Satria Replacement Model in April?
A report by New Straits Times says Proton expects to launch a new model in April. This could most likely be the SRM as I don't think there's any possibility of a …
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NAP Tax Rates
Here are the new National Automotive Policy tax rates as of 22nd March 2006. Completely Knocked Down (CKD) Cars Completely Built Up (CBU) Cars For the old tax rates, refer to this …
Joke of the day millenium
The Government had never supported us and did not give us a chance. It must assist us now and I hope that it will be done. The above line was quoted by …
Thoughts on the National Automotive Policy
The new National Automotive Policy was released on the 22nd of March 2006. We've waited in anticipation for it for quite some time now. Most of us are primarily concerned on how …
NAP After-Effects: Perodua reduces prices
With the new tax structures and policies of the National Automotive Policy, Perusahaan Otomobil Kedua Sdn Bhd (Perodua) announced price cuts of between RM800 to RM1500 per vehicle, which translates to about …
NAP After-Effects: Toyota cars to be cheaper
We've just seen one of the first effects of the new National Automotive Policy. UMW has just announced it's passanger cars will be cheaper by 5.6% to 11% with the new tax …
Malaysia National Automotive Policy
You will find after the jump the full text of the new National Automotive Policy, reproduced verbatim. Have had no time to read through it in full yet. Will post about it …
National Automotive Policy News Flash
This just in. The government will progressively phase out the Approved Permits system, with complete abolishment by December 2010. Import tariffs for ASEAN vehicles under the ASEAN Common Effective Preferential Tariff will …
BRABUS S V12 S Biturbo
A souped up S-class. Sometimes you wonder why such monsters are even made, as the typical owner of a Mercedes Benz S-class would be chauferred around in the back seat instead of …
Suzuki Swift CKD in 2007
[ UPDATE: Click here to read a test drive report of the new locally assembled Suzuki Swift! ] [ UPDATE: The locally assembled Suzuki Swift CKD has been launched in Malaysia and …
National Automotive Policy preview by Mayban Securities Research
Mayban Securities Research predicts incentives given by the government to increase competitiveness of the local automotive industry would amount to RM27.5 billion over a 5 year period, which is about RM5.5 billion …
Proton to announce tie-up with Chinese firm this week
Proton is expected to announce a non-exclusive alliance with a Chinese firm this week. At one point, Proton's board had thought about an exclusive partnership with one firm, but Datuk Azlan Hashim …
Perodua targets 14000 units for March 2006
Perodua has had some pretty high sales figures this month, selling 8000 units so far for the month and it's only two thirds way through. Perodua expects to sell 14,000 cars this …
Mahindra to assemble pick-up trucks in Malaysia
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd, who currently sells the Mahindra Scorpio here in Malaysia is planning to assemble pick-up trucks here in Malaysia in 2007. Assembly will be done through a joint-venture with …
Malaysia-USA Free Trade Agreement to open market for car export
Malaysian car manufacturers Proton, Perodua might be able to enter the US market with the upcoming Free Trade Agreement between Malaysia and the USA. Malaysia is currently the USA's 10th largest trading …
What is Perodua up to? – Kelisa Imago
There's a small teaser on Perodua's site, depicting a nice pair of eyes. One of them is silver, and one of them is green. The teaser text says "Sometimes silver, sometimes green" …
Ever seen a broken down Toyota?
Another amusing automobile-related ad. Toyota milks their reputation of reliability with this advertisement. Pretty confident heheh. But yeah, it's not to say that they haven't earned the reputation. Check it out. Video …
2006 Hartge H50 V10 based on the BMW E90
While BMW toils to prepare it's new 4.0 litre V8 engine for the new BMW M3, Hartge has injected some well needed horsepower into the new BMW E90 3-series. Feeling that the …
Man sues himself for hitting his own car
This is just some weird news. Happened in California today. Curtis Gokey's car was hit by a Lodi city dump truck. And he's suing the city hall for damages to his car. …
What is a blow off valve, can I put it on my N/A car?
Questions from beginner car enthusiasts on where to get blow off valves for normally aspirated cars are not uncommon as they don't know what blow off valves are for, and how they …
