Rafidah to reply Dr. M
Rafidah declined to comment on Proton Advisor Tun Dr. Mahathir’s remarks on Proton’s disadvantagement to the influx of cheap Korean and Chinese cars, after the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday. (Though I don’t really think the […]
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Misconceptions over Proton subsidy unfortunate
A piece from the long transcript at a press conference with Tun Dr. Mahathir, Proton’s advisor. Proton is protected simply because Proton has a job to do to build up the automotive and engineering capability […]
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AC Schnitzer ACS7
This is an even more souped up version of the ultimate luxury sedan. The AC Schnitzer ACS7 based on the E65/E66 7-series. The BMW 7-series combines two excellent properties of a car, luxury and driveability. […]
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R3 Preview at Dreamcars Asia 2005
Proton’s Motorsports Division RaceRallyResearch will be showing a preview of the complete line of R3 cars at Dreamcars Asia this 7th July to 10th July at the New KL Convention Center. The Proton Gen2 R3 […]
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World’s Most Economical Car
This is the Pac-Car. It can circle the globe with only 8 litres of fuel. With the prices of RON97 petrol currently standing at RM1.52 per litre, that would mean it would cost you RM12.16 […]
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Proton Gas-Electric Car?
Tun Dr. Mahathir revealed in the papers today what’s coming up in Proton’s road map. He says that Proton plans to develop a gas-electric car in 5 years time. Proton has supposedly been working on […]
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The New 2006 Mercedes Benz S-Class
Mercedes Benz has updated the S-class with it’s latest incarnation, the 2006 model. This new model is longer and taller than the previous model, with updated engines. In US and Europe where it will be […]
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Proton vs. MITI, Round 3
Jeff Ooi already has a very detailed coverage on the latest updates on the Proton vs. MITI saga, so I’m not going to talk much about it. More time for me to write more howtos […]
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Volkswagen Willing to Buy Proton
A foreign partner is key to Proton’s survival when Malaysia’s sheltered auto market is opened fully by 2008. Mahathir says: If we want to, we can sell more than 50% to Volkswagen. They are quite […]
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Toyota Vitz
If Perodua were to make a car in the same class as the Proton Savvy, it would have to be based on the Toyota Vitz. The Toyota Vitz is in the compact car class, unlike […]
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Myvi News on Daihatsu Website
Check it out here. Some quotes from the article. Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. (“Daihatsuâ€) and Perodua, Daihatsu’s joint venture corporate group in Malaysia, today announced the launch of the Myvi that is being added to […]
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Mahaleel’s Job Safe For Now
When asked on Tengku Mahaleel’s position, Rafidah says: I do not know… I don’t have any links with Proton. Proton is not under the ministry. Proton comes under the direct purview of Khazanah (Nasional Bhd) […]
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Tengku Mahaleel Given 1 Week to Explain
Inconsistencies in the media. Hmm… 5 Malaysian dailies have reported that Proton Holdings Bhd boardmembers have decided to give it’s chief executive Tengku Tan Sri Mahaleel Tengku Ariff a week to explain the basis of […]
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Jaring Rocks My Socks
2013 UPDATE: In case anyone’s interested, Jaring has deteriorated badly and we are now hosted at AIMS.
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Alternate Image Hosts for PPS Buttons
Just right click and choose Copy Image Location to get the links to these buttons. I decided to host the buttons because of PPS has been having massive bandwidth usage last month. Details here and […]
