Mazda Malaysia is set to increase its rate of local assembly operations with the acquisition of a Mazda-exclusive body shop from Inokom at its Kulim plant in Kedah. The body shop began operating in April this year.
In an announcement, the company said acquiring ownership of the facility will allow it to respond to production plan changes and implement quality control measures quickly and flexibly. The purchase process has begun and is expected to be completed before the end of the year.
Mazda has also begun construction of a new vehicle assembly facility, to be located on the same grounds as the body shop. Operations are expected to commence in the spring of 2014, and production of the Mazda CX-5, which is currently assembled at Inokom’s factory, will then be moved to the new facility.
Currently, the Mazda3 and the CX-5 – of which the CKD prices were revealed yesterday – are being assembled locally for the Malaysian market, with plans to produce 3,000 units of each model annually. The automaker is set to invest approximately RM100 million for these projects, and is aiming to increase its local production to around 20,000 units per year in the future.
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I wonder whether the Mazda 6 will be CKD in this new facility?
yeah investment for production..what about investment for aftersales support..no point sell so many car but very hard to find service centre
Agree 200%
I wonder do you even realize how many Mazda service centers here before you comment??
why?u know ah?if you do, u mean the below par centre, mostly shoplot type?
agree.. i am interested on M6 but when i find out about those so called service center… i hv to gv minus point there …some even not fully mazda service center. others car also service …
Is about time Mazda sansei…….
Fantastic!!! After the announcement of the new mazda cx5 price, I’m pretty sure its gonna there is gonna be a spike in sales.
Hope the mazda 6 would also be locally assembled soon.
But kimchi cars still being made in SK… how to compete..?
You sure? Do you know Hyundai also came from Inokom?
Those are salesman gimmick la bro, I went to Hyundai 3S centre once, the salesman told me is imported from Korea but when arrive in Malaysia they change to Inokom badge to reduce price.
Common cheat tricks from Korean.
Lousy Koreans.
Even drivers are so kiasu.
if CKD, mazda’s sales might be effected… cx5 is the best example…
Cheaper Mazda 6 is on the way!
Mazda 6 BILA ?????
… don’t worry about ckd la , from my experience,inokom only put their on front and rear logos and floor carpet maa, other parts still hyundai.battery oso from korea.
Why? Everything from Korea is good ah? I don’t think so la.
All plastic surgery.
Like Samsung lousy phones, they will break down within a year.
Already saw some Hyundai’s DRL already started to malfunction.
alamak,what king of perspective is that..using sketch up only?
1. Please do not CKD the M6, the only thing that would come down is the built quality. There is no benefit for consumers but the company reaps profits…
2. With implementation of reduction in taxes from cars imported from Japan, im surprised that i havent heard the price come down…
why need to worry bout CKD ,as long as quality and price good i think enough.
anyone knows about the intake of new staff for mazda factory kulim plant ..??
nowadays korean car getting so popular, believe on their design and aftersale service..we easily can see them on the road ..malaysian look like already can accept korea product may be impact from samsung????..maybe
I like Mazda because they can complete a car in 53 seconds, compared to Toyota’s 57 seconds. Besides that, Mazda needs to grow themselves up to be at par with Toyota & consider offering hydrogen-powered cars as well.