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For Cabin Comfort, It's Alphard or Nothing

Daniel Fernandez, Managing Editor, dsf.my

25-Sep-24 20:00

For Cabin Comfort, It's Alphard or Nothing

It's a Chinese automaker headline overload this week! Richard, Ali, and Daniel look at Jaecoo copping the Omoda name with the Omoda C9, AI chip maker Leapmotor launching the C10 on Malaysian roads, and ultra-fast charging with Zeekr's upgraded EV batteries that'll charge up vehicles in just 10.5 minutes.

Then, it's time to address the elephant in the room, or rather, the abandoned car in the car park. Daniel unpacks the fast-growing prevalence of luxury cars being left unattended in public places (eg: shopping centre car parks, neighbourhood parks), the possible reasons behind it, and what we can do about it.

Finally, from dusty cars to luxury personified, our car review this week is all about the Toyota Alphard 2.4 Turbo Luxury MPV. Having experienced all the bells and whistles of this fourth-generation Alphard as a passenger, Daniel breaks down why there's still no other car that comes close to the luxury MPV in comfort.

Produced by: Ali Johan

Presented by: Richard Bradbury, Ali Johan


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Categories:  Cars/Motoring

Tags:  auto newsjaecoo omodo C9Leapmotor C10EV charging2024 Toyota Alphard 2.4cruise controlcar reviewautomotive industrychinese car manufacturersJaecooLeapmotorzeekrev batteryabandoned carsToyota Alphardmpv





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