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  DRB-HICOM granted it’s own APs

  17 April 2006 / 21 comments

  The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) has granted Appoved Permits for all CBU models imported by DRB-HICOM into Malaysia. DRB-HICOM currently brings in the Chevrolet, Citroen, Honda, Mahindra, Suzuki, Audi and Mitsubishi marques. […]

   

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  NAP After-Effects: Chevrolet CBU prices expected to go up

  17 April 2006 / 18 comments

  Hicomobil will maintain it’s prices for the Chevrolet CBU models it brings into Malaysia until new stocks have to be ordered. When the new stocks come in, prices are expected to go up slightly. This […]

   

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  Proton and Mahindra strategic alliance

  15 April 2006 / 33 comments

  Business Times reports that Mahindra & Mahindra is in talks with Proton for a possible manufacturing and marketing alliance which may involve a strategic stake transfer. Rumours are that Proton would assemble the Mahindra Scorpio […]

   

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  Proton vendors need to buck up

  14 April 2006 / 54 comments

  The Proton Vendors Association (PVA) are moving towards consolidation as part of efforts to increase competitiveness, increase economies of scale and reduce wastage as well as optimum utilisation of investment. Currently over 260 vendors supply […]

   

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  Possible Tata Indica local assembly

  13 April 2006 / 30 comments

  Tata Sons Executive Director Alan Rosling says Tata Motor is looking at various markets including Malaysia and is likely to set up an assembly line in Malaysia to assemble Tata passanger vehicles like the Tata […]

   

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  NAZA NX-01 Spyshots

  12 April 2006 / 43 comments

  These are spyshots of a new car being tested on Malaysian roads. It is a small mini-MPV type of vehicle which belongs in the Hyundai/Inokom Atos and Perodua Kenari class of cars. It’s heavily plastered, […]

   

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  NAP After-effects: BMW announces new pricelist

  7 April 2006 / 19 comments

  BMW Group Malaysia has released new prices for it’s cars according to the new tax structure that comes with the National Automotive Policy. BMW says prices have dropped across the whole model range, but from […]

   

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  NAP After-Effects: Mitsubishi cuts Lancer price

  7 April 2006 / 20 comments

  Mitsubishi Motors Malaysia has lowered the price of it’s Mitsubishi Lancer GLX 1.6 sedan by 2%, which translates to a reduction of RM2000 to RM97,425.30, excluding insurance. Buyers who have booked the car but have […]

   

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  Proton to announce strategic tie-up by end April

  5 April 2006 / 56 comments

  Proton Holdings Bhd MD Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir said today that the company is in talks with a foreign company for a strategic core alliance, which might involve selling a stake to the […]

   

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  2 new biodiesel plants

  3 April 2006 / 8 comments

  Two new biodiesel plants will be set up in Malaysia, one a RM74 million ringgit plant in Sabah and the other costing RM24 million, through partnerships between a US firm and local companies. The RM74 […]

   

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  NAP After-Effects: Honda announces new prices

  31 March 2006 / 76 comments

  Honda has announced new prices for four of it’s most popular models, the Honda City, Honda Accord, Honda Civic and Honda Jazz. These prices took effect on 23rd March 2006. The following are the new […]

   

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  Geely investment plans on hold again

  31 March 2006 / 11 comments

  Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd is once again rethinking it’s RM100 million investment plans in Malaysia. It was not very happy with the new National Automotive Policy which stated that any new foreign car manufacturers who […]

   

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  Corruption in the car industry

  31 March 2006 / 20 comments

  6 custom officers are being investigated for assisting car dealers to import vehicles using cloned or fake Approved Permits. Two are assistant directors while the other 4 are rank-and-file officers. These guys earn as much […]

   

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  Proton and Chery discussing two-way partnership

  30 March 2006 / 24 comments

  More developments on Malaysia-China automotive industry relations. Previously there were rumours on Proton’s involvement with Jinhua Youngman and Chery. Jinhua Youngman was believed to have entered a deal with Proton to assemble Proton CKD kits […]

   

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  NAP After-Effects: Proton reduces prices further

  30 March 2006 / 16 comments

  Proton Edar Sdn Bhd and EON have published new price lists for Proton cars, lower than the prices previously announced. It’s still not much, with the model with the largest price cut being 7% for […]

   

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