Toyota Allion D-4
The Toyota Allion is a sedan which seems to be be something like a larger Toyota Vios, following most of the same design cues, but with a Toyota Corolla Altis size. I …
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Do Not Leave Children In Parked Cars
Stanford University School of Medicine have found that temperatures inside a parked car can raise significantly if the sun is out, even if ambient temperature is average. The effect is similiar to …
2005 Honda Airwave 1.5 VTEC
Honda's Fit platform has been a big success, especially here in Malaysia. I am not sure if everyone knows this, but the Honda City and the Honda Jazz is basically the same …
Rafidah has letter
Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz has prepared a letter for Tun Dr. Mahathir as instructed by the Cabinet. It contains the facts that were presented to the Cabinet in the previous meeting. Rafidah …
F1 Fans Dislike Sepang
FIA recently announced the results of the biggest F1 survey ever done. Something interesting which I noticed in the results of the survey. Apparently most Formula 1 fans dislike the Sepang track. …
Proton too inward-looking
This basically sums up why Malaysian car-owners try to avoid Proton as much as possible. Customer complaints are sidelined, the product has quality issues from Day One, product efficiency plummets before its …
The Petronas E01
You're looking at the product of the first Malaysian commercial engine project, the Petronas E01. This project started back in March 1997 with a collaboration between Petronas engineers and development partners. The …
Rafidah remains tight-lipped
After the weekly Cabinet meeting, reporters hounded the MITI headquarters at Jalan Duta, hoping to get comments from Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz on the current Proton vs. MITI issue. This is what …
Government Commited to Removing Protection for Proton
Our PM was quoted saying this in a report by Associated Press. Proton is our car. We want Proton to succeed. We have been protecting Proton. The protection is being reduced gradually …
Rafidah to reply Dr. M
Rafidah declined to comment on Proton Advisor Tun Dr. Mahathir's remarks on Proton's disadvantagement to the influx of cheap Korean and Chinese cars, after the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday. (Though I don't …
Misconceptions over Proton subsidy unfortunate
A piece from the long transcript at a press conference with Tun Dr. Mahathir, Proton's advisor. Proton is protected simply because Proton has a job to do to build up the automotive …
AC Schnitzer ACS7
This is an even more souped up version of the ultimate luxury sedan. The AC Schnitzer ACS7 based on the E65/E66 7-series. The BMW 7-series combines two excellent properties of a car, …
R3 Preview at Dreamcars Asia 2005
Proton's Motorsports Division RaceRallyResearch will be showing a preview of the complete line of R3 cars at Dreamcars Asia this 7th July to 10th July at the New KL Convention Center. The …
World’s Most Economical Car
This is the Pac-Car. It can circle the globe with only 8 litres of fuel. With the prices of RON97 petrol currently standing at RM1.52 per litre, that would mean it would …
Proton Gas-Electric Car?
Tun Dr. Mahathir revealed in the papers today what's coming up in Proton's road map. He says that Proton plans to develop a gas-electric car in 5 years time. Proton has supposedly …
The New 2006 Mercedes Benz S-Class
Mercedes Benz has updated the S-class with it's latest incarnation, the 2006 model. This new model is longer and taller than the previous model, with updated engines. In US and Europe where …
Proton vs. MITI, Round 3
Jeff Ooi already has a very detailed coverage on the latest updates on the Proton vs. MITI saga, so I'm not going to talk much about it. More time for me to …
Volkswagen Willing to Buy Proton
A foreign partner is key to Proton's survival when Malaysia's sheltered auto market is opened fully by 2008. Mahathir says: If we want to, we can sell more than 50% to Volkswagen. …
Toyota Vitz
If Perodua were to make a car in the same class as the Proton Savvy, it would have to be based on the Toyota Vitz. The Toyota Vitz is in the compact …
Myvi News on Daihatsu Website
Check it out here. Some quotes from the article. Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. (“Daihatsuâ€) and Perodua, Daihatsu's joint venture corporate group in Malaysia, today announced the launch of the Myvi that is …