The Volvo V60 T5 has been awarded the “Best Performing Family Car” at the Allianz Asian Auto-VCA Industry Award 2012 held recently at The Saujana Kuala Lumpur. A total of 19 awards were given out this year, with Volvo competing against five other nominees.   The annual awards, which began in 2008, feature a panel of judges from the Asian ...

The Volkswagen Group is creating new capacities in China. Prof. Dr. Jochem Heizmann, Member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG, who is to be responsible for the new “China” Board of Management function, and Dr. Michael Macht, Member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG responsible for Group production, invested the new plant of Shanghai Volkswagen (SVW) ...

Mitsubishi Motors Malaysia announced that it has recently reached its 50,000th customer mark in Malaysia, in a record of seven years since the introduction of the company in 2005.   The 50,000th Mitsubishi owner in Malaysia is known as Erni Junaida Binti Mohd Roslan from Kuala Lumpur. The 31-year old Malaysian woman bought a brand new Mitsubishi ASX compact SUV ...

The coming 2012 Moscow Motor Show, Mazda will hold the world premiere of the all-new Mazda6 sedan, which is also known as Mazda Atenza in Japan. This model will be an all-new model which received a totally redesigned for the first time within 5 years cycle. The Moscow Motor Show begins August 29 and runs through to September 9, 2012. ...

Lotus cars took the wraps off their new Exige S sports car as they opened a flagship store in the heart of London’s West End. The state-of-the-art store, which is spread over 4,800 sq. feet of floor space in a landmark building that once housed the famous Café Royal, just a short distance from Piccadilly Circus.     The shop ...

Porsche Asia Pacific has just concluded the first half of the year with a positive upward sales trend, with total sales of 2,238 vehicles from January to June 2012. It is an increase of 11 percent compared to the same period last year.     Christer Ekberg, Managing Director of Porsche Asia Pacific, said that the positive result is mainly ...

Last week, the latest generation Mercedes-Benz B-Class and M-Class unveiled in Malaysia.     Mercedes-Benz B-Class   Substantially more agile and efficient while being comfortable and spacious as ever, the second generation B-Class offers an entirely new drive programme: a four-cylinder petrol engine with direct injection and turbocharging and a seven speed/gear and a new 7G- dual clutch automatic transmission ...

Honda Malaysia Sdn Bhd today announced that it would be producing hybrid vehicles locally. The announcement was made by Mr. Hiroshi Kobayashi, President and Chief Executive Officer of Asian Honda Motor Co., Ltd. at the Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony of its No. 2 Line at Honda’s Pegoh Plant in Alor Gajah, Malacca. When the first hybrid rolls out of its ...