Happy New Year 2006
I’d like to wish all my readers a happy new year. 2005 has been an interesting year for the automotive industry. Pretty exciting. We had new launches from both our largest national car manufacturers, the […]
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Petrol prices might go up next month
Mail Money reports that sources have indicated petrol diesel prices might be raised as much as 20 sen and 10 sen a litre respectively next month, which is only 1 day away! Currently RON97 petrol […]
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Proton-VW Tie-up Updates
Volkswagen and Proton tie-up talks have made some progress, after a meeting between Proton Holdings Bhd and Volkswagen AG in Bangkok recently. Apparently Volkswagen has dropped it’s insistence to have a controlling stake in Proton, […]
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Proton disposes of MV Agusta for 1 Euro
Proton Holdings has sold it’s 57.57 percent stake in MV Agusta Spa to an Italian company Gevi Spa. Gevi Spa will assume MV Agusta’s debts and working capital requirements totalling 139.44 million euros, as announced […]
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NAZA to sell Chinese mini cars
The NAZA Group, controlled by tycoon Tan Sri SM Nasimuddin SM Amin has set up a company called N-2 Sdn Bhd. N-2 is believed to focus on assembling and distributing Chinese-made mini cars, competing with […]
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2006 Nissan Bluebird Sylphy
UPDATE: The Nissan Sylphy has been launched in Malaysia! Two model variants are available, both with 2.0L engines. Click to read more and find out details and pricing. Nissan has launched it’s Nissan Bluebird Sylphy […]
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Proton and MV Agusta meeting
Short piece of news. Proton Holdings and MV Agusta management met up on Wednesday to discuss MV Agusta’s future, according to Corrierre della Sera, citing sources. Proton no longer believes it’s 57.7% investment in MV […]
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ChangAn CM8 assembled in Malaysia
UPDATE: The CM8 has been launched in Malaysia as the Chana Era CM8, the cheapest 7-seater in Malaysia with a price tag starting from under RM40k. ChangAn Auto Group, based in Chongqing, China has completed […]
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Locally assembled Mitsubishi cars
Mitsubishi Motors Malaysia Sdn Bhd (joint venture betweeen Mitsubishi Japan 52% and EON 48%) is in talks with Proton Holdings Bhd and Sime Darby Bhd, among a few other car manufacturers on the possibility of […]
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Eliica, the 600kW electric sports car
A team of engineers at Keio University led by Professor Hiroshi Shimizu has developed this 8-wheeled electric car called the Eliica. Eliica stands for ‘Electric Lithium-Ion battery Car’ and it has some pretty impressive performance […]
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2008 Kia Sidewinder
Kia’s Sidewider concept shown at the Los Angelow Motor Show had originally been a concept vehicle powered by a natural gas turbine, and electric motors in each wheel.
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Hyundai and Kia to get new vehicle styling
Hyundai and Kia designs have always been a ‘rojak’ patchwork of other car designs and they know it, and admit it. We have the new Sonata looking like an Accord, and the previous generation Sonata […]
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Jeremy Clarkson annihilates the Perodua Kelisa
Jeremy Clarkson shows his frustration on companies that seem to take make cars as a pure for-profit matter… perhaps you could call it cars with no ‘spirit’ or ‘passion’. The victim – our very own […]
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Satria Replacement Model – Padang Besar, Perlis
Hasadi managed to capture these shots of the Satria Replacement Model in Padang Besar, Perlis. The SRM was stuck in mud, so it could not run away from the camera! :P
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Chevrolet T2X Concept
GM Daewoo Design Center has been rolling out nice vehicles lately, like the Chevrolet S3X SUV Concept. They’ve also recently developed a crossover SUV-coupe vehicle called the Chevrolet T2X concept.
