The Tesla Model Y is living up to its reputation as the big disruptor. At RM 199,000, Tesla is giving you an electric SUV with sports cars territory performance, for less money than a 3-cylinder BMW 218i. We are talking 347 PS and 420 Nm, sub-7 seconds 0-100 km/h. But performance is just one part of the appeal. Tesla's software integration is easily 5 years ahead of anyone else. Unlike other EVs, Tesla's Supercharger charging network is integrated into the car's navigation, so you don't even nee

Late last month, Japan’s MLIT (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism) announced that starting July 2022, all new cars sold must be fitted with an Event Data Recorder, or EDR in short. It is the automotive equivalent to an aircraft's black box. This rule applies to passenger cars with a seating capacity of less than 10 and commercial vehicles with a gross vehicle weight of less than 3.5 tonnes. What’s an EDR? Similar to an airplane's blackbox but not as sophisticated, the EDR is

Despite the Proton Saga taking the title of Malaysia’s best-selling car over the Perodua Myvi in April, Perodua still managed to sell more cars in total compared to Proton with 20,399 units sold. By comparison, Proton sold 15,017 units in the same month. Out of that figure, the Perodua Ativa made up over 22% of total sales with 4,624 units sold in April. That’s higher than the 4,345 units recorded in March, which easily makes the Ativa Malaysia’s best-selling SUV for the second month in a row. A

Just like the all-new Honda Jazz (which Malaysia is missing out), Singapore is set to be the first market in ASEAN to get the all-new 2021 Toyota Yaris Cross this week. Borneo Motors, the official distributor of Toyota vehicles on the island, has set up an inquiry page on its website. The Yaris Cross will be unveiled virtually via Facebook on Thursday, 14-January 2021 at 8.30 pm. It is still unclear what are the variants on offer for the Singaporean-spec Yaris Cross. In Japan, the Yaris Cross is

It feels quite a bit like the Thanos snap from Infinity War, doesn’t it? In one snap - in this case the Proton X50’s preview - hundreds of spyshots showing off the X50 decked in camouflage over months were abruptly replaced with the real thing instead. We’re sure you remember, since there had to be at least one or two reports of spied X50’s everyday for months on end. What gives? What was happening? And why are there still camouflaged X50s? 1.9 million km and 75,000 hours Some might say that the

Called the Icon, the second B-Segment Modular Architecture-based (BMA) SUV from Geely has been unveiled. The BMA platform also underpins the Geely Binyue, which is likely to be the Proton X50. The Icon’s exterior design takes a different route from previous Geely SUV models towards a more squarish approach. Though some features like the clamshell bonnet and roofline bears a resemblance to the Range Rover Evoque. Geely’s styling identity, the expanding cosmos can be seen on the grille and from th