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The 2020 Mazda 6 2.5L Skyactiv-G Sedan prefers taking the corners to going straight and that's where it shines best – especially with the G-Vectoring Control + keeping it glued to the road. The Jinba Ittai is strong in this one. ...

Driven: 2020 Toyota GR Yaris And 2020 Vios GR - More Than We Ever Hoped For

In perhaps one of the highlights for 2021, we get behind the wheel of the hot hatchback that everyone's been talking about for months: the 2020 Toyota GR Yaris. If you've come into driving age in the last decade or ...

Top 10 performance cars for under £40,000

Have you noticed that things are getting more expensive? Money doesn’t go quite as far as it used to these days, and so finding something that’s great value is a real victory. If you fancy a model on your driveway ...

Nissan Serena J Impul Premium Highway Star (Two-tone colour) - It's All In The Space

Nissan Serena J Impul Premium Highway Star (Two-tone colour) – good looking, spacious and affordable – is it the most complete toaster-on-wheels? The Nissan Serena (C27) has been around since 2018 and the variant that we have here has been ...

Review: Mazda 3 2.0 Liftback High Plus - A Hero’s Journey...Upmarket

The Mazda 3 2.0 Liftback High Plus pulls out (almost) all the stops to fit the premium mould. Is it enough? The Mazda 3, if nothing else, is a car with ambition. But it also has a lot of weight on ...

Review: 2020 Nissan Almera - Leaps And Bounds

The latest B-segment sedan is finally on the market, and it punches so far above its belt in so many ways. It's the Nissan Almera, and here's what we've learned. I will be the first to say that Nissan's local ...

Review: 2020 Toyota Camry 2.5V – Premium Perception, Sublime Execution

Perception is a powerful thing when buying a car and it begins almost as soon as you look at a car and in this case, we're looking at the 2020 Toyota Camry 2.5V. As if to say, the way a car’s ...

Top 10 Cars Exports Jan 2022 – Dzire, Creta, Swift, Brezza, Verna

Facelifted Creta 2022. Image – Autonetmagz. Maruti Suzuki had the most number of offerings in the list of top ten cars exported for January 2022 including Baleno, Dzire, Brezza, S-Presso and Swift India is turning out to be a ...

Review: Audi Q3 1.4 TFSI S-Tronic – Exclusivity VS Individuality, Can We Have Both?

We put the all-new 2020 Audi Q3 1.4L TFSI S-Tronic SUV through its paces Dare I say it; cars were more individual back in the day. Back then, vehicle development was more centralised. Yes, engines, electronics, and chassis components were ...

Honest Ownership Experience: The Delightful Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk5

The Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk5 ownership experience and why I love it so much. When the Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk5 first landed on Malaysian shores in 2005, it immediately became the IT car for petrolheads as well as petrolheads with ...

8 hours in a Volvo S90 T8 Inscription Plus

I spent approximately eight hours in a Volvo S90 T8 Inscription Plus and I'm considering moving to Sweden. First, some context: My brother who works in Penang was itching to come back home to Klang to visit the folks and ...

Level Up: We Tried to Convince Our Colleague to Buy the New Passat 2.0 TSI Elegance

Let’s face it – the D-segment is dying, no thanks to the rise of SUVs. With more buyers who are upgrading from B-segment and C-segment models ending up with SUVs simply because they offer better practicality than sedans that cost ...

Review: Perodua Aruz 1.5L AV – Big Bang For Small Bucks

For the past few days, I have been using a friend’s spare car while my own car undergoes some repairs. It is a bog-standard (AE92) Toyota Corolla with nearly 200k km on the odometer, and bucket loads of charm. I ...

Review: 2020 KIA Grand Carnival 11 Seater - Probably The Best People Carrier Around

Why look elsewhere, when the KIA Grand Carnival 11 Seater is the MPV that most families need. If home is where the heart is, it must mean that family is where the soul is. What eases your soul more than ...

2019 Subaru Forester – Quick Review

Over the last few days we’ve had the chance to sample the all-new Subaru Forester, and suffice to say the SUV is an impressive step up over its predecessor. For one, it sits on Subaru’s new global platform rather than ...

Review: Michelin Energy XM2+ Good When New, Still Good When Worn

Michelin recently introduced an updated version of its Energy XM2, dubbed the Energy XM2+. Right off the bat, the updated Energy XM2+ is visually identical to the older Energy XM2, down to the thread pattern. The only visual difference is ...

Review: Toyota C-HR – Drive It To Love It

“It’s overpriced lah.” That is the typical response we get whenever the Toyota C-HR is mentioned, be it a Facebook comment or someone you know. That’s true, in a way. An equivalent Honda HR-V costs nearly RM 30,000 less while the ...

Review: Volkswagen B8 Passat 2.0 TSI Highline – The Tables Have Turned

Only about six or seven years ago, the D-segment was the most heavily contended category in the Malaysian automotive landscape with close to 10 models comprising the Japanese, the Koreans, as well as the European models battling it out for a ...

Review: Honda HR-V Hybrid – A+ In All Areas Except One

With a relatively small domestic market that sells around 600,000 cars every year – nearly 50 percent of it going to Perodua and Proton, Malaysia is often left out in getting the newest models. Our bigger neighbours in Thailand and Indonesia ...

