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Tak jadi bawa Grab, KBS serius bantu 'Flying Sikh' kembali berlumba di APRC tahun depan

Harapan untuk melihat legenda rali negara, Karamjit Singh kembali berlumba makin cerah apabila pertemuannya bersama Menteri Belia dan Sukan, Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican, semalam menghasilkan keputusan positif. Kisah bekas juara Kejuaraan Rali Dunia (WRC) itu yang dilaporkan terpaksa menjual kereta miliknya dan ingin bekerja sebagai pemandu Grab bagi meneruskan kelangsungan hidup mendapat perhatian hangat media, baru-baru ini. Dalam pertemuan berkenaan di Parlimen, Reezal dikatakan se

KhairilKhairil

Dec 11, 2020

Truck driver who sideswiped another car gets rewarded with free plane tickets for honesty

They say “honesty is the best policy” and it couldn’t be truer when it comes to this incident in Singapore where a truck driver was rewarded for owing up to side-swiping another person’s car. Not only was he rewarded with plane tickets to bring his family over, but many other chain brands also joined in with dishing out rewards. The note says: Driver Wang Yao Wen, I've accidentally hit your car. I'm so sorry, this is my contact number According to AsiaOne, the truck driver is believed to be of C

JerricaJerrica

Nov 6, 2020

Ribut di Cheras, 'rider' Grab Food maut dihempap pokok tumbang

Malang tidak berbau. Berikutan hujan lebat berserta ribut yang melanda Kuala Lumpur petang semalam, seorang penunggang Grab Food maut selepas dihempap pokok tumbang di Cheras. Lokasi kejadian malang itu berlaku adalah berhampiran sebuah stesen minyak di Taman Len Seng. Terdahulu, tular gambar dan video mengenai kejadian berkenaan di laman sosial. Memetik laporan media tempatan, mangsa adalah lelaki berusia 20 tahun. Sejurus insiden berkenaan, mangsa kemudian diangkat oleh orang ramai yang berada

KhairilKhairil

Apr 16, 2021

Audi A6 driver fell asleep at the wheel before the car plunged into river

This morning a team of 18 officials from the Seremban Fire and Rescue Department were called to Sungai Linggi, Seremban after witnesses spotted a car in the water. After conducting a brief investigation, Seremban Fire and Rescue Department Commander Mohammad Idris reported that though the engine of the Audi A6 was still on, the driver had managed to escape the car before it plunged into the river. Officials were able to track down the driver after the car was found and discovered that the victim

JerricaJerrica

Sep 15, 2020

Grab Food rider dies after hitting pothole near Ikea Damansara

Yet another pothole-related death has been reported just a day after the fatal accident of a 75-year-old man. The most recent case involved a Grab Food delivery rider who fell off his motorcycle after hitting a pothole in Mutiara Damansara. The accident happened at 1.15 pm on 4 January 2021. The aftermath was even recorded in a video where fellow riders were seen trying to help the unmoving motorcyclist by the side of the road. Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Nik Ezanee Mohd Faisal told The Star th

JerricaJerrica

Jan 5, 2021

PDRM arrests Alza driver who assaulted Honda S660 driver until he lost 7 teeth

The Perodua Alza driver who beat up a Honda S660 driver with a metal pipe has been arrested in Kota Kinabalu at around 2 pm yesterday (March 31). Previously, it was reported that a fight between the Alza driver and the 21-year-old S660 driver ensued at a traffic light in Jalan Kolam, Kota Kinabalu where the victim reprimanded the suspect for not using his turn signals. Also read: KK JDM fans, a Honda S660 owner lost 7 teeth after assault by Alza driver As a result, the victim found himself missi

JerricaJerrica

Apr 1, 2021

How to survive a car crash? Don't be stupid with your seatbelts

Have you ever come across kids jumping at the backseat of a car, while you’re stopped at a red light? This is one of my biggest driving pet peeves, people not wearing seatbelts whilst travelling in their cars. We have seen countless times, crashes on the road that have resulted in people getting flung out of their cars. Why? Plain and simple, they weren’t wearing their seatbelts. How can something so intrinsically simple to do become such a widely-ignored habit? Sadly, it’s down to both ignoranc

