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  Oriental Holdings in dealership talks with Proton

  24 April 2015 / 20 comments

  It has been reported that Proton is in negotiations with Oriental Holdings for the latter to set up a Proton dealership business. Citing industry sources, The Edge reported over the weekend that talks between Proton […]

   

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  Too cheap to be true – JPJ busts cloned car syndicate

  24 April 2015 / 57 comments

  They say that when something is too good to be true, it probably is. The Star reports that a syndicate has been luring people to buy cloned luxury cars online at prices three times lower […]

   

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  PERS1M urges taxi firms to separate GST from daily rental rate – GST should be on insurance, permit only

  24 April 2015 / 3 comments

  The Malaysian Taxi Drivers’ Transformation Association (PERS1M) is set to obtain a court order to urge taxi companies to separate the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from their daily rental rate, Bernama reports. According to […]

   

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  Ops Warta to target traffic offenders with outstanding warrants of arrest from next month – report

  24 April 2015 / 11 comments

  Ops Warta is set to kick off next month, under which hundreds of thousands of traffic offenders with outstanding arrest warrants will be targeted, The Star reports. “To date, 2.49 million of the 4.09 million […]

   

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  2015 Toyota Rush facelift introduced in Malaysia

  24 April 2015 / 104 comments

  UMW Toyota has quietly introduced the 2015 Toyota Rush facelift in Malaysia, just over a month after the updated B-segment SUV was introduced in Indonesia. Three variants of Toyota’s small seven-seater SUV are available – […]

   

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  Isuzu MU-X – 7-seater 2.5L SUV previewed in Malaysia

  23 April 2015 / 41 comments

  We recently spotted a camouflaged Isuzu MU-X in town, but the cover up on that mule isn’t necessary, because the seven-seater SUV is now being previewed without stickers at the centre concourse of Alamanda Putrajaya […]

   

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  W205 Mercedes-Benz C-Class – locally-assembled C 200 Avantgarde and C 250 Exclusive launched

  23 April 2015 / 32 comments

  We reported on its impending arrival last week, and now it has been officially announced. Mercedes-Benz Malaysia has launched the locally-assembled W205 Mercedes-Benz C-Class, doing so at a C-Class Driving Experience showcase at Setia City […]

   

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  Sepang International Circuit to be open to cyclists

  23 April 2015 / 9 comments

  Yes, you read the title right. The Sepang International Circuit (SIC) will soon witness cyclists pound their way around the 5.543 km racetrack. For those living under a rock, SIC has played host to various […]

   

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  Renault Captur and Clio GT to reach Malaysia in 2015, Duster SUV a “possibility” for East Malaysia

  23 April 2015 / 22 comments

  Other than revealing the estimated local prices of the Zoe and Twizy EVs, Renault Malaysia has also confirmed to us at paultan.org that the Clio GT and Captur models will be launched here before the […]

   

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  Renault Zoe and Twizy EVs now open for booking, estimated to be priced at under RM140k and RM70k

  23 April 2015 / 34 comments

  Here’s an interesting one for you. The all-electric Renault Zoe and Twizy are now officially open for bookings in Malaysia. Estimated pricing for the EV pair is under RM140,000 for the B-segment-sized Zoe, and below […]

   

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  Renault Fluence facelift launched in Malaysia, RM109k

  23 April 2015 / 73 comments

  Teased on Facebook last week and spotted on the road yesterday, the Renault Fluence facelift has finally been launched in Malaysia. It has been less than a year since the C-segment sedan’s initial local introduction […]

   

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  SPIED: Isuzu MU-X spotted around town, launch soon

  23 April 2015 / 15 comments

  We’ve spotted the new Isuzu MU-X SUV – dressed in a funky digital camouflage – in town. Looks like the launch of this seven-seater SUV is imminent. UPDATE: The MU-X has been officially previewed in […]

   

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  Mercedes-Benz Malaysia announces record Q1 in 2015 – Mercedes-AMG GT to debut in Malaysia late this year

  23 April 2015 / 19 comments

  Mercedes-Benz Malaysia (MBM) yesterday announced the performance results for its first quarter of 2015 – a total of 1,886 Mercedes-Benz passenger cars were sold during the period, a 13% increase over the corresponding quarter in […]

   

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  ASEAN NCAP updates – new testing protocols by 2020

  22 April 2015 / 34 comments

  The ongoing series of technical talks organised by the Malaysia Automotive Institute and Society of Automotive Engineers Malaysia continued today – this time, it was the turn of the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research […]

   

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  SPIED: Renault Fluence facelift sans camo in Malaysia

  22 April 2015 / 19 comments

  Look what we found! We spotted the facelifted Renault Fluence – which is due to be launched tomorrow – running around undisguised near Jaya One, PJ. Unfortunately, we could not get a photo of the […]

   

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