Comments on: BMW ActiveHybrid 3 test drive review – is it just a 335i with an electric motor, or more?

By: Automatic Earning System (For Cronies)

Automatic Earning System (For Cronies) — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 06:47:49 +0000

Good news recently from what I’ve read. The govt is reducing excise duties by 50% for this model. BMW made a special presentation which managed to convince the govt. That means the ActiveHybrid presence will be felt in Malaysia

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By: Putry

Putry — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 08:35:39 +0000

One more thing: The tech isn’t still young. It’s been around for ages but it still wasn’t good enguoh. It’s naive to think that all of a sudden the energy storage and reliability problem will be fixed in about 10 years. I would be happily surprised if an affordable, sophisticated every-day e-car goes into mass production in my lifetime, but I think our oil-based economy will take much longer to adapt.

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By: macroman

macroman — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 07:00:14 +0000

A blue ocean strategy? BMW or any brand for that matter either fight in a battlefield already created, or create its own battle-ground to fight. Which brings me over to Honda’s CRZ… pretty IFFY if you asked me. I am sports, nono no I am hybrid… no no no! I am SPORTS! A bit like Smeagol eh?

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By: RedBeanBun

RedBeanBun — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 14:57:22 +0000

1) why a 3.0 cars put in a Hybrid. Hybrid owner is eco friendly and not POWER addict
2) If the G is really helping the environment, a better Diesel solve a lot, however, we know Petronas contribute 80Billion to our budget, you can forget G help the drivers, thats the same reason not building a public transport

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By: James

James — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 05:51:30 +0000

Good luck getting tax break when P1 and P2 releases their own hybrid cars

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By: Mozilla Chrome

Mozilla Chrome — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 05:37:54 +0000

It’s not a new trend in Msia, I can already see bunch of hybrids on our roads already. It just sad that we can’t see more hybrid models due to the stupid policy which only give tax exemption to 2.0 liter capacity car. And yet with the tax exemption, we still have to pay more as the car dealers in Msia are just too greedy.

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By: ali

ali — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 02:27:10 +0000

Hybrid cars still new in Malaysia. It will be a trend in 2020. No more petrol cars at that time.

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By: jc

jc — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 01:24:24 +0000

6 cylinder twin scroll turbo engine with 306hp and 400nm torque.

so what’s the point having a small electric motor?
in case push too hard run out of petrol, use electric motor to drive to nearest petrol station?

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By: polo saga

polo saga — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 01:15:40 +0000

i wonder how much it will be sold when arrive to Malaysia?

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By: tishaban

tishaban — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 01:12:09 +0000

Nice to see you writing again Paul.

So if the fuel consumption improvement from the turbo inline-6 to the turbo 4-cylinder isn’t great, what about the new 3-cylinder models? A bigger electric motor combined with the new 3-cylinder turbo would be an interesting combination in my opinion.

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By: 007

007 — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:50:05 +0000

i wonder if accident happened when someone hit the car back, will anyone get electric shocked by the 317v?

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By: mohd rafidee

mohd rafidee — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:48:24 +0000

Fantastic writeup Paul !
Its amazing to see how superior the technology
advancement of BMW and how the $$ invested in R&D
has produced wonders. I still remember the reason
BMW gave when it pulled out of F1 and now we see
the end result of their vision and aspirations.
Lucky u Paul cos back home we can only have wet dreams of owning these wonderful state of the art
cars.

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By: seancorr

seancorr — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:13:24 +0000

It takes two to lower the price of a car. The gov’t must give incentives for any car that goes green (no matter its a clean diesel, hybrid or EV) and the manufacturer must take in less profits for these cars in order for the public to accept the car.

We all know they’re earning a lot from the normal run of the mill models so why not take a step back and make the price attractive for green cars since this is relatively new tech and majority of the society is not willing to accept it?

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By: Ali Baba

Ali Baba — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 16:21:12 +0000

Vote smartly so that we can drive better and more environmental friendly cars than preve.

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By: Pimp Daddy

Pimp Daddy — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 16:15:29 +0000

Well Paul…

I’d say as long as those monkeys remain in power, whatever current car policy (whether u like it or not) will just stay THE SAME.

I pity BMW Msia in making pointless efforts to talk to them about incentives… sadly, the only “incentives” they car about is what ends up in their pocket….

Never for the greater good.

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