There was a Perodua launch at Nu Sentral this morning, but it wasn’t for a car. The Malaysian auto market leader launched a new book titled Dude, That’s My Car!. The paperback tells the story of the Perodua Myvi, and concludes the popular hatchback’s 10th anniversary celebrations this year.
“Dude, That’s My Car! tells the story of how the Myvi came about and how, in our view, the car was well accepted by the Malaysian public,” explained Perodua president and CEO Datuk Aminar Rashid Salleh, who occasionally drives a 10th Anniversary Commemorative Edition Myvi. “As a finale for the Myvi’s 10th birthday, we decided to capture its history, present as well as a glimpse of its future in this book,” he added.
Aminar was just being his humble self – the Myvi has been Malaysia’s most popular car for the best part of a decade, nine consecutive years to be exact. It is also Perodua’s most successful model with 870,000 units produced and sold (till end October 2015) in a decade, overtaking the pioneering Kancil at 770,000 units.
Now in the second-generation facelift, the company has set its sights on the one million unit milestone, which could happen by the end of 2017.
Authored by Ahmad Tamimi Omar – former reporter, current head of media relations at P2 and friend of this writer – Dude, That’s My Car! chronicles the life of the Myvi in a casual and colourful way, supported by illustrations and graphics; but it’s also serious enough to be classified under Malaysian Automotive History by the National Library.
Perodua printed 2,000 copies and is collaborating with MPH to distribute the book. Of the 2,000 copies, 1,500 are for sale, and P2 will consider another print run if there’s demand. What makes the Myvi so popular with Malaysians? Dude, That’s My Car! answers the question.
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Change to “Dude that’s my Rubbish.”
Or “Dude, that’s my Coffin!”
Screw u kid
Thank you for coming out with this book BUT what Malaysians want is lower prices. Your boss Najib already promise the rakyat 30% reduction in car prices. As a national car maker, you should start first reducing your car prices before others start to follow.
Do you know why you have done well the past 20 years? You have done well merely because MITI has jacked up the prices of all other cars by RM30k that we Malaysians are forced to buy your car, being the cheapest.
But your car has ZERO safety features which puts of lives and our family in constant danger. We can only pray that we don’t meet an accident. If that happens, we are dead on the spot. Until today, still no VSC. VSC is now basic and compulsory in any car in Europe.
Again I tell you, Please don’t compromise on yours cars. You have indeed done well with other cars but at our detriment and at the expense of our safety. We are no more your guinea pigs Perodua. Give us cheaper prices as well as VSC and more airbags.
People always pick and condemn Proton but you too have got all the Protectionism like Proton. Yes, Proton may have sucked tens of billions to stay afloat, but you Perodua, though you have not sucked that much, you have benefitted from MITI protectionism.
Honda for instance was about to sell their Honda City for RM50k. But this proposal was shot down by MITI. How do I know? Well I used to work for Honda at a very high level. We used to negotiate with MITI. But MITI was always demanding we increase our prices.
Surprising why MITI is asking us to increase our prices. What else? It is to protect Proton and Perodua.
So, Perodua, don’t be proud of your achievements, especially this DVVT. Your cars, still can be reduced further and improve safety features. We are overpaying you as you have still not reduced your car prices by 30% as promised by your big boss Najib.
You are still screwing the lower income people. The big guns in Perodua Boardroom all earn 6 figures per month so they don’t know about the man on the street who still earns RM900 per month. People say, even with RM10k is hard to live in KL. Can you imagine somebody earning RM900?
We tend to blame Toyota and Honda for high prices but let us assume they are for the middle class and Perodua is for the middle lower and lower income people.
Perodua is still very pricey and burdensome for the lower income. Don’t be proud Perodua. Lower your car prices Perodua. Don’t waste time with nonsense books
10 years from now Perodua will launch book “Dude That’s My Sedan” in commemorating the 1 Million units of Perodua Axia Sedan sold.
#1JutaAxiaSedan
#1JutaKerandaBergerak
Gerenti u get 1 million likes
OMG who the hell cares?
Dude, where’s traction control?
Shud just titled it ‘Dude, My Myvi is stronker than imported Pajero Sport, Lagi best yo!’
“Dude, that’s my car..that skidded because Perodua has never heard of ESC”
This so called Malaysian Favourite is a tin kosong by itself,
NO SAFETY,
NO TECH,
SUPER OVER-PRICED!!!
Yet we Malaysians love this car a lot?!
