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All-New MINI To Be Produced In Germany For The First Time

For all its life, the Mini has been primarily manufactured in England. Even when the Mini became the modern MINI after the name and model rights were acquired by the BMW Group, the original factory in Oxford was also acquired to continue production of the model.

Of course, besides England, the Mini was also assembled locally in some countries, including Malaysia. Same with the MINI, which has been assembled at the Inokom plant in Kedah. Soon, the new MINI model will be produced in Germany for the first time, at the BMW Group’s plant in Leipzig. This makes the production facility the first plant at which vehicles of the BMW and MINI brands are manufactured together.

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Private Parking Charges Increased Ahead Of Raya

Despite the anticipation of the upcoming festival, motorists admit that it costs quite a bit just for them to park their vehicles.

Private car parks have taken advantage of the Raya shopping spree knowing that thousands of road users would be out and about. Most of these car parks are open space areas where cars can be seen cramped up.

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JPJ Shares ‘Product Recall’ Information

Every year, automakers will undoubtedly issue a recall, better known as a “Product Recall,” due to a safety problem or fault in a product that could increase the risk to users’ safety.

JPJ is pleased to contribute to the success of the “Product Recall” initiative by making announcements on social media and on the JPJ website. This announcement is meant to get people’s attention, especially the owners of the affected vehicles, so they may get in touch with licensed dealers right now.

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Driver Drowns As Lorry Sinks Into Sea

At the Lumut Maritime Port in Sitiawan, a 20-year-old lorry driver identified as Aqil Rasydan Razmi drowned after it was reported that he dozed off while operating the vehicle yesterday.

“Initial investigations found that the incident happened in the Lumut Port area involving a lorry. During the incident, workers were unloading stones from the lorry,” said District police chief Assistant Commissioner Nor Omar Sappi.

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Hyundai IONIQ 6 Wins 2023 World Car Of The Year Title – Plus 2 Other Awards

Hyundai Motor’s IONIQ 6 has won the 2023 World Car of the Year (WCOTY) title, as well as the World Car Design of the Year and World Electric Vehicle awards. The Hyundai Motor Group also collected another award for the Kia EV6 GT which won the World Performance Car title.

The IONIQ 6 – also known as the ‘Electric Streamliner’ – beat the other finalists which included the BMW X1/iX1 and the Kia Niro for the overall title. The IONIQ 6 was one of 21 original vehicles that were in contention for the 2023 WCOTY awards in the 19^th year of the event.

This is the second consecutive triple win for the Hyundai Motor Group as the IONIQ 5 was last year’s winner in the same three categories.

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Rocks Flung At Woman’s Car Breaking Her Windshield

A woman experienced a traumatic event on Sunday when inconsiderate people threw rocks at her car, breaking the windshield along Jalan Mempaga, close to Lurah Bilut, Pahang.

Nurcahaya Jaafar, 35, claimed that she was driving a Perodua Viva at the time of the incident, which happened at around 8:50 p.m., along with her husband and two kids aged six and seven months old.

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