Our burgeoning electric vehicle (EV) market welcomes a new face as the 2022 Ioniq 5 has just been launched in Malaysia. There's three variants on offer, and prices are as below: Ioniq 5 Lite: RM 199,888 Ioniq 5 Plus: RM 229,888 Ioniq 5 Max: RM 259,888 All prices are inclusive SST discount, valid until 30-June 2022. Beginning July, full sales tax will apply to the model, but the Ioniq 5's status as a fully-imported (CBU Korea) battery-EV means import and excise duties, as well as road tax will be

Toyota Thailand has expanded its GR Sport family to include the Fortuner with the launch of the new 2021 Toyota Fortuner GR Sport. The new Fortuner GR Sport will be positioned as the new range-topping variant, superseding the Fortuner Legender 2.8. The new Toyota Fortuner GR Sport is the third model in Toyota Thailand’s range to receive the GR Sport branding. Other models in the GR family include the Toyota Hilux and Toyota Corolla Altis. Also Read: 2020 Toyota Corolla Altis GR Sport: all show b

Dual-clutch transmissions (DCTs) may be new to Proton, but such transmissions have been fitted to various German marques since the early 2000s. At the moment, only two Proton models are fitted with a DCT: the Proton X50 and the Proton X70. Naturally, for many folks who are upgrading from an older model, either the X50 and X70 is their first encounter with a DCT. It doesn’t help the fact that there are a lot of misinformation when it comes to driving a DCT-equipped car. If you are stuck in a traf

Sales of the Hyundai Sonata, once Korea’s most popular model, has been falling to dangerously low levels. The Hyundai Motor Group’s Asan plant, which makes the Sonata, is sitting idle for one week as inventories of the slow-selling Sonata are piling up at dealers. Production will only resume on Monday, 15th of March. Hyundai ended 2020 with 48,067 units of the Sonata sold, down 26.3 percent from the year before. Covid-19 was not an issue as Korea was one of the few major automotive market in the

It is no secret that Malaysia is known for having one of the world’s highest car prices, as elaborate in our earlier post. But how much more do Malaysians pay for a new car compared to other countries? Well, after doing some comparison, here’s what we found. For starters, let’s take the Toyota Hilux. To keep things consistent, we opted for the closest variant we can find from Australia. In Malaysia, the Hilux 2.8G costs RM 139,888, while Australians need to fork out RM 147,548. Keep in mind that

As the official vehicle sponsor of the Anugerah Bintang Popular Berita Harian 2019 (ABPBH), Edaran Tan Chong Motors is proud to present a brand new Nissan X-Trail Hybrid to winner Mira Filzah. The 26 year old Ipoh sweetheart Mira Filzah has been making waves in the Malaysian entertainment industry with roles in Eksperimen Cinta, Sweet Dreams and Sangkar. With huge projects under her belt, it was not a surprise that Mira garnered a total number of 6,320,463 votes to win the ABPBH ‘19. ETCM is pro