Those excited by the prospect of the new Suzuki Jimny becoming a reality here might have to wait a bit longer, because Berjaya Corporation has come out to deny that its executive chairman Tan Sri Vincent Tan will fly to Japan early next month to sign a distributorship agreement with Suzuki, The Sun reports.
This follows a news report by the New Straits Times yesterday, which indicated that Berjaya had plans to reintroduce the Suzuki brand in Malaysia, with sources saying that an agreement would be inked with the Japanese automaker next month.
“Berjaya Corp wishes to clarify that this statement is not true at all. The board of directors of Berjaya Corp is also not aware of and has not deliberated on the arrangement,” the company announced via a statement today.
The brand was last represented in Malaysia by Suzuki Malaysia Automobile, with local assembly of the Swift hatchback being carried out by Hicom Automotive Manufacturers in Pekan, Pahang.
In June 2015, Suzuki signed a memorandum of understanding and licence agreement with Proton and DRB-Hicom for the production of motor vehicles. Sales and assembly of Suzuki models in Malaysia were halted under a rationalisation plan, and in January 2016 it was announced that all 29 Suzuki dealerships in the country would be converted to Proton Edar outlets, ending the brand’s official sales presence in the country.
The collaboration was to have allowed Proton access to Suzuki’s models, platforms, powertrain and automotive technology, with the Japanese carmaker providing specific technical assistance for the selected products and scope, but the union resulted only in the Proton Ertiga being introduced for the Malaysian market. The MPV, which is based on the Suzuki Ertiga, was last seen in Ertiga Xtra form.
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A seven seater 5-door Jimny will kill off Rush and Aruz sales here.
Proton X50: “Hold my beer…”
Not exactly, the 7 seater 5 door game changing Jimny will for sure kill off 5 seater X70 sales here
Fake news just like NST. Are you NST reporter?
Not for Bermaz but other auto brand berhad will bring this Suzuki soon.
mean NST published fake news? What a shame!
Hahahahahaha what is this! Suddenly on suddenly off, next can expect it to suddenly go upsidedown and turn on again. Too much flipflop from Berjaya, just like our government.
Naza and Sime Darby Auto golden chance now.
Na za? You must be out of your mind.See how they destroyed the Chevy distributor ship,leaving thousands in the lurch when parts are concerned.Car buyers have memories.,just like computers.They allow ajibkor to buy their cars using IMDB money,claiming being unaware..Na za already made billions through monster APs.Let others have a chance dude.
naza and berjaya practically married
What is happening to New Malaysia when even mainstream news are guilty of creating fake news that implicated well established companies such as Berjaya Group? I hope NST is sued to teach the MSM a lesson about reporting integrity.
Aa..great. Maybe another potential company will take up the distributorship.
sad..
Whenever these so called Corporate fake news happen, I’ll have a look at the stock market. Then I’ll put on my tin foil hat and wonder if it was a big silly accident after all…..
I suppose you can say their denial came very swift
Flip flop by the media…..What is new, anyway?
Flip flop is norm today