JasonJason

Jul 11, 2020

Honda Malaysia Collaborating With Astro Radio, Tealive, And Unifi For 9-Car Giveaway

Multiple ways to take part and win Download the Syok app, or take a selfie with a Tealive drink First winner announced, will drive home a Civic 1.5L Honda Malaysia has announced that they will be collaborating with Astro Radio, Tealive, and Unifi on Honda Malaysia’s ‘Road To 900,000th Unit Milestone’ campaign. The ‘Road To 900,000th Unit Milestone’ campaign will see lucky Malaysians driving home 9 Honda models. 3 models will be given away to participants in contests organized by Astro Radio, Tea

JackJack

Aug 16, 2019

Wapcar Morning Insiders (Oct. 4, 2019)

Today is Friday, October. 4 Local News Proton's Saga returns to the top of A-segment sedan sales chart Proton is proud to announce that the brand has reached a new milestone in terms of sales breaking the record held in 2018. Proton achieved the highest market at percentage 20.2% (estimated) with 8,934 units (both domestic and export sales) registered in September 2019, that is a growth rate of 97% compared to 2018 of the same month. MyCC to fine Grab RM86 million over abusive practices The Mala

TasiaTasia

Oct 4, 2019

GrabCar Premium vehicles in Malaysia to get Nanoe air purifier

Soon GrabCar Premium rides will offer premium riders with cleaner air thanks to Grab Holdings Inc’s new collaboration with Panasonic Corporation. The new partnership will see the installation of Panasonic’s Nanoe X Generator in 5,500 vehicles registered under GrabCar Premium across 5 cities, including Kuala Lumpur. The partnership is part of Panasonic’s continuous campaign to promote the importance of quality air in the South East Asian region. Installing the air purifier in Grab cars will allow

JerricaJerrica

Jan 18, 2021

Attention Grab drivers, Proton wants you to buy their cars, RM 500 petrol voucher included

As more Malaysians turn to the e-hailing industry as a source of supplementary income, the need for efficient, comfortable and reliable cars to perform such duties has increased. In a move to promote the use of their vehicles within the industry, Proton has unveiled an offer to incentivise car buyers. Buyers who purchase a new Proton Persona, Iriz, Exora, Saga or Proton X70 from authorized Proton sales outlets, will now be rewarded with a Petronas fuel gift card worth RM500 or, if they prefer, a

HansHans

May 11, 2020

Advanced Driver Assistance Systems ADAS, more harm than good?

In my line of work as an advanced driving instructor, I have had the opportunity to sample and demonstrate Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) for many brands. Having had a taste of these systems, I am glad that more and more carmakers are taking the effort to constantly improve road safety and increase driver comfort in their product offerings. ADAS features such as Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) is immensely useful in avoiding or mitigating a collision if the driver fails to do so (f

JasonJason

Jul 16, 2020

Police arrests Perodua Myvi driver for crashing into a roadblock

The Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) has arrested a Perodua Myvi driver for crashing into a roadblock operation in Old Klang Road on Sunday evening. Sinar Harian reports that nobody was hurt during the incident as the car only hit the roadblock sign informing drivers to slow down for inspection. Brickfields district police chief Assistant Commissioner Anuar Omar told reporters that the driver, a 40-year-old man, admitted that he was using his handphone while driving at the time of the incident and

JerricaJerrica

Jan 18, 2021

Elderly driver fined for driving in motorcycle lane

The Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) has confirmed they have issued a fine to the driver of a Mercedes-Benz caught on video driving on the motorcycle lane. The incident first came to PDRM’s attention when the video of the car on the motorcycle lane went viral. Kajang district police chief, Asst Comm Mohd. Zaid Hassan told Kosmo the incident happened at 10.55 am involved a 78-year-old senior citizen. The driver was on his way to Kuala Lumpur from Balakong when he caught on camera cruising in the mot

JerricaJerrica

Mar 22, 2021

Myvi driver from viral van crash released from custody

On Monday, videos of a horrifying crash between a Perodua Myvi and a van started circulating on social media. There were also plenty of videos showing the Myvi driver sprinting away from the scene before he was caught by witnesses and handed to the police. After the initial investigation, the driver has now been released on police bail. Selangor Traffic Investigative Unit Chief Superintendent Azman Shari’at told Harian Metro that the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) have handed over samples of the

JerricaJerrica

Feb 25, 2021

Rampaging Volvo XC60 driver tested positive for drugs!

