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  Proton Edar announces new management members

  14 October 2014 / 36 comments

  Left to right; Andreas Prinz, Daniel Tan Soo Liang, Norzahid bin Mohd Zahudi Proton Holdings has announced the appointment of new management members in the company as well as in Proton Edar (PESB). Andreas Prinz […]

   

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  Naza Kia opens fourth Red Cube outlet, in Johor Bahru

  14 October 2014 / 11 comments

  Naza Kia Malaysia has opened its latest Kia Red Cube outlet in Johor Bahru – Kia JJ, located at Taman Bayu Puteri, Permas Jaya, also has the honour of being the first Red Cube standard […]

   

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  Hyundai Experience Car Fest 2014 in JB this weekend!

  14 October 2014 / 20 comments

  Hyundai fans and enthusiasts down south, gear up as the Hyundai Experience Car Fest is heading to Johor Bahru this weekend. The good folk at Hyundai-Sime Darby Motors (HSDM) have just wrapped up a successful […]

   

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  RENDERED: Perodua Axia Sports, three-door version

  14 October 2014 / 42 comments

  Rendering wiz Theophilus Chin has provided his take on what a three-door version of the new Perodua Axia might look like. Dubbed the Perodua Axia Sports, it goes to show that if in the highly […]

   

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  Proton EV arriving 2017, priced under RM100k – MAI

  14 October 2014 / 111 comments

  Malaysia Automotive Institute (MAI) CEO Madani Sahari has said that Malaysia will produce not one, but two electric vehicles by 2017 – with one of them likely to come from Proton – according to the News […]

   

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  Proton upgrades Sungai Petani outlet to 4S, brand’s service centres to now open seven days a week

  14 October 2014 / 14 comments

  Proton recently officiated the opening of its service outlet in Sungai Petani. Operated by Mercu Usaha Mesra Corporation (MUMC), a Proton dealer since 2005, the Kedah facility has grown from a 1S shop lot to […]

   

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  Enact ‘lemon laws’ to protect car buyers – Standards

  14 October 2014 / 53 comments

  What do you do when life gives you lemons? You should be able to rely on some lemon-aid, some consumer groups opine. The Malaysian Association of Standards Users (Standards Users) and the Federation of Malaysian […]

   

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  Malaysia to construct rubberised roads – report

  14 October 2014 / 60 comments

  According to a New Straits Times report, Malaysia is preparing to build its first rubberised roads in June 2015. Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities said this at a media […]

   

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  Fuel subsidy plan to be announced in a few weeks

  14 October 2014 / 47 comments

  Although RON 95 petrol, diesel and LPG have officially been declared free of Goods and Services Tax (GST), Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced last Friday in his Budget 2015 speech that a […]

   

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  Nissan Note Nismo – full JDM specifications revealed

  14 October 2014 / 22 comments

  Nismo is slowly being assimilated into parent company Nissan as a bone fide in-house tuner, and as such is on a mission to soup up every Nissan model on sale. So naturally, there now exists a counterpoint to […]

   

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  Mazda 2 named as 2014-2015 Japan Car of The Year

  13 October 2014 / 46 comments

  The new Mazda 2, or Mazda Demio as it is known in Japan, has bagged the 2014-2015 Japan Car of the Year award by the Japan Car of the Year Committee. The previous winner was […]

   

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  W205 Mercedes-Benz C-Class recalled – steering issue

  13 October 2014 / 28 comments

  The W205 Mercedes-Benz C-Class has only been on the market worldwide for a few months, but it’s already been hit with a sweeping recall to fix an issue with the steering on Stuttgart’s latest compact executive […]

   

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  Driverless Audi RS7 to lap Hockenheim at race speed

  13 October 2014 / 4 comments

  A driverless Audi RS7 Sportback is set to make a track run on the Hockenheim at race speed this weekend, and the automaker says that the RS7 piloted driving concept will be able to traverse […]

   

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  Carbon-fibre production costs to drop by 90% – report

  13 October 2014 / 25 comments

  According to a report by Automotive News Europe, the future in which carbon-fibre will be employed in mass-produced cars could come sooner rather than later. MAI Carbon Cluster Management GmbH – a materials development group […]

   

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  Thai Eco Car Phase 2 – 52.7 bil baht invested in total

  13 October 2014 / 51 comments

  Thailand’s Board of Investment has approved investments worth a total of 52.7 billion baht (RM5.23 billion) for Phase 2 of the country’s Eco Car programme, according to a report by just-auto. That’s almost 24 billion […]

   

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