The new Toyota Corolla (Altis) is set to join the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) as its new patrol vehicle, with Go Auto recently showcasing a prototype unit to Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad at the prime minister’s office in Putrajaya. This comes as Go Auto received a letter of intent from the home ministry to supply 425 mobile patrol vehicles to replace the aging Proton Wira and Waja police cars in stages.
The police-spec Corollas come with five years of free service, and each unit equipped with an integrated light sound and fleet management systems, as well as a very high frequency (VHF) radio communication set.
Go Auto expects PDRM to utilise the first 100 units delivered to it in the days leading up to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2020 economic forum, which will be hosted in Kuala Lumpur. According to Go Auto Group executive director Datuk SM Azli SM Nasimuddin, the first 100 units of the police-spec Corolla are scheduled for delivery in less than two months, while the remaining cars will follow two months later.
The preparation of the prototype Corolla patrol car is an initiative and early step by the company to ensure an immediate approval by the government to supply the vehicles to PDRM. At present, Go Auto is awaiting the final decision by the finance ministry on the supply.
“This is the second time that Go Auto has been awarded with a tender. Before this, we successfully delivered 200 units of four-wheel drive [vehicles] to PDRM last year,” which was earlier than the expected timeframe, said SM Azli SM Nasimuddin.
“We are actively bidding in open government and private tenders as it is part of our business diversification. Our main focus is ‘special vehicles’. The stiff competition in the automotive industry now has led to Go Auto being more aggressive and creative in an attempt to remain competitive in the business,” he added.
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Congrats SM Azli. Good luck on keeping the dreams of SM Nasimuddin alive.
SM Azli & Rakyat made the right choice. Toyota.
Cannot chase criminal on B road, P1 much better
Toyota quality is very reliable and Game-Changing Corolla is used by police force in every countries in the world. This is why PDRM have chosen Toyota instead of continue using Proton
I am still waiting for your gamechanging hybrids but Toyota hybrids are gameover. Now Toyota is begging for EV technology from Geely. If Geely doesn’t give it, Toyota will be gameover.
They should just buy myvis, especially the AV variants with the AEB, then it will be better when bad guys suddenly emergency brake during a police chase, because so many of them are not focused during the chase that’s why recently a lot police cars end up in the longkang, cars with AEB will definitely improve the situation
Perodua AEB tak boleh pakai. At last the Myvi Polis car will end up in the longkang when they lost control.
Good decision since we no longer have a national carmaker.
pulis car. Much preferred our own Proton Persona.
Cannot bang, later police chase halfway takde fuel at the roadside because fuel efficiency is worse than kapal terbang, refuel too much make the fuel cost even higher than the car
Haha. Nice joke.
Why umw themselves didn’t supply it….oo forgot… Malaysia baru
I think coz UMW does not specialize in modifying cars for police spec…. they just assemble and sell cars. That’s why Go Auto bid for the tender and not UMW.
They can find a 3rd party to do it. No need crony involvement.
Go Auto should support Proton. X70 can be patrol car too.
why dont want to use national cars from proton and perodua? lack of a proper car model for this right?
Kerja polis ni bukan main-main. Kalau hari-hari kereta repair kat service centre, siapa nak tangkap penjahat?
As for Perodua, it is too small.
Corolla baru Rm45K jer.. harge free market.
All apart from the X70 in Proton’s lineup are considered old enough for a proper product replacement. Using a mid-size SUV for patrolling the city and neighborhood is also an overkill in most cases.
As for Perodua, the only saloon, Bezza isn’t exactly a good replacement for Wira and Waja esp when some high speed driving is required.
Bezza is for slowpoke drivers. Totally unsuitable for PDRM.
It turned out that PDRM bought 8,000 Corolla, LOL…
Joke of the week! Go Auto itself assemble cars but now they go and buy toyota corolla from umw and supply them to pdrm??? Woah, how much per car they untung as a middle man? Harapan? my ass, no different at all from BN era! corrupted assholes…
Out with the old(new), in with the new(much older) Malaysia.
How is it corruption when this is an open tender? Whats wrong if the principal is another company? Do you even know what you are blabering about?
They say open tender you believe. Where’s the open tender mate? I never seen it.
Rakyat need to pay extra taxes under PH so that they spend and spend.
Naza Go Auto better supply Kia Cerato & pijot 308
Why Toyota not Mazda or Kia or Peugeot? BECAUSE GOOD RV AFTER 5 YEARS!
simply due to sole distributor asked biz associates help to clear stock
The police-spec Corollas come with 5 YEARS of free service too.
Why Go Auto and not UMW Toyota eh? Any relations to our Home Minister, Finance Minister, or straight up to the PM himself?