Over the weekend, a video of a Volvo XC60 trying to continue driving after a head-on collision with a Perodua Myvi went viral. According to a Harian Metro article following the incident, the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) have confirmed that the XC60 driver has been tested positive for drugs. Based on the captions of the original uploader, the incident happened along Old Klang Road around 6.30 pm on 4/9/2020. The uploader reported in his captions that there was a strong smell of alcohol wafting o

JerricaJerrica

Sep 7, 2020

Elderly Proton Iriz driver crashes into market stall, injuring 3 pedestrians

Three elderly pedestrians were injured during an incident in Ipoh where an 82-year-old driver drove into a stall at a morning market. It was believed that the driver was trying to avoid a motorcyclist before losing control of his car. Ipoh district deputy police chief, Supt Mohamed Nordin Abdullah, told Harian Metro that the driver had received a shock from a motorcyclist when he was entering a lane before losing control of his Proton Iriz when trying to avoid the motorcyclist. Also read: Anothe

JerricaJerrica

Apr 5, 2021

Myvi driver high on drugs kills Navy officer in Johor

Over the weekend dashcam footage of a horrifying high-speed accident between a Perodua Myvi and a Honda Accord went viral across various social media platforms. The Myvi driver, who the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) have confirmed was high on drugs at that time, has since been arrested. According to a report by Harian Metro, the driver of the Honda Accord is Mohd Rizal Buseri, a 31-year-old Royal Malaysian Navy (RMN) officer, died at the scene. When authorities arrived, he was found still trappe

JerricaJerrica

Oct 12, 2020

Karamjit Singh will make flying return to rallying with new sponsorship

Rally racer Karamjit Singh will make his long-awaited return to the sport in the National Rally Championship in Sepang on June 26-27. This will be The Flying Sikh’s first race in more than 3 years. The championship was originally slotted to kick off on April 23-27 but due to the various stages of Movement Control Order (MCO) in place, the organisers have decided to push the first round back to June. As such, the 4-round season will end in November 2021. Karamjit Singh will be piloting his trusty

JerricaJerrica

Mar 29, 2021

KK JDM fans, a Honda S660 owner lost 7 teeth after assault by Alza driver

A Honda S660 owner found himself missing 7 teeth and sporting serious injuries to his head and arms after a fight with a Perodua Alza driver. Astro Awani reports that the 21-year-old had reprimanded the Alza driver for not using his turn signals before changing lanes when they were stopped at a traffic light in Jalan Kolam, Kota Kinabalu. During their altercation, the Alza driver started beating up the Honda S660 with a metal stick, breaking the Kei-car’s windscreen in the process, before turnin

JerricaJerrica

Mar 31, 2021

MAM steps up to help Karamjit Singh after Proton Waja sale went viral

Following the viral news that Malaysia’s rally champion, Karamjit Singh, aka The Flying Sikh, has had to sell his famous Proton Waja in favour of a new Proton Saga so he could start driving for Grab, the Motorsports Association Malaysia (MAM) has declared that they will be reaching out to him with help. In case you didn’t know, Grab regulations dictate that no cars above 10 years old can be used for Grab services. Karamjit Singh’s Waja, unfortunately, has passed the 10-year mark. According to th

JerricaJerrica

Dec 8, 2020

Slipper-y mistake for this Mazda driver, straight to pole position

Pedal misapplication is one of the scariest things that could go wrong when driving. Accidents caused by pedal misapplications fall under Sudden Unintended Acceleration (SUA). SUA could be due to multiple reasons like mechanical problems with the car or just human error. In this Mazda 3’s case, it looks to be purely human error. Based on the pictures, it looked like the driver’s slipper fell off his feet while driving, or there is a possibility that the driver had simply removed the slipper when

JerricaJerrica

Jun 11, 2020

Caught on camera: Malaysian driver makes a near miss from a Molotov cocktail

Being locked-up at home is beginning to get to some people, as is proof when this Malaysian driver posted a dashcam footage on Facebook of his near miss with a Molotov cocktail. On a Malaysian highway, no less! The driver was travelling along the Cheras-Kajang Highway when someone decided to hurl the cocktail at his car just as he was passing an overhead bridge. The video footage shows that after missing its target, the Molotov cocktail was seen landing on the road and bursting into flames. A Mo

