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Genuine Routehunters stories, ordered by historic publication date.
23 published stories
Automotive Stories & Reviews · 06 Jun 2026
The relevance of the Vios HEV GR Sport in the Budi95 era
Petrol consumption figure in cars play a huge roll today not entirely due to the price of fuel, but in the fact that there’s a cap in a citizens allocation in Malaysia. You have seen overseas reviews where they stress al
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Automotive Stories & Reviews · 21 Sept 2025
The realities of owning an EV car in Malaysia in 2025: 5 must know things
We have been testing a series of EV cars over the past 3 months and clocked over 400km each trip. Here’s what we observed in that time.
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Automotive Stories & Reviews · 16 Sept 2025
The Art of D Segment sedans : 2025 Mazda 6 2.0 mid
The art of D segment sedan is officially lost now in Malaysia. The Accord is no longer there, so is the brilliant Passat. Only the Camry is left in the segment, with Mazda’s brilliant and beautiful 6 sedan. We got to exp
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Automotive Stories & Reviews · 09 Sept 2024
The best brand new entry car for Route Hunters Drives is….
You want a fun car to enjoy the back roads and perhaps join the Route Hunters drives. But you are confined to new cars as you do not wish to experiment with 2nd hand vehicles uncertainties. There’s one car we whole heart
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Automotive Stories & Reviews · 28 Aug 2024
Perodua Alza : Malaysia’s ‘people car’
The Alza is simply brilliant. We used to have the previous version. The previous car was like the Malaysian version of the American station wagon. Its the car you use to haul the family, commute from work to home on a da
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Automotive Stories & Reviews · 10 Jul 2024
Smart Brabus #1 : Golf GTi Price, Ferrari beating acceleration
That is the Ferrari F430. It features a 4.3 litre naturally aspirated V8 that revs to 9000rpm. Puts out about 478bhp, and does 0-100kph in 3.7 seconds. Amazing figures even by today’s standards. Brand new the car sported
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Automotive Stories & Reviews · 04 Jan 2023
BFGoodrich Trail Terrain T/A : (Almost) 1 year / 40,000km long term review
Best driving roads in Malaysia hunt requires specialised tools
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Automotive Stories & Reviews · 02 Jul 2021
Samsung A52 Review: The powerhouse on a budget
Earlier we had tested the Samsung S21 Ultra 5G, which was a technical tour-de-force. That phone was quite frankly an overkill in terms of size, hardware, and features. And at RM5399, it was the ultimate indulgence for co
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Automotive Stories & Reviews · 22 May 2021
Volvo's Hybrid Fuel consumption and cost: What happens when the hybrid battery charge finishes?
Volvo makes some bold claims on its consumption figures. They claim that their 2 tonne SUV returns a barely believable 2.1 liters / 100km consumption. Which is true if you are driving within the city on a fully charged b
Read storyAutomotive Stories & Reviews · 12 May 2021
Samsung S21 Ultra 5G "The Bat Mobile" Review
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Automotive Stories & Reviews · 24 Apr 2021
Volvo's 180kph limit: Pursuit of safety or Punishment for enthusiasts?
Volvo raised eyebrows by limiting the top speed of their cars to 180kph . These cars are properly powerful, with more torque than a Supercharged Jaguar F Type V6 . Yet now their top speed is slower than some Proton and P
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Automotive Stories & Reviews · 25 Mar 2021
9 disappearing trends that will mark the DEATH of the current day motoring enthusiast
Once upon a time having ABS was criticised as 'robbing driver off control', and ESC as being a 'killjoy'. And then Electric Power Steering was considered to be blasphemous, and finally automatic gearboxes were seen as th
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Automotive Stories & Reviews · 24 May 2020
The BMW E30: 8 reasons why it’s a cult classic today
The E30 generation BMW 3-Series first made its global debut in 1982. Since then, over 2 million E30s rolled off the showroom floors in the 11-year production run, and it is one of the most talked about BMWs even in our p
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Automotive Stories & Reviews · 28 Mar 2020
15 motoring based movies to binge watch during the MCO #StayAtHome
In our previous list we saw the Top 10 things motoring enthusiasts can do during the MCO extension period. One of the activity we suggested was to binge watch motoring related movies. Be it a movie about grand theft auto
Read storyAutomotive Stories & Reviews · 12 Feb 2020
2020 Proton X70 CKD - 5 Things you need to know about this HR-V priced CR-V killer
You're most likely going to be bombarded with reviews, VLogs, and videos of the Proton's X70 CKD variant in the coming days. Everyone's going to say how great it is, what's amazing about it, and heap lots of praise about
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Automotive Stories & Reviews · 23 Dec 2019
Brake Record - Is the Honda Civic 1.5TC's brake pads more expensive than a Jaguar's?
Yet, the Honda Civic , a 1.5 liter turbocharged car with only 171bhp and 220Nm of torque, has a set of rear brake pads that cost RM867.64 a set. That's more expensive than the RM776.00 required for a set of rear brake pa
Read storyAutomotive Stories & Reviews · 05 Nov 2019
2019 Mercedes Benz E350 AMG Line VS 2011 E300 Avantgarde: Is the new car an improvement or a compromise?
Brand heritage and history are highly bankable these days. Every industry does it for their products and car manufacturers are no exception. And there's no better example than with Mercedes Benz. One of the most iconic b
Read storyAutomotive Stories & Reviews · 26 Sept 2019
Used Hot Hatch vs New Toyota Vios: Is it worth buying a pre-loved hatch for under RM70,000? Part 1
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Read storyAutomotive Stories & Reviews · 13 Sept 2019
2019 Porsche Taycan - The All-electric car from Porsche that rewrites performance motoring
Porsche has finally released its all new Taycan, which is their very first four-door all electric sportscar. It has set quite a standard for electric cars on the Nordschleife, making a complete round of the 20.8km circui
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Automotive Stories & Reviews · 23 Jun 2019
The 2019 BMW X2 M35i – M Performance's answer to the GLA45?
Enter the new BMW X2 M35i (quite a mouthful, we know), Munich’s answer to Stuttgart’s Mercedes-AMG GLA 45. This M Performance Sports Activity Vehicle rocks a sharpened design and powerful proportions to provide dynamic d
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