Jaguar Land Rover has followed Volvo’s initiative and announced that it too will be ending its reliance on the internal combustion engine and only selling all electric or hybrid cars by 2020; this is despite not making ANY electric vehicles at present.
If you are a Porsche loyalist and fan, which I am, you may well be feeling a little dazed and confused at the present. Porsche has always been more about racing cars that you would recognise on the street, in a sort of purist way.
The Philippines, a country known these days for its notorious yet very popular president, registered the highest auto sales growth rate among its ASEAN neighbours for the first half of 2017, and also the highest economic growth rate (Gross Domestic Product) of 6.4%.
Aspiring Uber drivers whose car is too old or, erm, if they don’t even own a car, can now rent one through Quick Ride SB, a car leasing service for the purpose of providing Uber services. With just a deposit of RM1,000, you can lease a Proton Saga for RM45/day or Proton Persona for RM55/day—that’s about RM1,350 to RM1,705 a month—for a duration of three years.
If you hate that new car smell, then you’re either a rare one or you’re Chinese. In a country where air pollution is a huge problem, drivers in China want to be able to escape the toxic fumes when they get into their cars, and take a breath of fresh, well, nothing that they can detect with their noses.
Yes, you read it right and we know you don’t like it. All the times you’ve cursed motorbike riders for shooting past you when you are stuck in slow traffic or filtering to the front when you are stationary at a red light, you actually should be nodding in approval. Here’s why:-