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458 Spider revs into Malaysia.
Naza Italia, the exclusive importer of Ferrari cars in Malaysia, has introduced the world’s first mid-engine sports car with a retractable hardtop, the 458 Spider. More than just retaining the coupe’s 567hp 4.5-litre V8 engine and dual-clutch transmission combination, the 458 Spider also maintain much of the coupe’s immaculate lines and beautiful shape. Its performance [...]
JH Italia goes racing
Eminent Century, the official importer of Lamborghini cars in Malaysia, together with their sole dealer, JH Italia, announced their participation in the inaugural Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo Asia one-make race series with the launch of the Team Lamborghini Kuala Lumpur JH Italia race car. The racecar will be driven by Rizal Ashram Ramli, who has [...]
Volvo in search of truck drivers
Volvo Malaysia anounced last Wednesday that it was searching once again for the best Malaysian trucker to represent the country in the third Global Drivers Fuel Challenge in Australia. Volvo’s Fuelwatch Challenge will tests the drivers ability to achieve maximum fuel efficiency through vehicle optimisation and maintenance, performance monitoring, safety measures, driver behaviour and driving [...]
Entrepreneur wins a Nissan Teana
Normizah Omar of Johor Bahru celebrated her tenth anniversary in a business venture with a brand new RM141,015.30 Nissan Teana 2.0L Comfort, as she became the third winner of Edaran Tan Chong’s ‘Test Drive and Win’ Campaign. The 37-year old entrepreneur was looking for a new pickup truck for her fishing centre business and visited [...]
New Porsches hit local streets
Porsche’s new Boxsters and Panamera GTS made its local debut at the Sepang International Circuit, a launch that is in conjunction with the company’s motorsport week. The Boxster and Boxster S are priced at RM450, 000 and 550,000 respectively while the Panamera GTS it priced at RM1,050,000. *Stay tune for more updates
Peugeot 408 to be launched next week!
Nasim will be launching the new 408 C-segment sedan, more popularly known as the T73, next week. For now the only details Nasim is revealing of the 408 is that it will be available in two variants with an enhanced fuel-efficient engine that is said to produce ‘the most power in its segment’. The 408 [...]
Pekema tells Government and BNM to ease up
The Malay Vehicle Importers and Traders Association (Pekema) has called on the federal government or Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) to reconsider the new guidelines on hire purchase loans which it said has hampered sales of imported and locally assembled cars. Its president, Datuk Zainuddin Abdul Rahman, told reporters after the Sabah Pekema Dinner held in [...]
Ticking time-bomb: long trips vs kids
Small children and long distance road trips (or heck even short trips) is well known recipe for much parental grief. Unhappy with only qualitative data, Dutch GPS manufacturer Tom Tom flexed its statistical muscles to get at the quantitative by asking the simple question most parents dread: “How long will it take before my kids [...]
World’s first multi-purpose rescue vehicle made in Malaysia launched
LWK Automotive Green Technologies Sdn Bhd introduced the world’s first multi-purpose rescue vehicle (MRV) in Jalan Kapar, Klang last week. Invented by Dr Low Wai Koon, the MRV project – which was initiated with a government grant of RM2.2 million – took nine years to be completed with a production cost of RM600,000 per vehicle. [...]
Saturday Night Fever fashion and fun
Since its debut, Ignition.my’s Saturday Night Fever (SNF) race series has brought much value to the local motorsports scene – becoming popular among racers and enthusiast from all levels for the fast paced action and dramatic thrills. But if you for one moment think that the series is all about big engines and boys with [...]
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