Hybrid cars are not new to Malaysians, seeing that they have been available in Malaysia for roughly 15 years with the introduction of the FD-generation Honda Civic Hybrid. And today, hybrids are even more popular, as manufacturers like Honda, Toyota, and Nissan all offer at least one hybrid model in their line-up here in Malaysia. More recently, Perodua has thrown their hat in the ring with the 2022 Perodua Ativa Hybrid. On one of the presentation slides that Perodua showed, the second national

Volvo Car Malaysia introduced its first dedicated body repair and paint service facilities through the launch of the Volvo Certified Damage Repair Centre (VCDR), and it's a service that's now available at Federal Auto Cars, Glenmarie. Nick Connor, Head of Volvo Cars APEC, was present with Charles Frump, Managing Director of Volvo Cars to officially launch VCDR. “We are very happy to be able to witness the milestones that Volvo Car Malaysia has achieved thus far,” said Nick Connor. “From the impl

A true successor to the Volvo 850 T5R Menacingly fast hybrid, classy and premium looking Bigger boot than XC60 but rear space still a drawback If there’s one thing the 2022 Volvo V60 T8 or any other modern wagon/estate stands for – it’s for being unique, and utterly cool – the equivalent of a hard-hitting disco funk band in a sea of conveyer belt K-Pop groups. But it’s been years since James Brown or Kool and the Gang made the Billboard charts. And the likes of BTS and Blackpink, in this case, u

Volvo Car Malaysia has just announced that it will be introducing the newly improved Recharge plug-in hybrid (PHEV) powertrain in their Recharge T8 models soon along with some price adjustments which will be announced on 1-May 2022. In Malaysia, the Recharge T8 PHEV models include the 60 Series (Volvo S60, Volvo V60, Volvo XC60) and the 90 Series (Volvo S90, Volvo XC90). Some highlights of the new Recharge PHEV powertrain include: A new long-range battery of 18.8 kWh from 11.6 kWh A new rear ele

All new Volvos (except some variants of the XC40) from model year 2023 to receive OTA updates Reaches 190k cars globally in this week's release Malaysian market included Volvo has announced that all new Volvo car models from 2023 onwards are available with over-the-air (OTA) software update capability. The OTA capability now comes to the Volvo XC90, Volvo S60 and Volvo V60, and follows the technology’s initial introduction on Volvo Cars’ fully electric cars. This means that the company’s full po

The Volvo V60 is coming to Malaysia and from the looks of it, the wagon will be launched here very soon. Based on Volvo Car Malaysia (VCM)’s website, the Volvo V60 Recharge T8 Inscription is priced at RM 286,909 (OTR without insurance and SST). As its nomenclature suggests, the Volvo V60 Recharge T8 Inscription comes with a turbocharged and supercharged 2.0-litre 4 cylinder paired with electric motors generating a combined output of 407 PS and 640 Nm of torque. 0-100 km/h sprint is rated at 4.6