slows. The VCMM plant produced zero cars in three out of the first six months of this year (January, April, and June), according to production data compiled by the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA). Between January to June 2024, the VCMM plant produced just 438 cars, 88% lower than th

British cars don’t exactly come with a stellar reputation for reliability and it’s mostly at the expense of Land Rover. As the joke goes, they say 90 % of all Land Rovers manufactured are still on the road. The other 10% have actually reached their destination. It wasn’t all fun and games on 11 October 2023 though as a Land Rover caught fire at the Luton airport carpark, sparking a raging inferno that engulfed the entire building, causing it to collapse. The collapse destroyed up to 1,500 cars a

On 29-March 2023, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim visited China for the first time to discuss the exchange between Malaysia and China in economy and trade. Executives of Chery International were also invited to have an in-depth discussion with the PM’s envoy during his visit. Discussions were held between representatives of Chery International and the Minister of International Trade and Industry of Malaysia (MITI), Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz on the investment plan and dev

When an enthusiast speaks of the car brand Mitsubishi Motors, we often think of the “2 Fast 2 Furious” movie – the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VII driven by Brian O’Conner (played by the late film star Paul Walker) or the countless of times you see Mitsubishi vehicles in Jackie Chan’s movies as both have a longstanding partnership. The Mitsubishi brand we know today isn’t given enough credit to an extent that in July 2020 the brand had announced their decision to halt development of its own cars

The Volvo XC40 Recharge Pure Electric is due to launch in Thailand in March 2021. Headlight Magazine reports that the pure electric Volvo XC40 will be imported (CBU) from China. Under the ASEAN-China FTA, the Thai government does not impose any tax on EVs from China. This will give an incredible advantage to the Volvo XC40 Recharge pure electric in Thailand. According to our colleagues in Thailand, the import tax for EVs in Thailand are 20% for EVs from Japan, 40% for EVs from Korea, and 80% for

** This article is the personal experience of a 2019 Kia Sorento and does not necessarily reflect the views of WapCar. Car Info Car Info: 2019 Kia Sorento 2.2 SX Order Date : 28 April 2019 Deliver Date:15 May 2019 Price : 170k after discounts Reason to Buy When I first caught glimpse of the facelifted Kia Sorento on a brochure on a particular site, I didn’t really think it looked attractive. Its design reminded me somewhat of a Ssangyong Rexton, the oddball old Korean sort of look before Europea