As the brand celebrates 100 years of building trucks, Chevrolet is expanding its midsize truck lineup with Colorado ZR2 Midnight Edition and Dusk Edition models. The 2018 Colorado ZR2 Midnight Edition features an all-black exterior finish, black Chevy bowtie emblems and 17-inch five-spoke black accessory wheels, including the spare. The ZR2 Midnight also features a […]
Mercedes-Benz has traditionally taken the lead in new safety and assistance systems, and in improving the driver-friendliness of commercial vehicles. The same applies to networking and automated driving. Know-how accumulated over decades is the basis for developments such as the Highway Pilot and Highway Pilot Connect, on the road to automated driving. The Future Truck […]
Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) announces the launch of the “Sora1,” a Toyota fuel cell bus (FC bus) concept. Toyota plans to launch sales of a commercial model based on the concept vehicle in 2018 and expects to introduce over 100 Sora, mainly within the Tokyo metropolitan area, ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic […]
Hino Team Sugawara has announced that it will be entering two HINO500 Series trucks in the trucks category in Dakar Rally 2018 which will be held from Jan. 6 thru 20, 2018 in Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina. Having been participating in the race for more than quarter of a century since becoming the first Japanese […]
Customer satisfaction with their new-vehicle sales experience has increased in Malaysia, as shoppers are conducting more preliminary research across a greater variety of sources in advance to find the best deal in the market, according to the J.D. Power Asia Pacific 2017 Malaysia Sales Satisfaction Index (SSI) Study, SM released recently. More than 3 in […]
FCA has also been reducing production of the Fiat 500X and Jeep Renegade subcompact SUVs at its factory in Melfi, southern Italy. Despite higher demand in Europe for subcompact SUVs in Europe, 500X and Renegade sales have fallen in the region as more competitors enter the segment. Workers at the plant have been temporarily laid […]
Imagine, a 2-liter turbo, 300PS Plug-In Hybrid Range Rover Sport for below RM490,000! This could be the luxury SUV many affluent Malaysians have been waiting for. Road tax below RM780.00 under company registration and below RM390.00 for private ownership. A reduced tax incentive from the government just like with the BMW X5 Plug-In Hybrid and […]
A recent article from the Cleantech Group examines some of the electric models now on the market or in testing from companies such as Daimler, Navistar, and Volkswagen. Literally, dozens of startup companies are pursuing the commercial electric vehicle market. Most of them are targeting the lower-hanging fruit: light- and medium-duty urban delivery trucks. For […]
Sheer exhilaration and jubilation was what 60 participants of Ford Ranger Owner’s Club (FROC) Borneo Region felt when they completed the first 4×4 expedition by land to a place called Ulu Engkuah, located in the District of Song, Kapit, Sarawak. Organised by Ford Ranger Owner’s Club (FROC) Borneo Region and supported by Sime Darby Auto […]
To mark the discontinuation of the Mercedes-AMG G 65 AMG is offering an exclusive Final Edition, limited to just 65 examples worldwide. The particularly expressive Final Edition reflects the successful story of the world’s most powerful series production off-roader. More than a third of all G‑Class vehicles sold worldwide originate from AMG. The G 65 Final Edition […]
