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  Volvo Car Malaysia announces Ramadan Safe Pledge campaign – 10,000 RM10 GrabFood vouchers offered

  4 May 2020 / 2 comments

  Volvo Car Malaysia (VCM), through its “Ramadan Safe Pledge” campaign, is rewarding Malaysians who pledge to maintain social distancing with RM10 GrabFood vouchers. The campaign serves to reinforce the government’s mandated movement control order (MCO), […]

   

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  Selected roadblocks in Petaling Jaya to lift – police

  4 May 2020 / 2 comments

  Nine roadblocks in the Petaling Jaya district will be lifted today (May 4), said district police chief Nik Ezanee Mohd Faisal in a statement. Of the nine, five are based close to toll gates, specifically […]

   

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  Toyota and Lexus sales and service outlets in all CMCO areas to resume business from today, May 4

  4 May 2020 / 0 comments

  UMW Toyota Motor has announced that its network of authorised Toyota and Lexus sales and service outlets located in areas observing the conditional movement control order (CMCO), will be open for business from today, May […]

   

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  CMCO: Four people now allowed out together to shop for necessities, but only from the same household

  4 May 2020 / 5 comments

  The government now allows four people allowed to travel in one vehicle when going out to shop for necessities or to seek medical services during the conditional movement control order (CMCO), provided they are all […]

   

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  New Rapid KL train schedule effective May 4 – social distancing measures in place, face mask compulsory

  4 May 2020 / 1 comment

  Click to enlarge Rapid KL has released a new schedule for its Klang Valley train network, which includes the LRT, MRT and KL Monorail. The schedule will be in place for the rest of the […]

   

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  Proton Iriz gets rendered as a three-door hatchback

  4 May 2020 / 8 comments

  Ever wondered what the Proton Iriz looked like if it had two less doors? Well, through the magic of rendering, Theophilus Chin has created just such a model, which evokes memories of the Satria Neo […]

   

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  Vehicle sales performance in Malaysia, Q1 2020 versus Q1 2019 – how has the coronavirus affected sales?

  4 May 2020 / 5 comments

  Let’s just say that 2020 hasn’t kicked off the way any of us wanted, to put it mildly. The coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), a minor but ominous disturbance at the start of the year, has […]

   

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  Harsher penalties for harming other road users – IGP

  4 May 2020 / 5 comments

  Inspector-general of police (IGP) Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador hopes that motorists who ignore the safety and cause the death of other road users will face harsher penalties, Bernama reported, following an incident where a […]

   

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  Auto Bavaria operations resume on May 4 – new SOPs

  4 May 2020 / 1 comment

  Auto Bavaria has announced that its business operations will resume on May 4, with stricter standard operating procedures (SOP; in compliance with government’s guidelines) implemented across all its dealerships nationwide. That means its sales and […]

   

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  Proton to resume sales and production from May 5

  4 May 2020 / 2 comments

  Following the announcement of the conditional movement control order (CMCO) on Labour Day, Proton has revealed it will gradually restart operations from May 5, covering both sales and production. Prior to this, the company temporarily […]

   

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  Finance minister asks BNM and banks to reconsider charging interest on HP loans in 6-month moratorium

  2 May 2020 / 48 comments

  Finance minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz has waded into the issue regarding banks charging interest on paused hire purchase (HP) loan payments (or profit from fixed-rate Islamic financing) in the government announced six-month […]

   

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  Mini EV X2 in Malaysia – electric citycar, just RM13.8k?

  1 May 2020 / 80 comments

  This cutesy little car has been going viral in Malaysia’s social media space, even amidst breaking news such as the banks’ U-turn on not charging interest on car loans over the moratorium period, and even […]

   

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  May 2020 week one fuel price – no change in pricing

  1 May 2020 / 19 comments

  It’s Friday, which means it’s time for the regular weekly fuel price update. There is no change in the price of all fuels for the coming May 2-8 week, which is good news for those […]

   

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  Conditional MCO: Almost all economic sectors and businesses will be allowed to resume from May 4 – PM

  1 May 2020 / 26 comments

  The government has announced that it will allow the reopening of almost all economic sectors and business activities from Monday, May 4. Under a new conditional aspect to the movement control order (MCO), which will […]

   

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  MAA reduces TIV forecast for 2020 from 607,000 units to 400,000 units as a result of Covid-19 and the MCO

  1 May 2020 / 19 comments

  In light of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) has revised its total industry volume (TIV) forecast for 2020, lowering it from the 607,000 units it projected in January to 400,000 units, […]

   

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