The 3 that wanted to be an A5
BMW made its mark on the world with the 3-Series. When you're as old as I am, you will remember that this was a...
Mercedes-AMG A35: Going for the gap
Mercedes-Benz didn’t hold back when they vaulted into the hot hatch cauldron back in 2013 – the absurdly rapid W176 Mercedes-AMG A45 gave the...
Toyota Sienta: Good things come in small packages?
For a carmaker known for playing it safe and succeeding wildly by doing so, a mindset change (called upon by its president Akio Toyoda)...
Supersizing the super-Mini
Let’s start with a short history lesson. When the British Motor Corporation unveiled Sir Alec Issigonis’s masterpiece – the Morris Mini-Minor – in 1959,...
The best for last: BMW 520d
The BMW 5-Series in current guise has been around for five years. In a sense, for BMW Malaysia, this was the "killer app" because...
Audi A4: Suited for success?
The name of the gentleman standing in front of the blue A4 is Isaac, he heads corporate communications at Audi Malaysia. By most accounts,...
Nissan Teana dances to a NISMO tune
Not many people have heard of Masazumi Kawachi, let alone what he does. But sometime over the second quarter of last year, Kawachi-san was...
Mercedes-Benz S-Class: Business as usual
It’s funny how technology never quite managed to replace the business card, yes, that little piece of art card paper with your name printed...
Lexus RX 200t: Chiselled to perfection?
Gen Ikeda (how cool is that name) is the Lexus RX’s chief designer. I’m guessing he’s also Akio Toyoda’s shochu buddy to have gotten...
Hyundai Sonata: When K-Pop grows up
You would think as the fifth largest manufacturer of passenger cars in the world (after Toyota, Volkswagen, General Motors, Nissan-Renault), Hyundai-Kia would be breathing...