The RAAT Thailand Rally Championship kicked off the 2024 season at Chacheongsao Province over the weekend and Toyota Gazoo Racing Thailand (TGRT) fielded a Toyota Yaris Cross for this year’s competition. TGRT crossed the finish line on 7 April in 18th place overall out of 52 entries but took home first place in its category. The team entered the RC 2.1 category which is for turbocharged 2WD entries and was also the only team representing that category. Despite the ‘turbo’ in the category name, t

Mercedes-Benz Malaysia has launched the 2024 Mercedes-Maybach GLS 600 4Matic facelift, prices start from RM 1,918,888, on-the-road without insurance. Exterior wise, subtle changes include a revised front bumper with the Maybach logo on the lower intakes, while the rear features updated taillight graphics. Wheels are 23-inch forged items. There's also animated lighting projecting the Mercedes-Maybach emblem near the front and rear doors, alongside power closing doors. Powering the GLS 600 is a 4.

JD Power recently released its 2023 U.S. Vehicle Dependability Study (VDS), which showed that vehicle reliability has increased with an industry average of 186 problems per 100 (PP100) vehicles, an improvement of 6 PP100 from 2022. For context, a lower PP100 score is better. Even premium marques scored an improvement, lowering their score by 23 PP100. Vehicles from the 2020 model year were the focus of this study. Unsurprisingly, Lexus took the top spot of dependability in the premium brands seg

Volvo's first EV model First locally-assembled (CKD) EV in Malaysia Price to be announced on 4-April 2022 Volvo Car Malaysia has launched the all-electric (EV) Volvo XC40 Recharge Pure Electric. This marks the third EV launched in Malaysia within one week, following the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Mercedes-Benz EQA. The Volvo XC40 Recharge EV is locally-assembled (CKD) in the Shah Alam plant, making it the first CKD EV in Malaysia. While Volvo Car Malaysia calls this a launch, pricing and detailed speci

Following its official unveiling at the Shanghai Auto Show, the 2021 Geely Xingyue L is now officially on sale in China and it's priced very attractively. There are 4 variants of the Xingyue L available, and prices start from CNY 148k to CNY 188k which translates to RM 95k to 121k. This is the most expensive car in Geely’s lineup. Geely Model Pricing Price (CNY) Price (RM) Geely Boyue 89,800 – 106,800 58,000 – 69,000 Geely HaoYue 103,600 – 139,600 66,900 – 90,200 Geely Boyue Pro 116,800 – 146,80

BMW Malaysia has just unveiled the latest high-performance models to augment their Malaysian BMW M line-up, the M8, in Coupe and Gran Coupe flavours. The fully imported M8 models will set you back for a cool RM 1,452,960.88 for the Coupe and RM 1,455,145.25 for the Gran Coupe (both with SST discount, valid until 31 December 2020). These are on-the-road prices without insurance. Performance The M8 is powered by a 4.4-litre, twin-turbo V8 churning out 600 PS and 750 Nm. The power unit teams up wit