2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the Volkswagen Golf and fittingly, the carmaker will be looking to introduce a facelifted version of its current Mk8, which could also be the last combustion-engined Golf before going fully electric, as confirmed by CEO Thomas Schäfer. Prototypes of the Golf Mk8.5 have been spotted testing around Europe but photos from what appears to be an official preview by Volkswagen depict the front end of the refreshed hatchback, posted on Autospy. Immediately, the more a

Base model acceptance is quite an odd thing. On one end, 50k of them like them enough to form a quirky Facebook group. Further down the gamut you have the hardcore kaki kecam who are frothing to give you an earful (eyeful?) if you so much as so dare to choose a lower-end German car. Perhaps no model's a touchier subject than the Mercedes-Benz A-Class, really. 2023 Mercedes-Benz A200 (V177) Price RM 229,888 Segment Subcompact Exec. Sedan Engine 1.33-litre M282 4-cyl turbo 163 PS @ 5,500 rpm 250 N

After 20 long years spread across two generations, the Volkswagen Passat has finally bowed out of Malaysia. The writing’s been on the wall for some time, actually. Globally, diminishing demand for sedans and the ever-increasing sales of SUVs meant that new car buyers are flocking to taller-riding SUVs instead of the traditional three-box sedan. Back in January 2022, Volkswagen announced that the sedan body style will be discontinued, leaving the wagon and Alltrack variants to carry on with the P

UPDATE for July 2023: For a limited time period, CARSOME is offering an additional 1+1 year warranty for selected units of Honda Jazz. Find out more here. ----------------------------- Having sampled the Honda City Hatchback recently – which no doubt is a superb product – we felt a lingering feeling, that though better, it has lost some of the charm of the preceding Honda Jazz (GK) delivered in spades. For one beyond, its cutesy looks, the GK Jazz was a giant killer in terms of space and packagi

Pre-facelift had a drivetrain as close to a Passat "GTI" as we'll get Overall one of the better handling cars in its segment Well specced across the range Traditionally the stronghold of the Japanese, the Volkswagen Passat B8 is often portrayed as the left-field choice in the executive D-segment but has the chops to not just give its eastern competition a run for their money, it can literally leave them trailing behind with its punchy performance and well-deserved continental comfort levels. Whi

** This article is the personal experience of a 2012 Honda Jazz Hybrid owner and does not necessarily reflect the views of WapCar Twitter: Suthesh Kumar Balbir Singh How it started One got to admit that the Honda Jazz is one interesting little hatchback. It looks small on the outside, quite nimble to drive and spacious in the inside. When it was first launched in 2001, the design of the car technically impacted on the outlook of most B-segment hatchbacks that came after it: while it is not somet