This one no one saw coming. Porsche is said to be setting up assembly operations in Malaysia, the first outside of Germany. According to The Edge, the facility would be in Kulim, Kedah, and the local partner is Inokom, a subsidiary of Sime Darby. Sime Darby has been Porsche’s local distributor since 2010.
“There have been quite a number of big investments coming into Malaysia in the automotive sector, but the government has yet to declare them. Because of the Covid-19 pandemic and the movement control order (MCO), many of the principals could not come to Malaysia,” a source told the business publication.
“The announcement has to be made jointly. They are big names; the government cannot just hold a press conference and announce the investments,” the source added.
Another source says that incentives for the investment has been approved by the finance ministry, and Inokom will build a new factory specifically for Porsche at Kulim. Inokom’s Kulim facility rolls out CKD products from BMW and Hyundai, among other marques.
When pressed for a comment by The Edge, Porsche’s deputy director of corporate communications and spokesperson for production and logistics, Christian Weiss said that “ASEAN is a promising region with great potential, and we continuously examine options for further growth in this market”.
Sime Darby Motors says that it welcomes any partnership that will add value to its strategic business plans and as such, regularly engages existing and potential partners to explore opportunities to expand their business.
The comments from Sime Darby and Porsche are not confirmations, but aren’t denials either – typical business PR answers. Guess we’ll have to wait and see. Now everyone can Porsche? It won’t be so, but dreams are free!
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incoming Porsche Panamera CKD priced 200k,
Congrats! Tun now can get new Cayenne at cheaper prices.
Tun preferred his more superior Proton X70 Premium.
Malaysia to export Porsche for ASEAN?
Porsche will be the next national car, too bad one that you cannot afford just like Vinfast. Orz
Polis abang see Porsche merz bmw madza 5, crv ask to jalan. See my x70 ask a lot of questions. Class tak sama
nah, that’s for wayang only so that gullible rakyat will say wahhh, so humble la tunn. or is it nowadays they hate him already? lolz
Haha… be realistic. If you cannot afford the options, you can’t afford a Porsche.
Now, everyone can drive a Porsche!
Since they are under VW Group, better to assemble Porsche in Pekan DRB plant making VW cars … sharing common parts and components.. Audi and Skoda will be next,
Quite different actually. Even in China, Porsche & VW doesn’t share any production facilities. So having separate CKD production arrangements in the same country isn’t so uncommon.
Dude Porsche doesn’t produce anything outside of Germany, so they don’t share anything with vw in China
Ehemm, you were saying?
paultan.org/2020/04/30/porsche-restarts-production-in-zuffenhausen-leipzig/
Leaving Hyundai to neighbour, and bring in Porsche?
The said model will be SKDed and it is Cayenne. Remember the SUV craze.
Haha dreams are free indeed. They will need to have a parts warehouse assembly in order to qualify for cheaper parts in SEA too
A ckd tax free taycan? Hmm, one can dream.
Haha dream on. Right now Taycans are taxed at 10 percent which is lower than the ckd tax. The base Taycan is already 585k with options maybe 650k. Why dont you place an order
Ckd taycan will prolly be about 400 k. Quite good price. Macans will start at 250k-300k. For sure gonna see a lot of sexy curvaceous Porsches on the road instead of the usual mehhh BMW and Mercedes.
Agreed, also Porsche’s are quite reliable so even if you want to buy a used one down the line it won’t completely break the bank.
400K dream on. Even in the UK it is 450K without options. Porsche dont sell cars to you without options
My uncle work in sime darby auto n confirm they set up the factory here. Now they on setup the line for Porsche
Do you read? They will utilize Inokom Sime Darby assembly plant in Kulim which also assembly BMW, Mazda and Hyundai.
Bodo tak baca. He didnt mention factory what so ever. He said the line for assembly has start. Bodo tk baca the statement
i always believe in automotive industries. the other one is IT. both are capable of offering jobs and businesses. that is what our ex -PM tried to tell us last time though i don’t really agree with everything he said. anyways please make it happen Sime Darby!
everyone’s hoping for cheaper ckd porsches should realise that porsche is not investing here to cater for our market alone, if at all. they’re doing it for the whole region SEA market. hence making malaysia as a regional hub. which is a very good news nonetheless, since there’s still abundance of economic benefits to reap from it.
