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  Volkswagen appoints AutoStadt as sole importer

  15 February 2006 / 9 comments

  Volkswagen Group Malaysia Sdn Bhd has appointed AutoStadt Asia Sdn Bhd as the sole importer of Volkswagen cars in the country. Want to know who owns AutoStadt? 499,999 shares are held by a certain Zulkifli […]

   

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  All’s well at Perodua

  15 February 2006 / 19 comments

  While the folks at our first national car manufacturer are busy restructuring Team Proton, Perodua is grinning ear to ear at the runaway success of their latest model the Perodua Myvi. The Perodua Myvi has […]

   

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  Bernama Q&A Session with Tengku Mahaleel

  15 February 2006 / 12 comments

  Q1: Why are you lobbying for MV Agusta right now after it has been sold? A1: Here, we are trying to clarify our (me and former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s) positions because the […]

   

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  Round 2: The TM duo question MV Agusta sale

  15 February 2006 / 10 comments

  As most of you know, Proton had disposed of MV Agusta last December for 1 Euro in an exercise to divest its non-core assets. Proton had originally acquire MV Agusta for 70 million Euros, on […]

   

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  Tengku Mahaleel seeks damages

  9 February 2006 / 16 comments

  Tengku Tan Sri Mahaleel Tengku Ariff has brought the case of his controversial termination as the CEO of Proton to the Jabatan Perhubungan Perusahaan (IRD) of the Ministry of Human Resources. Tengku Mahaleel is seeking […]

   

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  Honda City Upgrade Exercise

  8 February 2006 / 8 comments

  Honda Malaysia is running a Product Up-Date Exercise on their Honda City cars. If you’re affected you should have received a letter informing you about the exercise. If you have a second hand Honda City […]

   

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  Proton Mitsubishi partnership outline

  3 February 2006 / 28 comments

  The Edge Daily carries a story with the main points of the new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation signed between Proton and Mitsubishi. Product development of new Proton vehicles Supply of components between Proton […]

   

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  What has Proton been up to?

  3 February 2006 / 9 comments

  A few interesting things have been happening in the Proton stables. Let’s have a look at them one by one shall we. On the 26th of January, Proton’s new chief executive Syed Zainal Abidin Syed […]

   

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  The Road Angels

  30 January 2006 / 5 comments

  I’ve come across this pretty interesting service called the Road Angels so I thought I’d introduce them to you here, since all of you probably have cars and there’s a chance you’d get into a […]

   

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  Proton to use Petronas E01 family engines?

  29 January 2006 / 25 comments

  Proton Holdings Bhd signed a memorandum of intent (MOI) with Petronas to develop larger-capacity engines and an environmentally friendly alternative fuel system. The MOI involves Proton and Petronas working together to explore the development of […]

   

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  Mitsubishi open to tech alliance

  26 January 2006 / 17 comments

  Although Mitsubishi has denied any future joint venture plans with Proton, it’s CEO Osamu Masuko said on Tuesday that it would still be open to forming technology-based alliances with Malaysia’s national carmaker. However he said […]

   

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  Perodua sues disgruntled Kelisa owner

  18 January 2006 / 43 comments

  Associated Press via Yahoo News reports that the Malaysian Appeals Court upheld a High Court order against Richard Fong Khee Choong to take down a personal website he set up in October 2002 about his […]

   

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  Naza to go public

  18 January 2006 / 22 comments

  The Naza Group, which just announced that it will complete it’s RM200 million Gurun plant expansion in March, will file for public listing this year. Naza also plans to spend RM800 million this year on […]

   

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  Volkswagen Malaysia launch in February

  17 January 2006 / 33 comments

  Volkswagen AG will set up it’s distribution channels in Malaysia next month. Volkswagen Group Malaysia was incorporated on the 15th December last year, and is set for a launch in February. Volkswagen Malaysia will be […]

   

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  2006 Proton Waja Campro

  14 January 2006 / 79 comments

  [UPDATE : Proton has launched the 2007 Proton Waja facelift. Click here to view!] Proton’s new Proton Waja powered by it’s S4PH Campro engine was launched yesterday. Among the enhancements over the Mitsubishi-powered Waja besides […]

   

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