Since the Renault Koleos arrived in our shores in October last year, the mid-size SUV has been up against a long list of stiff competition, which includes the Mazda CX-5, Nissan X-Trail, Hyundai Santa Fe, Kia Sorento, Peugeot 5008, Mitsubishi Outlander and more recently all-new Honda CR-V. The latter is probably Koleos’ biggest rival as it now comes with a full suite of class-leading …

It has been more than 4 months since the new Honda City was launched locally, and in that time, apart from receiving an unprecedented and record-breaking 10,000 bookings in just its first month, the car that offers “C-segment features at a B-segment price” has proven to be a virtually unbeatable proposition in the latter motoring class. But why is that so? …

It’s time to put aside the inherent negative perceptions that have plagued our first national carmaker, and take a step forward… Let’s think of the new Persona as a ‘fresh start’ for Proton, shall we? If you think you can do that, then read on, but if you can’t and will continue to be a hater no matter what, well …

It’s been a long time coming. For a while now I’ve been hankering for another Mercedes-Benz W126, and even featured my ‘hunt’ for number 5 some time ago. Having scoured the online classifieds like Carlist.my and Mudah.my, it was proving fruitless. Till I took my own advice… In Part 1 of this hunt, I chronicled the difference between buying a …

  This is not going to be easy, because it doesn’t happen very often that a mind-set can be so easily and definitively changed with the advent of just one new model, but it did. And it happened. Recently. To me. I’ll have to get back to that later, because I still have no idea how to word it, yet. …

There’s no denying the fact that ever since the glory days of Ford passenger cars – circa early 90’s – there has been a dearth of run-of-the-mill passenger cars available locally from the Blue Oval, that would cause the hairs on the back of your neck to come to attention. Sure there were the smatterings of ST’s and RS’s that …

Four Malaysian teams – two from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Shah Alam; as well as one each from Universiti Malaya (UM) and Monash University Malaysia – did the country proud, sweeping the top awards for their categories at the recently concluded Shell Eco-Marathon Asia 2016 in Manila, Philippines. This year, Team UiTM Eco-Sprint from UiTM Shah Alam Malaysia scored a …

SUVs are booming in the automotive market due to their overall practicality and affordability but the latest trend when shopping for an SUV is that buyers are eyeing for compact SUVs rather than a bigger size SUVs. Because let’s face it, whether you’re focused on efficiency, practicality, roominess or affordability, a small SUV is designed to perform similar to a larger SUV …

Shock and awe. Yup, that pretty much sums up the collective reactions of the assembled media when Volvo Car Malaysia unveiled the all-new XC90 to us on December 3rd 2015. But first a bit of back-peddling is needed. The Volvo brand in Malaysia spans decades, and maybe that’s the reason why the brand has always been regarded as ‘the car …

Proton announced some time back that they were developing a whole family of engines with Ricardo for upcoming vehicles. Six engines are in the works, with several more in the pipelines. But does Proton really need to develop their own engines? Let’s find out. 

As we welcome the new year, one thing is for sure, the arrival of new cars. Well, some new cars are merely facelifts, while others are a whole new model. Let’s take a closer look of what we can look forward to, shall we?

Somewhere hidden in Porsche’s headquarters in Stuttgart, we believe this iconic car manufacturer possesses a crystal ball that predicts the future. After all, Porsche was one of the earliest sports car marques to offer a SUV, one that certainly divided opinions. 

Now in its 44th Edition, the Tokyo Motorshow is regarded as one of the most highly-anticipated car shows in the region, if not the world. As with every iteration over the years, the show simply keeps getting better and better, and this year, Autofreaks was fortunate enough to score not one, but two invites to TMS!

It was not long ago that Autofreaks first viewed the all-new Honda BR-V, which was showcased at the Gaikindo Indonesia International Motorshow 2015, and while it looked impressively shiny and resplendent on stage over there, as the proverb goes ‘the proof in the pudding is in the eating’ and thus, as part of Honda Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.’s media programme to …