Chery to launch CKD Tiggo 8 Pro and Omoda 5 by July 2023 Chery believes its products are superior to Japanese and Koreans Most pertinent question Malaysians want to know is – how long will Chery stay this time, and will its after-sales be better than Geely’s Proton? How do you tell if someone understands the inner workings of China’s automotive industry? It’s when they understand the Chinese lingo BBA, which is short for Benz, BMW, Audi – the hierarchy of the leading luxury brands in China. At l

Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (Geely Holding) has announced that it has acquired a shareholding in Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings (Aston Martin), representing 7.6 percent of the ordinary share capital of the ultra-luxury British performance brand. The amount of which Geely paid to acquire 7.6 percent share was not disclosed. Currently, Mercedes-Benz has 9.7 percent stake in Aston Martin and Mercedes still provides V8 engines to Aston Martin. Geely's Li Shufu owns nearly 10 percent stake in

For the better part of last month, yours truly was in the United States. Two things struck me when I was there; first is that everything there is just bigger – the people, food, cars, road, etc. – and secondly, did I mention everything is bigger? It makes a Toyota Corolla feel like a Vios and the Yaris is practically a Kei car over there, which I believe it’s a contributing factor to the Yaris’ discontinuation in the US. Then it clicked, why cars like the Honda CR-V and Mazda CX-5 are called ‘Co

Introduced at the Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show (GIIAS) 2021, the Honda SUV RS Concept is a Perodua Ativa rivalling concept car that Honda plans to take on the sub-4-metre category. The concept car went on display at the Honda Exhibition held at the Honda Bandung Centre last weekend. The concept car is a product of a collaboration between Honda R&D Asia Pacific Co. Ltd and the Honda team. It features a unique exterior design that makes one immediately think of the front fascia desig

The Toyota Land Cruiser 300 was unveiled recently and that has primed the Lexus LX for an all-new model because as you know, the LX is based on the Land Cruiser. A leak alleging that it’s the all-new 2022 Lexus LX has surfaced on the internet. From the images, it appears to feature all the contemporary Lexus design cues like the spindle grille and L-shaped LED graphics. Other details from the front are difficult to discern as the image is rather dark, akin to a teaser. From the rear, the Lexus l

Ahead of the 2020 Proton X50’s launch, Proton has organised a media test drive. During the event, En. Noor Hisham Ismail, Vehicle Chief Engineer, stated that the X50’s engines were subjected to 1.9 million km and 75,000 man hours of local road testing. Proton X50 The 1.5-litre engine is a product of CEVT, a joint venture of Geely and Volvo. And to paint a picture of how far 1.9 million km is, it is enough to circumnavigate the earth more than 40 times over. Also, the engine is currently being de