Review: G20 BMW 3 Series – Digital In Mind, Analogue In Soul

Six generations of past 3 Series models (seven if you include the 02 models) spanning four decades and never once has it dropped the ball – that’s the reputation that the development team working on the G20 had to keep in ...

Review: Living With MBUX In The All-New Mercedes-Benz A250

Last year, we had the opportunity to sample the all-new fourth generation A-Class in the beautiful town of Split, Croatia. The all-new A-Class certainly lives up to expectations during our time with the car. While the all-new A-Class was the ...

Quick Review: All-New Toyota Yaris – Welcome Back

After a 5-year hiatus, UMW Toyota Motor has re-introduced the Toyota Yaris back to the Malaysian market. Less than a week after its local debut, the company invited members of the media to sample the all-new Yaris. Specifications for the ...

Review: C257 Mercedes-Benz CLS 450 & CLS 53 – Six Appeal

2019 will be remembered as the year when Daimler fully embraced electrification. No longer reserved for low volume specials like an SLS AMG Electric or an EQ series concept car or even an AMG F1 car, electrification is now a ...

Review: W177 Mercedes-Benz A-Class - Change Is Constant

Change is constant in life. These famous words by Heraclitus have never been truer, as everything in life changes. The same can also be said for the automotive industry as a whole, which has witnessed changes over the century that ...

Review: New Mercedes-Benz C200 – Cruising With Higher Refinement

When the current Mercedes-Benz W205 C-Class was launched in 2014, many were impressed by its interior and a vast range of engine choices. As the C-Class is the best-selling product for the company, more attention and care was taken to ...

Review: All-New Toyota Vios 1.5G- The Best Vios Ever

The Toyota Vios entry-level sedan has found itself incredibly popular since its introduction back in 2003. In every new generation, there are some minor, yet insignificant, improvements in terms of features and performance. This all-new Toyota Vios has finally received the ...

Review: Renault Captur – The Little Renault That Could

If we look at the global car market lately, Renault has come up with a few really good looking vehicles. In fact, models like the new Megane and the Koleos are among the best looking in their respective classes. And thanks ...

Review: Volkswagen Beetle 1.2 TSI – The Charismatic Swansong Of An Icon

Do cars only become icons only after they die? It’s a question I’ve asked myself over and over. Especially in the case of the BMW E30 M3, yes it was a fast car, handled like a precision instrument and enjoyed ...

Review: Toyota Harrier 2.0T Luxury – Late To Market But Worth The Wait

Between 2010 and 2013, the world witnessed the ‘birth’ of three automotive marvels which went on to be known as the ‘Holy trinity of supercars’. Arguably the most sought-after cars in the world at that time, these machines which most ...

Review: Honda Civic Type R (FK8) – Don’t Judge A Car By Its Rear Wing

The mere mention of the Type R names evokes for better and for worse, a mixed feeling of both awe and doubt. Awe because the Type R is one of the last few remaining purist driver-only nameplates; three pedals, a ...

Review: MINI Cooper S 5-door (F55) – Fun, But Its Newer Siblings Are Better

Building on a strong following as well as global acceptance of MINI models since BMW reintroduced the brand in 2001, the MINI hatch has always been a three-door. Those who wanted a larger MINI model could opt for the Countryman or ...

Review: MINI Cooper Countryman (F60) – When You Want A MINI, But You Need A Maxi

We live in a time when many words have taken on new meanings. A wallpaper is now something for display screens instead of walls. A cloud refers to a method of data storage rather than condensed water vapour in the ...

Review: Renault Koleos 2.5L 4WD – Second Time Lucky

Popular American chef, writer, and television personality Giada Pamela De Laurentiis, who hosts the Food Network’s ‘Giada at Home’ program, once said that we eat with our eyes first, hence why it is very important for a dish to look ...

Quick Review: All-New 2018 Nissan Serena S-Hybrid (C27) - Major Leap Forward In All Aspects

The Nissan Serena has quite a long history in Malaysia. In fact, the multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) can trace its roots to the ever popular, ever-reliable C22 Nissan Vanette. The Serena nameplate started with the C23 commercial van-based chassis (engine compartment ...

Review: Ferrari 488 GTB – A Lexicon Of Driving Excellence

In the future, way in the future… say 25 years from now, cars will drive themselves. It’s futile to think that any other reality will prevail. The business case is solid – with cars driving themselves and constantly being on ...

Review: Mercedes-AMG GLC 43 SUV – Fast, Fun, Fits Five.

If you want something fast and you’ve got money to spend, you’re spoilt for choice. There are plenty of options out there, ranging from the light-on-its-feet Mazda MX-5, to the more track-focused Renault Megane RS. But beyond a certain amount ...

Review : 2017 Honda Jazz Sport Hybrid - The Hybrid System CR-Z Is Envious Of

This year marks ten years of Honda Malaysia popularizing the hybrid technology in Malaysia. Back in 2007, Honda Malaysia introduced the Civic Hybrid as a regular variant beside the petrol variants. Prior to that, there were small quantities of Civic ...

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