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Ford distributor Sime Darby Auto Connexion (SDAC) has announced a new five-year/160,000-km warranty for the Ranger line-up in Malaysia. This is applicable to all 2021 model year Rangers onwards and is an improvement over the […]
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Weststar Maxus opens new 3S centre in Petaling Jaya
Weststar Maxus has announced the opening of its flagship 3S (sales, after sales and spare parts) centre in Petaling Jaya. The new 46,000 sq ft facility, located at Lot 5, Jalan 51A/219, Petaling Jaya, was […]
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Touch ‘n Go to remove parking fee surcharge by Q1 this year – top up cards using eWallet app by end-2021
Touch ‘n Go Group CEO Effendy Shahul Hamid, in an interview with The Star, has confirmed two big changes that are set to take place this year, which are sure to delight users. First up, […]
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Proton exports grew nearly 50% in 2020 – it aims to double the volume this year with Saga, X70, X50
Proton wants to double its exports this year, the carmaker has declared. This is on the back of a flurry of activity in December that included the starting of CKD operations in Kenya and the […]
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2021 February week one fuel price – diesel goes down
With Friday comes the usual weekly fuel update announcement. Some pleasant news for motorists after the recent upward trend in fuel prices, because there is no change in the price of petrol in the coming […]
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MCO 2.0: Transport ministry announces exemption for road tax and driving licence renewal until March 31
With the range of counter services at road transport department (JPJ) offices having been scaled down in line with the second movement control order (MCO), the transport ministry has again exempted the requirement to renew […]
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2021 Toyota Fortuner facelift and Innova facelift to be launched online via Facebook on February 2 at 8.30pm
UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) has announced that it will be officially launching the 2021 Toyota Fortuner facelift and 2021 Innova facelift on February 2, doing so online via Facebook or YouTube channel platforms. The live […]
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Vehicle sales performance in Malaysia, 2020 vs 2019 – all the numbers, and how the brands fared last year
The 2020 total industry volume (TIV) forecast of 607,000 units made by the Malaysia Automotive Association (MAA) last January may have sounded cautious, offering only modest growth from the 604,287 units achieved in 2019, but […]
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Full lane closures at KL-Seremban Highway near South City Plaza for MRT works, contra flow by stages
Click to enlarge Turnkey contractor of the MRT Putrajaya Line, MMC-Gamuda, has announced the continuation of full lane closures and activation of contra flow by stages at the KL-Seremban Highway. The stretch in question is […]
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MAA forecasts 8% rise in TIV for 2021 – 570,000 units
The Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) says it is optimistic that the local automotive market will rebound in 2021, and has confidently forecast that the total industry volume (TIV) will grow by nearly 8% from 2020, […]
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Vehicle sales performance in Malaysia for 2020: better than expected despite Covid-19, 12.4% down fr 2019
The Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) has released the overall sales and production figures for 2020, showing a total industry volume (TIV) of 529,434 vehicles last year. Compared to the 604,281-unit TIV of 2019, this represented […]
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Hyundai CKD production set to increase despite new Indonesian plant – locally-assembled SUVs in 2022
You’d think that a new plant in Indonesia would severely affect the production of locally-assembled cars here, wouldn’t you? But Hyundai is set to do things differently, despite also planning to move its regional headquarters […]
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December 2020 Malaysian vehicle sales up by 21.8%
The Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) has released vehicle sales date for the month of December 2020, and strong numbers were expectedly recorded in a final flurry in anticipation of the sales tax (SST) exemption ending […]
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MCO 2.0: Spouses kept apart by travel ban will be allowed to perform interstate travel from January 27
The government has decided to relax the rules of interstate travel for spouses who have been kept apart during the movement control order (MCO) after receiving appeals from the public. In a press briefing today, […]
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Malaysia Speed Festival (MSF) – 2021 events, updates
The year 2020 was one of previously unknown hardship and ordeals, with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic felt not just in Malaysia but around the globe. It was a year in which Malaysia Speed […]