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  Malaysian vehicle sales data for Dec 2021 by brand – Perodua up 13.5%, Proton sales flat, Hyundai +123%

  21 January 2022 / 22 comments

  To say that 2021 was a challenging year for the automotive industry would be a criminal understatement. Not only did the market continue to be battered by COVID-19 and the continuing movement control orders – […]

   

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  All LRT, MRT, Monorail stations in KL city closed from 7am to 3pm tomorrow at PDRM’s request – Rapid KL

  21 January 2022 / 43 comments

  This just in. Is there a planned protest in KL tomorrow? Rapid KL has announced the closure of LRT, MRT and Monorail stations located in the city centre tomorrow (January 22), from 7am to 3pm. […]

   

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  2022 Peugeot 2008 launched in Malaysia – CKD; 1.2L turbo with 130 hp and 230 Nm; AEB; from RM127k

  21 January 2022 / 62 comments

  The second-generation Peugeot 2008 has been launched in Malaysia, with official distributor Bermaz Auto Alliance (BAASB) offering the B-segment SUV in a sole Allure variant. The 2008 is the third SUV to be introduced by […]

   

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  Puspakom Voluntary Vehicle Inspection campaign for private vehicles – free of charge, January 21-31, 2022

  21 January 2022 / 2 comments

  Puspakom is holding a Voluntary Vehicle Inspection (VVI) campaign for privately owned vehicles from today until January 31, 2022 in conjunction with the upcoming Chinese New Year festive season, it said in a statement. Vehicle […]

   

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  Malaysia-Singapore VTL reopened – land and air vaccinated travel lane, ticket sales quota halved

  21 January 2022 / 0 comments

  The Malaysia-Singapore vaccinated travel lane (VTL), which was suspended on December 23, has been reopened effective today, the health ministry (KKM) announced. This applies to both land and air VTL. KKM says that following risk […]

   

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  PLUS apologises for traffic congestion due to RFID rollout, to reinstate 43 SmartTag lanes at 34 toll plazas

  21 January 2022 / 28 comments

  Highway concessionaire PLUS Malaysia has apologised to all its highway customers for the inconvenience caused as a result of the congestion during its initial RFID rollout along the North-South Expressway from Juru to Skudai on […]

   

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  NKVE two-way closure near Kota Damansara exit for DASH construction, Jan 22-26 – U-turn before KD toll

  21 January 2022 / 0 comments

  NKVE users, take note. There will be a full closure involving both directions near the Kota Damansara exit. This is from January 22-26, midnight till 5am. The closure is to allow construction of the DASH […]

   

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  Only 274 EVs sold in Malaysia in 2021 – big jump for electric vehicles expected in 2022 as tax-free era starts

  20 January 2022 / 16 comments

  There have been a lot of talk about electric vehicles (EVs) even before the government announced duty-free incentives for battery-powered cars in Budget 2022, but did you know that only less than 300 EVs were […]

   

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  2022 Volkswagen Mk8 Golf R sighted in Malaysia

  20 January 2022 / 2 comments

  The current iteration of the Golf R is that which is based on the eighth-generation Golf, which made its global debut in November 2020. The example shown here wears the high-performance hatchback’s signature blue paint, […]

   

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  Malaysia ranked 3rd in 2021 ASEAN car sales – how we compared against Thailand, Indonesia, SG, Vietnam

  20 January 2022 / 3 comments

  The Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) has released ASEAN sales data for 2021 from the month of January until November. As with the July update last year, the data is for seven of the ten ASEAN […]

   

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  SUV sales in Malaysia increased by 43% in 2021; normal passenger vehicle sales down by almost 20%

  20 January 2022 / 5 comments

  Malaysians like riding tall, and have proven so with their money. From a total of 508,911 vehicles sold in Malaysia last year, SUVs and 4x4s comprised 136,497 units in 2021, which represented a 43% gain […]

   

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  MAA targets 600k car sales in 2022, +17.9% from 2021

  20 January 2022 / 2 comments

  The Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) revealed today that auto sales in 2021 amounted to 508,911 units, which is 20,603 units or 4% less than in 2020. It’s the second consecutive year of decline for Malaysia’s […]

   

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  Proton launches new range of R3 merchandise and premium engine oils – available at COE, dealerships

  20 January 2022 / 26 comments

  Proton has launched a new range of R3 official merchandise and premium engine oils, which are marketed by Proton Global Services (PGS), a fully owned subsidiary of Proton Edar that serves to expand the reach […]

   

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  Malaysia car sales in 2021 – total industry volume at 508,911, over 20k down vs 2020, 95k less than 2019

  20 January 2022 / 2 comments

  A total of 508,911 vehicles were sold in Malaysia in 2021. That final tally beat the Malaysian Automotive Association’s (MAA) revised forecast of 500k units announced in July last year. The original total industry volume […]

   

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