The Volkswagen Passat 1.8 TSI – Dare you?
Let’s start by addressing the elephant in the room – the Volkswagen branding has seen better days. Since 2013, there has been VW owners complaining about various issues with their VW ownership experience. Among them are poor after sales service, vehicle reliability issues, problematic insurance-based warranty claims and those who follow …
The Hyundai IONIQ Hybrid – Designed for the next Millenium
Baby Boomers, Gen X, Gen Y, Millennials – they’re all cohorts of people born within a certain demographic period. We call them generations and they are defined as a difference of opinions between one generation and another regarding beliefs, politics, or values. Among the various generations, the Millennials seem to be in the …
The all-new KIA Sorento – Confidence Inspiring
The thing about 7-seaters is this; regardless whether you’re single or married with a volleyball-team number of kids, you will always find a need for a large vehicle during festive ‘balik kampung’ season. Aunties and uncles may be impressed with that cousin that drove home a luxury 2-door coupe but …
The all-new Proton Persona – Test Drive Review
“It’s a Proton. What did you expect?” Sounds familiar? We hear that all the time from friends, colleagues, relatives even service center staffs themselves, usually uttered in a disparaging manner. Power window got problem? Proton mah Door handle break? Proton mah Panels got gap? Proton mah Too many Ah Bengs …
Turbodiesel engines – the Mazda 6 SKYACTIV-D vs Peugeot 508 GT
For the longest time ever, we’ve been stuck with Euro 2 diesels and people have associated it with something fit only for lorries, trucks and buses due to its high emission of harmful exhaust gases (read: black smoke). It’s only been a year since Euro 5 diesel been made available in …
The Mazda 2 SkyActiv-D Sedan – great things come in small packages
When Singapore introduced stricter emission standards in 2015, Euro 5 Diesel has been made available to a number of petrol stations. This new development has allowed many automotive brand to explore the option of introducing their range of cleaner diesel engines without jeopardizing its performance and longevity and motorist need not resort to just pick-up …
The new Ford Focus Sport+ – The Best hatchback under RM150k
Paradigm shift is defined as major changes in how some processes (including thought processes) are accomplished. My paradigm was shifted by something called rotan when I was young. There is no better instrument in – ‘motivating’ someone to conform to a certain thought process (ie Shut up and eat your vegetables). …