Author: Jonathan Lee

The trouble with building your brand around a strict set of values is there will inevitably come a time where you will have to compromise on those principles. Take Lotus, for example – the company that built the featherweight Seven and Elise, designed around Colin Chapman’s maxim of “simplify and […]

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Ever the industrious renderer, Photoshop wizard Theophilus Chin has been at work again – this time dreaming up the forthcoming second-generation Perodua Bezza. In his own words, he has rendered the car several times, most recently last July using the latest Axia as a base. This latest effort hasn’t brought […]

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Did you see this yesterday? A brand new Tesla Model 3 Highland was involved in an accident in Taman Bukit Serdang, demolishing a concrete block wall that sealed off a housing area – a very […]

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The Toyota Corolla Cross is pretty popular in these parts, so any update is going to make us sit up and notice. Which is just as well, because the facelifted version of the SUV will […]

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It was another record year for the Malaysian automotive industry, with sales reaching an astounding 799,731 vehicles in 2023. That’s a massive 11% increase over the previous year, so there are bound to be some […]

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Well, it’s official – seven-time Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton will be donning red in 2025 in a sensational move from Mercedes-AMG Petronas to Scuderia Ferrari, one that he says was “one of the […]

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In what will surely go down as the move of the decade, seven-time Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton has reportedly agreed to make a shock switch from Mercedes-AMG Petronas to Scuderia Ferrari for the 2025 […]

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Aside from the GS3 Emzoom and Aion Y Plus, Warisan Tan Chong Automotif (WTCA) has also previewed the GAC Emkoo in Malaysia today. The Chinese carmaker’s latest C-segment SUV will enter the market later this […]

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It seems like BMW isn’t able to put a foot wrong, despite churning out a slew of controversial designs and ever more complicated iDrive systems. Munich ended the year at the top of the premium […]

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