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  Indonesia to reduce ‘luxury tax’ on sedans, aims to grow local production and boost sales

  16 August 2017 / 13 comments

  Indonesia is a market dominated by MPVs. Besides the fact that the people carriers can well, carry more people, why aren’t sedans more popular in ASEAN’s biggest auto market? In 2016, sedans accounted for about […]

   

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  BMW Z4 Concept teased, reveal set for August 17

  16 August 2017 / 4 comments

  Ahead of this year’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, BMW has dropped a teaser image of a new roadster concept that will be revealed on August 17. This is the second teaser of what is reportedly […]

   

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  Ride-hailing regulations necessary to ensure safety

  16 August 2017 / 4 comments

  The government says that the same regulations imposed on conventional taxi drivers and ride-hailing service providers are meant to ensure the safety of passengers as well as consistency, Bernama reports. According to minister in the […]

   

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  GIIAS 2017: Nissan Note e-Power, a unique JDM hybrid

  15 August 2017 / 11 comments

  Nothing new from Nissan at the ongoing 2017 Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show (GIIAS), but the maker of the GT-R has two cars on showcase duty. One is the BladeGlider prototype and the other is […]

   

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  SPIED: G05 BMW X5 seen with Laserlight headlamps

  15 August 2017 / 5 comments

  The next-generation BMW X5 has been spotted in public on its trial runs again, following its outings on ice and on the Nurburgring. This time, we can see a rather more representative set of headlamps […]

   

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  Ford GT ’67 Heritage Edition – new Le Mans homage

  15 August 2017 / 6 comments

  As another homage to its racing heritage, this is the new Ford GT ’67 Heritage Edition, a limited-edition model created to celebrate the Blue Oval’s 1967 Le Mans win. That year, the all-American team of […]

   

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  UMW Toyota Motor’s pre-owned vehicle division rebranded, now known as Toyota Topmark

  15 August 2017 / 14 comments

  UMW Toyota Motor’s TopMark pre-owned vehicle division has been rebranded and is now known as Toyota TopMark. The move in renaming the business – which has been affiliated with UMW Toyota Motor’s service and technical […]

   

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  GIIAS 2017: Mercedes-AMG GT R, the Green Hell beast

  15 August 2017 / 6 comments

  The Mercedes-AMG GT R lent star power to the three-pointed star’s booth at the 2017 Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show (GIIAS). Unlike every other car present, the AMG brand’s performance flagship was cordoned off, which […]

   

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  VIDEO: F90 BMW M5 teased, debuts on August 21

  15 August 2017 / 2 comments

  On August 21, BMW will unveil the all-new F90 BMW M5 and to get the hype train rolling, here’s a teaser video of the upcoming Mercedes-AMG E 63 competitor. The new M5 will feature all-wheel […]

   

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  New Toyota Yaris Ativ launched in Thailand – 1.2L, 7 airbags standard, priced from 469k baht (RM60k)

  15 August 2017 / 41 comments

  The new Toyota Yaris Ativ sedan has made its launch debut in Thailand, a few days after an official teaser video was first released. The car is based on the current Vios sold there, but […]

   

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  East Coast Expressway LPT1 and LPT2 go cashless

  15 August 2017 / 7 comments

  As of noon yesterday, toll collection at 19 plazas from Karak to Kuala Terengganu on the East Coast Expressway 1 and 2 (LPT1 and LPT2) has gone fully electronic, Bernama reports. Anih Berhad, the concessionaire […]

   

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  GIIAS 2017: Wuling Confero MPV is SAIC-GM’s first Indonesian-made product – 1.5L MT, from RM41k

  15 August 2017 / 20 comments

  Indonesia’s budget MPV market has a new player other than the new Mitsubishi Xpander. The Wuling Confero is the first fruit of SAIC-GM-Wuling’s Indonesian factory, which started operations in Cikarang last month. The US$700 million […]

   

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  Malaysia Automotive Institute Design Centre opens in Rawang – gov’t to subsidise 50% of usage charges

  15 August 2017 / 18 comments

  The Malaysia Automotive Institute has opened its design centre in Sungai Choh, Rawang, near the headquarters of Perodua, which it has partnered with in the centre’s development. The aim of the design centre, MAI says, […]

   

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  Infiniti Prototype 9 unveiled at Pebble Beach event

  15 August 2017 / 6 comments

  Infiniti has unveiled its new show car during the 2017 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance event, dubbed the Prototype 9, a reimagining of a 1940s grand prix race car. A project that started out as nothing […]

   

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  ‘RR’ plate series rakes in RM12.2 million for JPJ Perlis

  15 August 2017 / 16 comments

  Earlier this month, it was reported that the ‘RR’ vehicle number plate had become the most lucrative plate series for JPJ Perlis, taking in RM7.2 million to overtake the previous collection for the ‘RM’ plate […]

   

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