JerricaJerrica

May 14, 2020

10th anniversary of Hiromu Naruse's death; Japan's Master Test Driver

The Relentless Pursuit of Perfection. For a period of time, that was the Lexus motto. It embodied the brand’s obsession with attention to detail. This was one of the cornerstones which Lexus built their cars upon. And at the very zenith of this obsession was the LFA, still Lexus’ one and only forage into supercardom. But what a forage. One that wouldn’t have been possible if not for Hiromu Naruse. If Lexus’ ‘relentless pursuit of perfection’ was distilled into human form, Hiromu Naruse would be

JasonJason

Jun 23, 2020

The Malaysian link behind Hyundai’s decision to build this sexy EV in Singapore

Earlier this month, Hyundai started construction of a RM 1.22 billion, 30,000 electric vehicles a year plant in Jurong, Singapore. When completed in 2022, the Hyundai Mobility Global Innovation Center (HMGICs) will be the Hyundai Motor Group’s (which also include Kia) regional hub for electric vehicle (EVs) production and development. Out of the 30,000 EVs to be build there, about 5,000 to 6,000 units will be sold in Singapore, while the rest will be exported. The move comes as a surprise becaus

HansHans

Oct 18, 2020

Man breaks car window in attempt to remove evidence of sexual harassment

A 24-year-old woman’s quick response to a man sexually harassing her was to record a video as evidence. The man then proceeded to violently break her car window in an attempt to remove said evidence. According to a Facebook post, the victim had just parked her car outside of You Vista Condo, Cheras at 1.30 am when a suspicious motorcyclist approached her car and allegedly tried to flash his private parts at her. When she immediately whipped out her phone to record his actions, the man started ge

JerricaJerrica

Apr 7, 2021

Lalamove riders and drivers can earn up to RM 10k a month during MCO

Did you know that since the Movement Control Order (MCO) was implemented in March, Lalamove drivers and riders have been earning up to RM 10,000 a month? Workers for courier delivery services like Lalamove have experienced a massive spike in their incomes since the country went into lockdown and the trend seems to have continued even when we entered the Conditional MCO (CMCO). In May, a report surfaced that the number of unemployed Malaysians has spiked to 610,500 since March 2020. This accounts

JerricaJerrica

Dec 2, 2020

Owner Review: Finding my new daily driver - Proton Saga Premium 2019

** This article is the personal experience of a 2019 Proton Saga Premium owner and does not necessarily reflect the views of WapCar. Facebook: Shahrul Nizam Finding a New Daily Driver In March 2020, I was looking for a new daily driver to replace my ageing first car, the Honda Civic Ferio EK3 (M) which is having various mechanical problems. I’m not fancying for Honda City, Jazz or even Toyota Vios because of high monthly instalment rate over MYR500. This led me to only have 3 option the Perodua

Owner ReviewOwner Review

Aug 7, 2020

Wapcar Morning Insiders (Sep.3, 2019)

Today is Friday, Sep. 3. Here are Quick Grab-n-Go new car promotions, offers and upcoming events in Malaysia after Hari Merdeka you need to know! Ongoing Car Promotions, Offers and Events Proton 1 Tank Adventure 2019 PROTON'S 1 Tank Adventure is back in town and this year will be filled with many thrilling activities. Proton is looking for participants to explore Malaysia while using the least amount of fuel possible in the latest range of PROTON cars. Also, there is more than RM100,000* worth o

TasiaTasia

Sep 3, 2019

Shell Helix Power and Shell Helix Protect introduced, specially designed for different driving styles

Shell Malaysia has introduced two new Shell Helix engine oils – the Shell Helix Power and Shell Helix Protect. Shell aims to simplify engine oil buying. Customers can choose the right engine oil based on their driving style and needs. The new Shell Helix Power is designed to cater to highways and rugged terrain conditions that demand more power and acceleration. With performance-focused additives, the Shell Helix Power retails at RM 280 for a 4-litre pack. The Shell Helix Protect is specially de

ArifArif

Jul 15, 2020