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No parking for your hybrid? Worry no more with Reserve + Shell Recharge Bays

Always searching for a parking spot that can also charge up your hybrid or electric car? BMW Group Malaysia has got you covered by partnering up with ParkEasy, Shell Malaysia, and Sunway Group for the launch of the latest Reserve + Shell Recharge Bays.

The 10 charging bays will span across three major Sunway Group properties with five bays available in Sunway Pyramid, three in Sunway Pinnacle, and two in Sunway Velocity. With the support from Shell Malaysia, ParkEasy is expanding and looking for other progressive shopping malls to offer such facilities. (more…)

Ford creates new comfort seats to cure ‘butt blues’

Many of us have just experienced the Hari Raya Aidilfitri exodus to their beloved ‘kampung’ and returned to their normal lives. Some of us were unfortunate enough to get stuck long hours and traffic and sitting through all that time made the trip very, very uncomfortable.

Many car companies have gone through great lengths in figuring out what are the best designs to cure this ‘pain in the ass’ issue and Ford might have just ‘cracked’ the code. Ford’s global seating and comfort team have joined forces with Supervisor Mike Kolich who is also known as Ford’s “Dr. Derriere” to fix that very problem. (more…)

This Malaysian helped with the development of the world’s fastest supercars

We’ve recently posted about the one of the world’s latest and most powerful road-going hypercars which were introduced by several top sports car manufacturers. With all the hype that has been going around, did you know that there’s a Malaysian ‘touch’ in the development of these supercars? Enter Ahmad Syahid Ahmad Fawzal, a Malaysian PhD holder in mechanical engineering. (more…)

Proton sold 10,611 cars in May 2019

Proton has achieved its highest sales figure in the past four years (46 months to be exact) last month where they sold a whopping 10,611 cars just for May alone. This is a giant leap of over 51% in sales numbers compared to April 2019.

This achievement meant that the first five months of 2019 saw an increase of sales by 70% compared to the same period in 2018. This is all thanks to their strong assault in promoting models with intelligent features that started off with the introduction of the Proton X70 where it trickled down to the rest of the model line-up such as the updated Iriz, Persona, and the Exora. (more…)

Goodyear Malaysia donates tyres to Sekolah Kebangsaan Seksyen 20, Shah Alam

Goodyear Malaysia has kindly donated tyres to Sekolah Kebangsaan Seksyen 20, Shah Alam as part of the school’s recreational activities and workshop training. Committed to taking care of the environment and community, the donation was carried out to impart the knowledge to the students on the importance of recycling and its effects. (more…)

A 100% Malaysian Team Set To Create History at Le Mans

The 24 hours of Le Mans is the pinnacle of motorsport endurance racing. Widely considered as the holy grail of motorsport. Win here and your name goes down in history as one of the greatest, ever.

Le Mans has been the stage of great duels, of victories and bitter defeats, terrible crashes that has claimed many lives. It is also the stage of some fantastic technology, incredible display of talent, and for a country as small as Malaysia, it is the ultimate calling for local race teams. And that brings us to our topic, the story of Viper Niza Racing. (more…)