Thousands of returning fans and spectators for the first time in two years since the Covid-19 pandemic, brought with them a tremendous amount of energy that helped to recharge the atmosphere at Round 2 of Season 5 for the Toyota Gazoo Racing Festival and Vios Challenge race series held at the Sepang International Circuit. Round 2 concluded with thousands of fans returning and reenergising the event. Sunday morning began with hundreds of participants - including families and children – on bicycle

Back in the 1930s, a Captain George Eyston decided that he wanted to set a new land speed record. So, he gathered a team of engineers to create the monstrosity known as the Thunderbolt and proceeded to set three land speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Weighing almost 6,400 kg, the Thunderbolt’s body was made from aluminium and had a blunt, heavyset profile topped with a large triangular tailfin. Commonly described as the ‘behemoth’ or ‘leviathan’, the Thunderbolt is twice the weight of

The last 10 years of Mercedes-Benz and BMW have been characterized by ever growing sales volume (and heavy discounting) as both marques vie for the title of the No.1 selling premium car brand. Now, it appears that both German brands want to call for a truce as they have finally realize that flooding the market with more cars, at the expense of profit margins, is not what a premium brand should be doing. Finance chiefs of both Mercedes-Benz and BMW have told the Financial Times that they intend t

Toyota authorized dealer Laser Motor’s outlet in Seksyen 19 Petaling Jaya has a quite a good reputation as a friendly neighbourhood dealer that PJ folks trust. For various reasons, this particular Toyota dealer sees an unusually high number of old Toyota cars being sent there for maintenance work, even if the cars are well past (sometimes decades past) their warranty period. It’s something that even the people at UMW Toyota Motor’s headquarters find difficult to explain (because only then can th

2020 has been quite the rollercoaster, hasn’t it? It was a quiet first half - no thanks to Covid-19 - and now we’re getting a barrage of cars we’ve been waiting for: the Nissan Almera and Honda City, among others. If you’re in the B-segment sedan market, you may have noticed a distinct lack of news on the Toyota Vios. Last we heard of it was during its refresh in the Philippines but it got completely eclipsed by the City and Almera after that. That was until recently, when UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT

Globally, the C-segment 10th generation Honda Civic is available in three body types – the coupe is only available in North America, while sedan and hatchback is available in all regions. The range topping (FK8) Civic Type R is only available as a hatchback. Closer to home, our neighbours Thailand and Indonesia can choose between a Civic Sedan or a Civic Hatchback, but not us. Our Civic Sedan is locally-assembled at Pegoh in Melaka while the Civic Type R is imported from the UK, at least until 2