MAA wants car scrapping policy!
The automotive market has been growing for the past 8 years, but has slowed down this year. Reasons for this slowdown was quoted to be more stringent hire purchase requirements and the …
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Rafidah says we are entitled to 5% CEPT rates
Trade Minister Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz disagrees with Thailand's decision to not give Malaysian imports the ASEAN Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) rate of 5%, instead keeping it at a higher 20% …
2006 Audi A3 Sportback in Malaysia
Most of you know and love the Volkswagen Golf GTI, so here's it's more luxurious sibling based on the same chassis. Euromobil Sdn Bhd launched the new 2006 Audi A3 Sportback in …
Audi CBU Cars New Pricelist
These are the new post-NAP prices for Audi cars in Malaysia sold by Euromobil Sdn Bhd, last updated on the 8th of August 2006. The prices have gone up across the model …
3,000 Proton Wira taxis for Indonesia
PT Proton Edar Internasional Indonesia (PEII) has managed to secure orders for 3,000 Proton Wira cars to be used as taxis around Indonesia. These orders are from various major cities of the …
2007 Porsche 911 Turbo (997)
This is coming a little late, considering the new 997 Porsche 911 Turbo was launched a month ago in Malaysia on the 21st of July 2006, but then again I don't think …
Hyundai dispels Jaguar acquisition rumours
Rumours through the grapevines indicated that Hyundai's Kia unit might be the new owner of Ford's struggling Jaguar brand, and perhaps even Land Rover. This might be bad news for Jaguar fans, …
New Chevrolet Aveo launched in US
The new Chevrolet Aveo sedan based on the Daewoo Gentra was recently launched in the US through a special virtual car launch through a web cast. Specifications are pretty much the same, …
E92 BMW M3 Possible Specifications
I am eagerly awaiting the new E92-based BMW M3 to be released to see what fantastic new engine BMW will be putting under the hood. New BMW engines seem to naturally be …
Philippines opposing Malaysian Non-Tariff Barriers
I have blogged previously on Thailand's refusal to lower duties for incoming Malaysian vehicles down to Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) tax rates of 5%. As the region's largest CBU vehicle producer, …
Naza plans to setup CKD plant in India
Naza Automotive Manufacturing Sdn Bhd has plans to set up an assembly plant in southern India, possibly in Chennai. Chennei is home to a number of automotive plants like Hyundai, Ford, Mitsubishi, …
BMW 335i has 350hp instead of 302hp?
Jason Cammisa of Automobile Magazine decides to verify BMW's 302 horsepower and 400Nm of torque claims on the BMW 335i specification sheets. The results did not disappoint, instead strangely the BMW 335i …
Proton sales up 21% in July
Proton's car registrations with the Road Transport Department went up 21% to 10,018 cars in July compared to 8,328 cars in June - effectively increasing it's total industry volume in July to …
New Honda Jazz Facelift in Malaysia
Malaysia's hottest CBU hatchback has just undergone a mid-life facelift. This was pretty much expected since rival company Toyota launched the Toyota Yaris hatch a few months ago, so Honda has to …
How does Variable Turbine Geometry work?
Variable Turbine Geometry technology is the next generation in turbocharger technology where the turbo uses variable vanes to control exhaust flow against the turbine blades. See, the problem with the turbocharger that …
LMG Tourer Details
Okay, so we've looked at LMG's pick-up truck offering, now let's look at it's other newly launched vehicle, the LMG Tourer. The LMG Tourer is a 7 seater SUV, likely based on …
LMG Trekker Details
Okay, so we know the LMG Trekker and the LMG Tourer SUV and pick-up trucks have the new Hydroxene technology, but what about the rest of the details? The LMG Trekker is …
LMG Tourer with Hydroxene technology
Some of you may remember a piece of news in July where a team of Universiti Sains Malaysia researches led by Dr Syamsul Rizal Abd Shukor came up with a way to …
Isuzu MU-7 SUV based on D-MAX
Much like the Toyota Fortuner was conceived through the IMV ladder frame of the Toyota Hilux, Isuzu has created an SUV based on the Isuzu D-MAX. Like it's pick-up brother, the 7-seater …
BMW unveils 2nd gen MINI Cooper
When the new MINI Cooper by BMW was released, we had to refer to the old school model as the old MINI or old school MINI, and the new MINI Cooper as …
