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  Toyota Fortuner facelift initial details revealed!

  14 August 2008 / 50 comments

  The facelifted Toyota Fortuner has made an appearance on UMW Toyota’s website. The 7-seater SUV based on the Toyota Hilux IMV platform now features a “frowny” grille – that is it curves outwards downwards – […]

   

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  Shell launches new diesel with improved formula

  14 August 2008 / 10 comments

  Shell claims the new Shell diesel features better combustion characteristics, helps clean your engine, has better anti-foam properties and finally better anti-corrosion properties. It will replace the existing diesel offering and will be sold at normal prices.

   

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  GM willing to restart talks with Proton

  13 August 2008 / 41 comments

  Various officials from within the government have been calling for Proton to continue looking for a foreign partner. The national automaker previously had failed talks with PSA Peugeot Citroen, Volkswagen and General Motors. The Volkswagen […]

   

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  Classic Car Sand Blasting in Malaysia

  13 August 2008 / 74 comments

  Click for hi-res image Sand blasting is process where a certain media is blasted onto metal parts, which in this case can be just a sheet metal, a door, or even an entire car. The […]

   

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  Proton and Perodua vendors push for higher excise duty for MPVs and SUVs

  11 August 2008 / 58 comments

  The Proton Vendors Association (PVA) and Kelab Vendor Perodua (KVP) are pushing for the excise duty for cars, MPVs and SUVs to be set at the same level.

   

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  Honda Malaysia calls for hybrid car incentives

  11 August 2008 / 26 comments

  Honda Malaysia CEO Atsushi Fujimoto has called on the Malaysian government to provide incentives and reduce taxes for manufacturers and importers of hybrid cars. He added that the Honda Civic Hybrid is priced RM40,000 higher […]

   

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  Toyota Hilux facelifted – initial details revealed!

  11 August 2008 / 17 comments

  Toyota Hilux facelift featuring new wing mirrors with signal indicators, a new front bumper, a new front grille and new alloy wheels priced between RM73k to RM96k.

   

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  MINI John Cooper Works now available in Malaysia

  8 August 2008 / 17 comments

  The MINI John Cooper Works is now in Malaysia and available at Auto Bavaria and Sapura Auto showrooms for RM279,000. The MINI JCW’s 1.6 litre turbocharged engine gets boosted up to 211hp, with peak torque […]

   

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  Naza 206 Premium now on sale for RM71,888

  7 August 2008 / 69 comments

  Click to enlarge Naza Corporation has introduced a premium version of the Naza 206 Bestari called the Naza 206 Premium. It’s priced at RM71,888.00, about RM3k more than the 206 Bestari’s RM68,877.80 price tag. For […]

   

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  German Motors Sdn Bhd: independent Mercedes-Benz service center in PJ

  5 August 2008 / 3 comments

  Click to view enlarged map German Motors Sdn Bhd is a new independent service center for Mercedes-Benz, Smart, BMW, VW, Volvo and Audi cars in Malaysia, though Mercedes-Benz cars are their speciality. The service center […]

   

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  Proton Persona “Our Pride and Joy” campaign wins 2008 PMAA Gold Dragon award

  5 August 2008 / 35 comments

  Proton’s Our Pride and Joy campaign for the Proton Persona by McCann Erickson Malaysia has won the Gold Dragon award at the 2008 PMAA Awards. The Gold Dragon was for the Best Brand-building Campaign category. […]

   

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  Nissan Lightfoot Quest Competition Results

  5 August 2008 / 42 comments

  The record holder for mileage during the competition was a Nissan Grand Latio 1.8 auto which only used 3.19 liters for the 180.5km journey!

   

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  Proton hybrid car in 2 to 3 years

  5 August 2008 / 34 comments

  Proton will be collaborating with automotive component suppliers who are involved in producing hybrid components like Bosch to develop its own hybrid cars, which could be ready for the market in 2 to 3 years […]

   

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  Petrol prices to float at monthly average rate from September, subsidy fixed at 30 sen

  4 August 2008 / 19 comments

  Petrol prices at the pump will be switched from its current fixed price of RM2.70 per litre to a floating amount according to the month’s average current market rates with a fixed subsidy of RM0.30 […]

   

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  MEM Proton Satria Neo Super 2000

  4 August 2008 / 50 comments

  Click for hi-res photo This is the MEM Proton Satria Neo Super 2000 Rally Car by Mellors Elliot Motorsport. The Super 2000 Rally was proposed by the FIA because of the rising costs of running […]

   

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