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Following the Beijing Motor Show premiere of the smart Concept #5, the Chinese ministry of industry and information technology (MIIT) has leaked homologation filing images of the production version of the #5, along with details […]

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Honda Motor Company (Honda) and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) has announced plans for a 50:50 joint venture company, Altna, which will be established next month. Altna is to be headquartered in Chiyoda City, Tokyo with two […]

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The D74A Perodua Axia has won the Malaysia Good Design Award for Public Areas and Transportation Products, recognising the national carmaker’s most compact hatchback for its design. Launched in February 2023, the second-generation Axia replaced […]

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The Malaysian Institute of Economic Research (MIER) anticipates a “mild adjustment” in RON95 subsidy and therefore, the fuel’s retail price in Malaysia, and it expects the price adjustment to be carried out in July or […]

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A total of 198,046 public transport and goods vehicles of 59,940 companies have been approved for the Diesel Subsidy Control System (SKDS) as of Wednesday, June 12, reported The Star. “With SKDS 1.0 covering 10 […]

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The ministry of domestic trade and cost of living (KPDN) has announced that it has set up a WhatsApp hotline at 012-6654292 to field complaints from the public regarding pricing and supply issues related to […]

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The G87-generation BMW M2 has been updated, a little under two years since the junior rear-wheel-drive M division product made its debut in October 2022. Powertrain for the G87 M2 continues to be the S58 […]

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At today’s unveiling of Proton’s EV brand and logo, the national carmaker announced that it is developing its Global Modular Architecture or GMA. This architecture will form the basis of five new models from the brand including internal combustion, plug-in hybrid and battery-electric models, said Proton CEO Li Chunrong. According […]

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It is Wednesday, which means it is once again time for the weekly fuel price update, following the finance ministry’s announcement of the retail prices of fuels for the coming week of June 13 to […]

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Travelling by bus is set to become more expensive following the exclusion of express bus and tour bus services from the targeted diesel subsidy programme that took effect from this week on June 10, reported […]

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