These photos have been circulating on social media, and it leaves very little to the imagination… In what apparently became a “death before giving-way” situation, the result is what you can see here. If I were to hazard a guess (duh), I’d say one of those guys up there tried to squeeze in ahead of the other at the Smart …

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? …

First-off, I need to set the record straight. Nobody needs the new Infiniti Q60 Sports Coupe. Nobody. No one. It belongs in the automotive realm reserved purely for wants and not needs. This is not a car one buys for the daily grind – although technically speaking it’s more than up for the task – nay, this car was born …

Let’s be real here, driving an MPV like the Kia Grand Carnival means that you are a family guy with a large family to haul and regardless of what the advertisement says, it’s not as glamorous or as trendy as driving an SUV. However, there are several reasons why we think the Kia Grand Carnival is a compelling choice for a …

Kawasaki Motors Malaysia, one of the busiest bike importers in the country,  has just made the biking scene here a whole lot more interesting with the simultaneous launch of not one, but two brand new bikes into the local bike market, and they are as diverse as they come… One of the bikes they launched is a brand new contender in a …

Right. So it’s another one of those ‘small-engine with a huge hunka-dunka amount of power’ type deals again. They’re out to get me folks, I swear… I’d just gotten over the my misplaced loathsome abhorrence for the amazing little pocket-rocket VW Vento 1.2 a couple of test-drives ago, when ‘lo and behold, along comes the new Tiguan. Does it have a 5.0-litre …

It was an audacious plan to begin with. Having tired of waiting around for the official media ride, a bunch of us decided to draw straws and take matters into our own hands. The winner would be responsible for organising a media ride for a small selected bunch of motorheads, and guess who just happened to be one of them? It wasn’t …

Wait, hang on… Active Cruise Control? As usual, I’d not bothered to read the brochure upon collecting the new Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid for review, so yeah, when the car began to slow down all by itself as it approached traffic on the highway, and sped-up when it cleared while I had the cruise control on, I was quite taken aback, because I’ve …

It came as no surprise when we received the news here at AF, that Honda Malaysia Sdn Bhd (HMSB) had achieved their 6-month sales target for the new BR-V in a mere three weeks after its local launch. In fact, we’d even hinted to its impending success in a previous article in late 2015. At the time of writing this …

When you think of Mercedes-Benz’s performance brand, AMG, what comes to mind are images of throaty V8 engines found in big, powerful car that create raucous exhaust notes and smoke the tyres as you exit corners. While big and powerful engines found in the C63 S Coupé for instance, could possibly cost an arm and a leg – not to …

More than often, the wiper blades on your car are often ignored. Over time, wiper blades can harden and crack, subsequently reducing its usefulness. Only when rain starts pouring would one actually start to appreciate their wipers, as it is a natural instinct to turn on the wipers. If the wipers are aged, chances are wiping performance will be bad, …

“This is big. Real big. A little too big.” Those words were continuously playing in my mind the moment I got behind the wheel of the all-new 2017 Mazda CX-9. How big? Well, the Mazda CX-9 is marginally larger than the Audi Q7. No, really.. For its second iteration, Mazda has reworked the CX-9 from the ground up, plus the …

It was almost two years ago, when I first acquainted myself with the Suzuki Ertiga at the Bangkok International Motor Show. After the show, the Ertiga made it into the list of cars that we may not see here. How wrong could I have been. Three months later, Proton signed the all-important MoU with Suzuki, opening the doors to Suzuki’s …

Hyundai is serious about making good cars. The South Korean company recently unveiled three variants of the Ioniq globally, an EV, PHEV and a regular hybrid. For the Malaysian market, we get the latter. Photos of the new Hyundai Ioniq were leaked online a month before the model was officially launched, which featured typical hybrid styling that improves overall aerodynamics, …

It has been about five months since I finally found and bought another Mercedes-Benz W126, having chronicled the original hunt in Part 1, and the subsequent procurement and initial restoration of the mechanicals and paint in Part 2, it was time to have a look at the interior… In not so many words, despite the mechanicals of the car being …