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      Ford Malaysia Opens Two Service-Only Outlets In Kapit & Mukah

      The Ford showroom in Sibu, Sarawak has also been given a spruce up for 2025.  Sime Darby Auto Connexion-Ford (Auto ConneXion), the sole distributor for Ford in Malaysia, has kicked off 2025 by announcing that it has extended its East Malaysian presence with an expanded dealer network across Sabah and Sarawak, bringing their total to 11 dealerships across Borneo. This recent expansion includes two new service-only facilities in previously underserved regions of Kapit and Mukah in Sarawak, reflecting the company’s response to growing customer demand in the region. Another notable change to Ford’s dealer network meanwhile in Sarawak is the…

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      Tesla Starts 2025 Off With A Sales Slump In Europe & California 

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      Toyota Is World’s Best Selling Automaker For The 5th Year Running

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      Suzuki Japan Raked In 50,000 Orders For Its Jimny 5 Door In Just 4 Days

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      A Porsche Taycan GTS Just Drifted For 46 Straight Minutes On Ice

      The Taycan GTS now holds the world’s longest continuous EV drift on ice, having slid for 17.5 km.  While a Taycan already holds an EV drift record at present, it seems that Porsche ain’t to be resting on their laurels just yet. Such is as aside from securing its all-electric sideways supremacy on tarmac, a GTS variant of its four-door has recently took the title for the longest continuous vehicle drift on ice by an EV as well.  At Porsche’s Arctic Center in Finland on the 14th of January 2025, instructor Jens Richter managed to complete a total of 132…

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      Volkswagen Takes India To Court Over RM 6.2 Billion Tax Demand

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      BYD Was Singapore’s Best-Selling Automaker In 2024

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      BYD Is Set To Start Selling Plug-In Hybrids In Japan This Year

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      VinFast: Their Success Story Could Have Well Been Proton’s

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      Christmas Car Spotting In Seoul: Hyundai, Kia & Genesis Galore

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      The Rolls-Royce Phantom Is Celebrating Its Centenary In 2025

      There have been 8 iterations of Rolls-Royce Phantom since this iconic nameplate was first debuted in 1925.   In 2025, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars celebrates the centenary of its most iconic nameplate, the Phantom. Over the past 100 years and 8 iterations, this most opulent of model nameplates has represented the pinnacle of luxury, engineering, and bespoke craftsmanship, transcending fleeting trends to deliver an unparalleled motoring experience. Phantom I (1925): Genesis The Phantom story began in 1925 when Rolls-Royce unveiled the “New Phantom” as the successor to the Silver Ghost. Heralded as the “best car in the world,” it introduced advanced…

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      D-Mod Body Styling From RM 4,000 Set To Excite Myvi Owners

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      Suzuki’s New Penang Showroom Is Its 3rd Retail Outlet In Malaysia

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      A Few Tips On How To Best Balik Kampung With An EV This CNY

      Here’s just a few handy tips on how to best balik kampung with an EV this Chinese New Year.  With Chinese New Year just around the corner, many Malaysians are likely currently bracing themselves to make the journey back home for the annual celebrations. And with the recent surge in EV adoption, there will most certainly be more than a few who are set to embark on their first-ever all-electric road trip.   So for those EV novices, here are a few handy EV-specific road trip tips from Automacha, on how to better survive the balik kampung trek during this…

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      Why Are Malaysians Still Paying Such High Prices For EVs?

      Or more specifically, why are Chinese EVs selling for double over here than they are back in China? While EVs with their expensive battery packs were traditionally thought of as being the pricier vehicle to purchase relative to their ICE counterparts, thanks to the ongoing tax free incentives for EVs over here however, all these all-electric vehicles that are currently being launched locally now instead seem like a pretty good value for money for the Malaysian motorist.  It is after all previously but a pipe dream to even think that one could get a supercar-rivalling sports sedan for the price…

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      BYD Seal Performance Autocross Impressions: A Driver’s EV

      There is no doubt that the best seat in the BYD Seal Performance is the driver’s seat.   Despite being out for nearly a year already, BYD had nevertheless decided to recently once again show off the prowess of its flagship Seal Performance all-electric sports sedan with an autocross invitational. And it just so happened that Automacha was among the lucky few invited to participate! So here therefore are just a few observations gleaned about DSF’s Electric Performance Sedan Of The Year 2024, from a short thrash round a gymkhana course in Sepang, and a loooong drive to and from…

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