Historically, the sedan bodystyle has been the most popular in the Malaysian market. Perhaps it’s due to the fact that this bodystyle (also referred to as ‘3-box’) was the one most extensively offered by automakers before hatchbacks started to...
Lucky policemen in some countries have had sportscars to use for their duties and in Japan in the 1970s, the police force had the Mazda Cosmo Sport which had a Wankel rotary engine.
The Cosmo Sport's 982 cc engine had...
The first SUVs (as opposed to the earlier 4x4 vehicles which were more workhorse in character) appeared in the early 1980s and their popularity kept growing. During the 1990s, demand for SUVs rose in far greater numbers that other...
Hagerty UK, which specialises in classic car and bike insurance, organises many activities for car enthusiasts and one of these is a rather unusual event – the annual Hagerty Festival of the Unexceptional.
The Festival of the Unexceptional (FOTU) began...
Automakers have been creating concept cars since the 1940s. These design studies usually preview future models or technologies and are attractions at motorshows. Virtually every automaker – even our own Perodua and Proton – have come out with their...
Auto Union AG, the merger of Audi, DKW, Horch, and Wanderer in 1932, was a well known participant in motorsport in the 1930s, especially Grands Prix. Its Silver Arrows became legendary as pioneering racing cars, setting records that took...
Electrified powertrains have been known for long time and the first functional powertrain which used an electric motor with a combustion engine was designed by Ferdinand Porsche over 120 years ago. However, the current era of electrification began in...
There will no longer be a Geneva International Motor Show. Over the 119 years the event has been run, numerous carmakers have taken part - including Proton.
At the 2010 event, the Malaysian carmaker displayed the EMAS concept which was...
The Federal Highway in the early 1990s, looking towards Shah Alam, Selangor. On the right side, the open land is the Glenmarie area just cleared. Proton was starting to build its engine casting plant there. At the same time,...
In October 1963, a fairly new Italian car company presented its first prototype, a sportscar it designated ‘350 GTV’, at a motorshow in Turin. The company was called Automobili Lamborghini, founded by Ferrucio Lamborghini who had up till then...
Speed traps using cameras have been used in Malaysia since the 1970s when equipment supplied by Gatso was acquired by the PDRM.
The Gatso cameras, which became popular with law enforcement authorities worldwide, were invented by former racing driver Maurice...
The 2-tone (usually black on top) colour scheme that has become common today can trace its origins to the first generation of the Renault Captur which was launched in 2013 in Europe. Although such an idea was available before...
