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  Proton admits to removing top tether from the Saga, now offers free installation for current owners

  19 October 2015 / 186 comments

  Proton has released a new statement regarding the so-called ASEAN NCAP tether-gate, where the Malaysian carmaker has now admitted to “mistakenly omitting” the top tethers from the current Saga models. The company regrets the miscommunication […]

   

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  DRIVEN: 2015 Audi A6 1.8 TFSI – is cheaper better?

  19 October 2015 / 35 comments

  Against seemingly unfavourable odds — given the rise of a certain Mercedes-Benz E 300 BlueTEC Hybrid and its tax-free status, and the all-conquering BMW 5 Series — Audi Malaysia took up a bold and opposing […]

   

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  KL-Singapore High Speed Rail project gets 150 RFIs

  19 October 2015 / 5 comments

  The proposed Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project has received an estimated total of 150 requests for information (RFI) from several consortia and companies, The Star reports. The market-sensing exercise has so far witnessed […]

   

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  RapidKL kicks off fourth double-decker bus route, from Taman Sri Muda, Shah Alam to Central Market

  19 October 2015 / 1 comment

  RapidKL has announced that it has introduced double-decker buses on the U64 route service, which runs from Taman Sri Muda in Shah Alam to Central Market in Kuala Lumpur, Bernama reports. The fare for a […]

   

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  BMW F 700 GS and F 800 R introduced in Malaysia

  19 October 2015 / 6 comments

  BMW Motorrad Malaysia has just unveiled two Thai-assembled bikes, the BMW F 700 GS and the F 800 R – both models are built at the BMW Motorrad’s plant in Rayong. Both feature a 798 […]

   

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  UberXL introduced in Malaysia – seats up to six people

  19 October 2015 / 13 comments

  Despite being under siege from taxi drivers, Uber Malaysia isn’t showing any signs of slowing – indeed, the transportation network company has announced the launch of its newest service offering, which is called uberXL. The […]

   

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  South Korea to bid for KL-Singapore HSR project

  19 October 2015 / 2 comments

  More on the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) project – South Korea has signalled its interest in bidding for said project according to deputy transport minister, Datuk Abdul Aziz Kaprawi, in a report by The […]

   

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  Honda Malaysia confirms 2%-3% price increase in 2016

  19 October 2015 / 17 comments

  Honda Malaysia has announced that it will increase the prices of its products by 2% to 3%, beginning January 2016. The reason, as you might have already figured, for said move can be attributed to […]

   

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  Toyota Malaysia teases #ViosPulseOfAction stunt video – watch a Vios quartet go very, very sideways

  19 October 2015 / 66 comments

  Toyota Malaysia has uploaded three teaser videos onto its official website, previewing an upcoming local stunt driving video, accompanied by the hashtag #ViosPulseOfAction. Let’s just say that what you’re about to see certainly involves tyres […]

   

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  Taxi drivers group wants PM to ban ride-sharing apps

  19 October 2015 / 15 comments

  The Malaysian Taxi Drivers, Limousine and Car Rental Operators Association (Petekma) is calling for a ban on ride-sharing apps in a memorandum submitted to the Malaysian prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. President of the […]

   

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  Car price increases yet to be confirmed, MAI says

  16 October 2015 / 27 comments

  The Malaysia Automotive Institute (MAI) has come out to say that an impending increase in car prices next year as hinted by local distributors has not been confirmed, as it hinges on the ringgit’s value […]

   

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  Highway concessionaires: toll hikes necessary to meet shareholder returns and service debts

  16 October 2015 / 29 comments

  More on the recent toll hikes, this time from the highway concessionaires themselves. According to a The Star report, the hikes are deemed as necessary by toll concessionaires as they needed to meet shareholder returns […]

   

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  KTM introduces new Gemas-Padang Besar ETS routes

  16 October 2015 / 9 comments

  Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM) has announced the introduction of six new routes for its Electric Train Service (ETS). Trains began plying the Gemas-Padang Besar, Gemas-Butterworth and Butterworth-Padang Besar routes on October 10, the rail operator […]

   

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  Top tether fitment omission – Proton issues statement

  15 October 2015 / 49 comments

  Following ASEAN NCAP’s discovery that a Malaysian carmaker had removed the top tether fitment in a previously tested and rated vehicle, Perodua issued a statement on the matter earlier today, and now, Proton has done […]

   

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  Sultan of Johor’s customised Mack truck unveiled in Brisbane, and it’s the most expensive Oz big rig ever

  15 October 2015 / 39 comments

  The world’s most expensive Mack truck has been delivered to the Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Ibni Almarhum Sultan Iskandar, in Brisbane. The price of the truck was not disclosed, but it smashes the previous […]

   

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