Edaran Tan Chong Motor (ETCM) will soon be launching the facelifted Nissan X-Trail range and for this update, a hybrid variant will be added for the first time in the model’s history of over 15 years. The new X-Trail Hybrid’s powertrain uses a 2-litre petrol engine (144 ps/200 Nm) coupled […]
The new Lexus UX 250h compact crossover is the result of a 5-year development programme that involved hundreds of engineers and technicians and among the many advanced features is the new, fourth generation self-charging hybrid powertrain, each element of which benefits from innovations and improvements in design and performance. To […]
As one of the countries in the world where Honda has captured one of the highest market shares, Malaysia is high on the ‘radar’ of the Japanese carmaker. And to help maintain its leadership position (it’s the leading non-Malaysian brand) in the market, Honda provides models and technology which it […]
In all the 21 years and four generations that Subaru has been making the Forester, there has never been a hybrid powerplant and the company has only offered customers petrol or diesel versions of its Boxer engine. With the fifth generation, the Forester gets a hybrid variant – the Forester […]
Although IMPUL is associated with high-performance Nissan models, for the new Nissan Serena S-HYBRID J IMPUL added to the range today, Edaran Tan Chong Motor (ETCM) describes it as ‘a new luxury variant’ of the hybrid MPV. Features on this variant include chrome-plated J IMPUL front and rear lip spoilers […]
Owners of the Toyota Prius Hybrid purchased between 2009 and 2013 are requested to bring their cars to any authorised Toyota service centre in Malaysia for an update of the hybrid system’s control software. There is no technical explanation regarding this update but it must be important enough for UMW […]
If you have been paying attention, the production of electric vehicles is very much a thing with many German auto manufacturers these days. BMW has their iPerformance; Mercedes-Benz has their latest EQ; Audi’s upcoming e-tron models, and the upcoming Volkswagen I.D. range of electric vehicles will soon to be on […]
106 people have given huge sums of money to McLaren Automotive to reserve a unit of a hypercar that has been referred to only as ‘BP23’ in documents and discussions. Now the company has revealed its name: Speedtail. The world’s first Hyper-GT and McLaren’s next entrant to its Ultimate Series, […]
In 1967, to commemorate the 100th birthday of the founder of the Toyota Group, Sakichi Toyoda, the company unveiled a flagship model known as the Century. For its time, the Century was extremely luxurious and equipped with the best features and systems available in the late 1960s (eg automatic climate […]
The Nissan Serena is the bestselling midsize MPV in Japan and looks like it is also enjoying similar popularity in Malaysia with just the S-Hybrid version that is assembled locally. Officially launched last month, bookings for the model nationwide have passed the 2,500 mark, of which over 750 units have […]