Certain sections of Malaysian luv to gamble, and what better wager than to gamble with their lives
You gamble your own lah.. y drag malaysian into your nonsense
who in their right mind would pay for a sales brochure?
Wat a joke…do u tink Mivi owner really s proud of their cars?? 99.9% of them drive Mivi coz no choice …they forced to park far far away at CNY ir Hari Raya malu coz other relatives driving Vios City
Vios is rubbish too
Wat a joke…do u tink toyotaik jamban car owner really so proud of their cars?? 99.9% of them drive toyotaik jamban car coz they blindly trust their taik sales advisors words that they will be hailat if going for non-toyotaik cars …they forced to park far far away at CNY or Hari Raya malu coz dunwan being labelled as the most dumbest and sorhai person in this earth after VW owners (pay so much to get taik quality cars with heavily stripped down safety features)
Lagi satu…ckp mau naik harga kreta excuse ringgit jatuh x untung tapi still want to publish ” syiok sindili” punya buku..wat ceo is tis
Dude, thats my Milotin!
Dude nobody cares about yur stupid book…and nobody cares if u drive a brand new Mivi today becoz left right front back oso full of MIVI
Rakyat ask him back “Dude, where the heck the affordable car price in Malaysia?” Why increase price? Bullshit !!!
A car is worth to be written about if its iconic, millions global sale, victorious in numerous race/rally or appeared in blockbuster movies (italian job/bond). This one too “masuk bakul angkat sendiri”. Smart people wont buy such thick sales brochures.
Dude, thats so lame…
LOL perodua forever stupid company.
those tagline build car people first and this dude my car. bodoh macam ceo dia.
And yet he is several times richer than you
How about “Dude, why tin milo kosong Myvi so expensive?”
Generally, MyVI is a good car. Everyone knows about it. However, p2 really need to introduce a really NEW myvi with new chasis, new engine, better safety and handling. The others? just follow the old recipes of myvi. Personally I can live with myvi, but definitely not at the present time when other cars are much more better.
P2 can’t do anything unless toyota/daihatsu give them.
Another point you’ve missed out, Myvi as well other P2 cars also need to improve their manual gearbox shifting quality (current P2 car line up mostly have poor biting point as well as not so smooth, at least compared with Proton’s Getrag manual gearbox which are lot more better than P2)
I am not going to jump on the bandwagon of haters. Myvi is affordable. The equivalents is just not reliable and dependable enough. Not everyone is rich ok? Blame you-know-who instead.
An Iriz is only a couple hundred RM more expensive but fully loaded. A myvi just fires blanks
But don’t forget Iriz(beside manual) lousy Campro (high fuel-efficient) and “punch” cvt was same poor performance as unsafe Myvi.
(High fuel-efficient) – That doesn’t make sense?
Voldemort? :O
On the first pic there’s a yellow sign at the back that says “RUBBISH STAMPAH SOLD HERE” Illiterate Perodua, sampah pun tak tau eja.
But at least they do acknowledge that they sell garbage.
It’s written “rubber stamp” lah..The joke is on you now..prff
Don’t ruin the moment pls
DUDE, thats my trash when the gov screw us over… =(
Yo, check out my Godcar !!!!
Dude, you should be ashamed of yourself for selling the same car for 10 years with practically no change. As for being popular with Malaysians what choice do Malaysians have? They are assaulted left and right by high car prices and buy a milotin Myvi because that is all they can afford.
And yet P2 looking to increase price… How ridiculous is that !!! CEO blame on currency… how low mentality he preceded !!!
Notice the dude on the right trying to supress his smile and laughter thinking “sapelah si bodoh yg akan membili buku syiok sindili ni ” …probably the target market r those low class Mivi drivers whom u see speeding recklessly on our roads everyday
That’s because even GTI cannot beat Myvi
If car prices go down we will see the same kind of idiots in better cars speeding down the roads. This time they will go a lot more quicker and will go 6 feet under with more innocent people on the road…these bunch of retards need some harsh education on the road before they are cleared to drive.
dude, i spun my car in heavy rain.
Dude,that’s my sunglasses.
Jeez! Not this same old crap again.
Dude, why that crap exists?
Because you can only afford remote control 8.0l car, lol
OHRLY? those turd shouldn’t exists in the first place. And you care to reply my comment, eh? Butthurt much?
A stupid and redundant question: What makes the Myvi so popular with Malaysians?
The true answer: Overtaxed prices for foreign automotive brands for Malaysian drivers. If P2 and Proton didn’t exist since the beginning of the car industry in bolehland, all Malaysians will be driving Ford Fiestas, Honda Jazzes and Suzuki Swifts like the rest of the world.
