At the sidelines of the all-new D74A 2023 Perodua Axia media preview happening now (blue words are links to our first look, early impressions), the national carmaker divulged their plans for hybrid models, and the Axia will be quite a foundational piece of the puzzle. Speaking to the press, Perodua's CEO, Dato' Sri Zainal Abidin Ahmad shared that the latest Axia's Daihatsu New Global Architecture (DNGA) platform is capable of accepting a hybrid powertrain, though he stopped short of sharing furt

617 hp and 950 Nm of torque like a scaled down Mercedes-AMG EQS AMG Dynamic Plus kit bumps up power to 677 hp and 1,001 Nm Mercedes-Benz is all charged up for its electric revolution and it isn’t playing it safe with mundane grocery-getters as well. If this was a roulette table in Las Vegas, Stuttgart would be the one shouting “all in” with its AMG performance arm powering its electrification journey. The latest electrified rocketship from them? The AMG EQE. Fortunately, they’ve kept it rather e

For most car buyers in Malaysia, fuel consumption is one of the key factors in their buying decision, which is why we subject every car to the WapCar fuel consumption test. To date, we’ve tested well over 40 cars and you can check out the full Ratings list here. That list, however, includes cars of all types and segments. In this article, we’re narrowing the focus to cars that are priced under RM 100k. 5. Perodua Axia 1.0 AV, fuel consumption - 6.5-litre/100 km After driving for 113.3 km and ref

BMW is pushing ahead its ‘Power of Choice’ agenda as the next-generation BMW 5 Series and BMW X1 will feature an all-electric powertrain. Like the 2020 BMW iX3, BMW will offer four powertrain options for these next-gen models, including the BMW 7 Series: conventional petrol and diesel engines, both with 48-volt mild-hybrid technology, plus a plug-in hybrid and a pure-electric drivetrain. By the time these models arrive, BMW would have already rolled out the iNext electric SUV, i4 electric sedan

It doesn’t matter how good recent Volvo Cars are because few will pay Mercedes-Benz/BMW money for a Volvo, which until recently, sits just slightly above a Volkswagen. But within just one week, the Volvo brand is now on every chat group and every publication around the world debated Volvo Car’s 180 km/h speed limit. It got everyone talking about Volvo and the best thing was that Volvo didn’t spend a single cent on it and neither did they had to do any real work on their cars (engine management s

In conjunction with BMW Group Malaysia’s 60 Years Celebration of MINI, the company has announced that it will be adding a new variant to MINI Malaysia’s model line-up – the MINI Cooper S Convertible. Soft top cars don’t have a huge following here in tropical Malaysia so it’s not surprising that MINI Malaysia’s allocation is limited to just 20 units. Priced at RM 279,888, the MINI Convertible, in Cooper S tune, carries a RM 30,000 premium over a similarly equipped MINI Cooper S 3 Door. As it carr