Proton or perodua is a better choice. If want go to jepunis, vios class is enough..you don’t need a spacious car to go on trip or picnic like that altis. After all its taxpayers money.. And most tasks payers only can afford local cars!
you can put sirens and stickers on a persona or myvi but no one will take the abam polis seriously. remember seeing polis in kancil dulu? how do you think they feel?
the choice of the corolla is not bad. Police patrol vehicles should be C-segment cars. respect our officers in blue.
RESPECT should be on the badge not the car.
u kayuh basikal balik kampung lah.
Let’s C if your relatives can C u or not???!!! Or they might act stupid & stsrt avoiding u.
Back when our polis were riding on bicycle, nobody dare disrespects them. Now every joker on the streets dare to be disrespectful even when polis patrol cars passing by.
Respect your police officers by letting them drive proper cars fit for their duties. Don’t go talking about badges lah, kampung lah, basikal lah if you don’t know what you are talking about.
Better than Civic. At least they know that about car reliability condition before approving this car as patrol cars
Well, the government had already turned out from buying 3000 Accords
“SM Azli SM Nasimuddin.” NAZA???? Now I see why….
He is not of NAZA.
When his father died he did not get any part of the NAZA empire, as the 1st wife Zaleha, mother to SM Faizal and SM Nasaruddin purged all of his husband’s family members and other childrens (including Azli) out of any NAZA companies.
CBU Thailand from a Japanese brand? How does that make sense?!? Why not Proton or Perdodua.
Either they are paying full price for the Corolla which is a waste of money, or they are getting a big discount which means UMW is overpricing it for regular buyers.
All hail AP King!
our money gone?! these Altis not cheap now.. summore CBU..
no its not… all vehicle purchased for Gov agency usage are tax exempted even its CBU.
So much money leaving M’sia. Is this government even functioning?
More must be told about Go Auto. So many questions. Too little answers.
Easy
Go Auto ≠ NAZA
Just use myvi, support our local ecosystem, no need use vendor, PDRM just buy directly from perodua, cut the middle man.
After the govt frothing-in-the-mouth campaigning and spent millions on advert “Buy malaysia product….and PDRM pulak bought so many Jepunis cars.
Maruah bangsa sendiri tergadai for buying and supporting jepunis car now.
Anyway, PDRM should buy Merc for patrol cars, becoz the Kelantan officials claims Merc are cheaper in maintenance compared to other makes.
Janji capati, capati, capati, etc
Probably Mercedes is a good buy. Assemble in Pekan, Pahang, while Corolla assemble in Thailand? Mercedes give jobs to Malaysians?
Not very wise decesion. Should have brought ckd or local cars.
it is better for our police to replace the aging wira and waja. No matter what they do to maintain the car, the cost will be much higher.
maybe the police need a proper C- segment sedan. proton now focus on suv. Even rakyat don’t have any choice if want to buy a brand new model for C segment car.
come on proton. lets get out one proper mid sedan model after x50.
The problem isn’t P1 but ph gomen.
Received letter of intent but already making the prototype? If Go Auto is a Toyota dealer, I can understand but….
Something smells fishy here. As if they already knew who gets the contract.
Should they order a purchase of 400 units in a single buy, there should be a very good discounts by umw. Maybe 90k.
Still if umw can make a net profit of 5k each, that is already 2.12 million ringgit worth of sales. Easy money
gov should open tender this
imagine 1 altis market price rm135k, 425 units = rm57mil
with 30% profit, GO AUTO buta buta earn rm
why not open tender ??
with 30% profit, GO AUTO buta buta earn RM 17 million as middle man, songlap tax payer money kaw kaw
Y no DRL?
Because DRLs are usually wired so that they will always switch on when the car starts up. Only some cars have the feature to switch off DRL, but even in tblse DRLs are on by default everytime you start the car up. There are situations where police cars need to be completely “blacked out” at night. Rather than come up with new wiring scheme or electronics, it would be easier and cheaper to remove the DRL.
2 questions?Why not use Proton model like Proton Persona? and why have to go through Go Auto?
2 questions? Why not use our Proton model like Proton Persona? And why must buy through Go Auto?
That some big upgrade there from a waja to a corolla..im smelling cronies though haha
PDRM after this must feel very proud and feel grand to drive this New Corolla
undeniable a nice and sporty sedan
Congrats to #PDRM again on this change !!!
So how much is the whole package going to cost? It’s done through open tender right? So open up the figures and what does it include? If it makes sense then ok. If not the government has got some explanation to do.
What happens to the old patrol cars? Will it be turned into besi buruk or sold to another party to recoup some money to pay for the new cars?
Go Auto Is Haval distributor… Should push for Haval vehicles.