Either you are stupid or you are Jap car dealer agents. Without national cars, foreign car brands would not have competitor and easily jack up car price and also you think gomen would lower the tax without P1and P2. Look at how Indon is dreaming having their car national brands to counter over price japs car there.
Nobody gives A Fxxk about Indonesian market friend. Malaysian car prices should be compared to US, UK and other European countries. These are the largest car markets in the world apart from China of course. The QnQ writer has a legitimate point compared to your small Stupid and Understated comment. Want to condemn or fight, dont like malaysia. Just migrate. Simple.
True indeed. There are many many more Malaysians who cant even afford a vehicle or a home.
These Idiots from Perodua and Proton are ripping our rakyat off by placing Sky High Prices for shitty cars which we are forced to buy unlike the rest of the world who never gave a Fxxk or even heard of a Myvi (Fxxkxxx Hopeless). Excellent comment and seriously pity the poor rakyat.
Young and Senior working adults overseas dont have to worry about owning a garbage Myvi because they have many other excellent and affordable cars to buy unlike us Sad Malaysians with not much of a choice. Even the filthy DRB-Hicom Controls Honda Malaysia cars which is pathetic.
Walking into a Perodua Showroom feels truly depressing my friend. This Myvi is a disgraceful car to own. For example, malaysians should get a Kia Piccanto instead based on the episode from Driven recently, its safer and has better specs than the depressing Myvi. Even the name Myvi sound like Fxxk.
Your statement is half true. Even before Proton existed, car prices is already started increasing at the time. The overtaxing is happening since Tun M became the PM.
Malaysia should have stayed as an agricultural country.
Our friend’s main key points are
1)Proton and Perodua should never have existed with horrendous vehicles to buy which is entirely a cold hard TRUE fact.
2) Overtaxed car prices in Malaysia which are currently still the second highest in the world after Singapore. Nuff Said. Peace
Sabar Kawan. Diorang di Perodua ingat kita semua rakyat Malaysia bodoh. Tak membaca laman web seperti paultan.org. Saya punya ayah pun terpaksa membeli kereta Sampah Myvi ni.
Keluarga saya pun tidak mampu membeli kereta Honda pun. Rakyat negara2 lain tak payah risau sebab tiada kereta sampah Myvi pun. Jiran saya pun sampai sekarang mampu memiliki motosikal Honda EX-5 Sahaja. Ini celaka punya GST dan Cukai Kereta yg terlalu tinggi telah memaksa ramai rakyat Malaysia membeli kereta besi buruk ini. Memang Sedih nak tengok Myvi ni. Sakit Hati.
Rakyat negara UK dan US mampu memiliki kereta Ford Mustang, Chevy Camaro, Mazda 6, Honda Fit, Cadillac CTS-V dengan harga berpatutan berbanding rakyat malaysia.
seems like everybody love to be like what indonesia be…no industrilization….p1 developing our country also…exporting their car to australia such as…p2 what they gave???always making a high price car…
I can understand why this car was vest seller back in 2005. There really isn’t a lot of choices then. Potong models were pretty much horrible back then.
Fast foward 10 years later, there’s many better Proton cars at similar prices and even foreign which is affordable. Don’t know why people still wanna buy this sampan.
Yeah, i owned one of this sampan back in 2005. Used it for 4 years. Rubbish car.
Seriously,what’s the point of this book?? For Myvi fanboy??
change to “dude, you got scammed”
Dont play play….after Mivi drivers read tis book they will jadi orang yg berilmu dan manjadi pemimpin negara masa depan
Well, back in 2005, Perodua myvi was born based on affordability, Japanese technology and compact car which proton saga had at that time. It is clear it was born to challenge, beat and kill proton saga which proton was fail to replace until 2008 and even so, this second generation proton saga didn’t had Japanese technology. Therefore, that is why perodua remain no one since perodua myvi born in 2005.
Perodua produced a total of 2,000 books and has collaborated with MPH Group Malaysia Sdn Bhd to distribute it in major bookshops nationwide. The book sells for RM29.90.
Better if i buy topgear malaysia 10.60 got 2 LOL
Is anybody proud to drive a Myvi? It’s a car that people buy because it’s cheaper than the jacked-uo prices of foreign makes. Most people will junk their Myvi and upgrade to a better car as soon as they are financially able. There is no need to come out with this book for an unremarkable car which most people consider a stepping stone to something better.
Dude mak kau hijau