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  Proton-VW Tie-up Updates

  30 December 2005 / 43 comments

  Volkswagen and Proton tie-up talks have made some progress, after a meeting between Proton Holdings Bhd and Volkswagen AG in Bangkok recently. Apparently Volkswagen has dropped it’s insistence to have a controlling stake in Proton, […]

   

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  Proton disposes of MV Agusta for 1 Euro

  28 December 2005 / 226 comments

  Proton Holdings has sold it’s 57.57 percent stake in MV Agusta Spa to an Italian company Gevi Spa. Gevi Spa will assume MV Agusta’s debts and working capital requirements totalling 139.44 million euros, as announced […]

   

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  NAZA to sell Chinese mini cars

  23 December 2005 / 88 comments

  The NAZA Group, controlled by tycoon Tan Sri SM Nasimuddin SM Amin has set up a company called N-2 Sdn Bhd. N-2 is believed to focus on assembling and distributing Chinese-made mini cars, competing with […]

   

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  ChangAn CM8 assembled in Malaysia

  22 December 2005 / 121 comments

  UPDATE: The CM8 has been launched in Malaysia as the Chana Era CM8, the cheapest 7-seater in Malaysia with a price tag starting from under RM40k. ChangAn Auto Group, based in Chongqing, China has completed […]

   

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  Locally assembled Mitsubishi cars

  21 December 2005 / 70 comments

  Mitsubishi Motors Malaysia Sdn Bhd (joint venture betweeen Mitsubishi Japan 52% and EON 48%) is in talks with Proton Holdings Bhd and Sime Darby Bhd, among a few other car manufacturers on the possibility of […]

   

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  Oil Prices And Subsidies (An Explanation)

  15 December 2005 / 39 comments

  I found this article on the National Economic Action Council’s website on why the oil prices have been increasing and why the government cannot continue subsidising our fuel, as well as why Petronas cannot take […]

   

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  Dr. M: Proton losses a mystery

  13 December 2005 / 37 comments

  Dr. M has spoken up again on the issue of his brainchild Proton’s recent two quarterly losses in a row. “I am surprised that a company which was doing well suddenly reports losses (RM158 million […]

   

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  Team Proton mindset overhaul

  12 December 2005 / 67 comments

  Proton Managing Director Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohd Tahir gave some insights on his first steps to turn around loss-making Proton when his appointment as Proton MD takes effect on January 1 2006 for a […]

   

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  Jom Kembara adventure 2005, Sungkai

  6 December 2005 / 18 comments

  An announcement from Peter for Perodua Kembara owners. Should be quite fun to have a get-together for the family.

   

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  2006 Toyota VIOS Facelift in Malaysia

  1 December 2005 / 69 comments

  If you surf to UMW Toyota’s Toyota Vios website, you will see that the new facelifted Toyota Vios is now available for sale. The updated prices are RM88,880.00 for the 1.5G high spec model, and […]

   

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  Proton new head – Syed Zainal Abidin Tahir

  30 November 2005 / 55 comments

  Proton has named the successor to Tengku Mahaleel. With the title of Managing Director, Syed Zainal Abidin Tahir, 43 years old this year, will take over the helm of Proton and steer it into the […]

   

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  Proton Q2 2006 loss

  28 November 2005 / 48 comments

  Proton Holdings Bhd may post a second quarter loss of RM700 million due to MV Agusta, it’s unprofitable motorcycle unit. It previously posted a first quarter loss of RM 12.4 million, and attributed those to […]

   

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  Perodua hopes to reduce waiting time

  25 November 2005 / 46 comments

  Perodua Sales Sdn Bhd hopes to cut down the waiting list time for its vehicles to two to three months from the current five months by Q2 2006. Perodua currently produces 280-300 cars a day […]

   

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  Perodua man for Proton CEO?

  22 November 2005 / 85 comments

  Proton Holdings Bhd may appoint Syed Zainal Abidin Mohamed Tahir as the new chief executive officer of the company, replacing former CEO Tengku Mahaleel Ariff. Zainal Abidin is currently the deputy managing director of Perusahaan […]

   

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  Proton Chancellor 2.0 V6

  22 November 2005 / 316 comments

  Proton has announced the availability of the Proton Chancellor beginning 15th December 2005. It will debut during the ASEAN Summit from 12-14 December. What is the Proton Chancellor? It’s basically a Proton Waja chassis with […]

   

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