Setup plant fast fast today so by end of the month we can get CKD Porsches at 100% SST free during tax free period. Thank you so much!
Agreed. A Porsche will still have a Porsche price.. Unreachable for the average Joe… The average Joe should look at working with Porsche rather than buying one..
Next time call Grab, Porsche will come :)
Nevertheless it will still be more attainable. Whether you looking to go up the corporate ladder or just waiting to buy one used in a few years – it still benefits the average Joe.
Well for the average Joe who would be more successful in the future, seems like a great upgrade from maybe a Mazda?
Hope that gov really takes initiative to make our country competitive and look at long term
Macan and taycan cod for the win
I feel like at MOST we will see a 100k? difference in prices rn
Too early for April fools joke… Lol
If Porsche is going to locally assemble any model, it’s probably going to be one of their SUVs (Macan or Cayenne)… But if they’re planning for CKD sports cars, this would be huge news no doubt !
However, having said that, this wouldn’t be the first time we’ve seen CKD Euro sports cars here. Because as far back as the late 90s, Proton had assembled a small batch of Lotus Elise models in their Shah Alam plant. This was around the time Proton bought Lotus. Some of the CKD Elise were exported to regional markets too. I’m guessing a few CKD Elise are still around today… Lotus cars tend to hold their value very well, unlike most sports cars. Maybe cause they have Toyota engines ? haha
Around the same time, TVR also assembled the Chimaera at a small warehouse in Klang. I believe there is a photo of Tun M driving one of these CKD TVR somewhere on the internet. Supposedly, the Malaysian models were also more reliable than the original UK ones, and many were also exported.
Unfortunately, the 1998 financial crisis put an early end to both Lotus and TVR CKD ops here. Still, Proton did learn a ton from Lotus, and R3 was established shortly after and are still around today.
Anyways, let’s see which Porsche model (if any) will be assembled here. In any case, it’s welcome news for our local auto industry.
The thing is… this is VERY big news in that Porsche is a very methodical brand and they don’t do thing on a whim. This will be Porsche’s first plant outside of Germany which is quite a big deal to get the honor off. It’s not a brand like lotus where it’s all very meh meh
And luxury carmaker Bufori, the small-volume luxury car maker with its operations and factory based in Kepong, Kuala Lumpur. That Bufori Geneva, using the 6.1-litre version of the Hemi V8 reserved for Chrysler Group’s top end SRT-8 cars. Proud state of the art carmaking nation we had. Before the ominous downhill slide of our country from 2009 onwards..
Bufori, a car nobody wanted, too ugly. Wrong car for the wrong time. Like the TVR, end stage terminal
now more people can consider buying a porsche rather then buying a bmw merc or audi
This is buttery beautiful news. Imagine the days where we have ckd porsches. Albeit the factory might supply for the Southeast Asian market and more, the fact that it’s in Malaysia makes us people have cheaper porsches running around. And Porsche is one of the most reliable brands among the other German Marques. Impeccable engineering.
Porsche realized that soon all cars will go electric and have the same power and torque of a sports car. So Porsche needs cars that will go into the mass market as well and compete on a level playing field. Power and torque is no longer a defining factor.
Sime Darby approach Porsche only. Wait until Porsche study the feasibility first, then they will dig all the worms from the ground.
This also means that there will be more kosong spec porsches driving around instead of pre-specced cars by sime darby which were imported from germany
i just wanted to point out that the writer’s has a good style of writing and i love it. good job bro
probably he is also hoping for the positive outcome too
Europe and countries in Asia are going EV big-time so do not be overexerted.
macan 400k above. cayenne 500k above. ingat lepas ckd harga jadi macam x70 ke..haha mimpila weh. paling jauh pun murah 100k je.
wow…porsche with inokom badge…