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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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  Banks to charge interest on paused HP loan payments in 6-month moratorium – pay it over the rest of tenure

  30 April 2020 / 83 comments

  In an announcement by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), hire purchase loans and fixed-rate Islamic financing will come with additional interest charges after the six-month moratorium that is effective from April 1 to September 30 this […]

   

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  Cycle & Carriage Bintang’s Mercedes-Benz Star Mobile service available to customers during MCO period

  30 April 2020 / 2 comments

  Cycle & Carriage Bintang (C&C) is offering customers in the Klang Valley a more convenient way to have their Mercedes-Benz vehicles serviced right at their doorstep during the movement control order (MCO) with the Mercedes-Benz […]

   

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  Volvo Ara Damansara service centre reopens for business – contactless drop-off, appointments only

  30 April 2020 / 2 comments

  Sime Darby Swedish Auto’s Volvo 3S centre in Ara Damansara is reopening for business after temporarily shutting its doors to comply with the movement control order (MCO). The company has now received approval from the […]

   

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  Malaysia vehicle sales data for March 2020 by brand

  30 April 2020 / 21 comments

  Well, this was to be expected. Vehicle sales in Malaysia – like in the rest of the world – are in free fall after the government issued a movement control order last month, and we […]

   

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  MCO: Sarawak to follow the new ‘two per vehicle’ rule

  30 April 2020 / 1 comment

  Sarawak has given the green light to the ‘two people per household’ shopping rule that was announced by senior minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob yesterday. This is a relaxation of the one-person-per-car ruling that […]

   

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  Mitsubishi Triton sole pick-up truck in Malaysia with positive growth for FY2019; 5,762 units sold til March

  30 April 2020 / 9 comments

  Mitsubishi Motors Malaysia has announced that the Triton is the sole entrant in the pick-up truck segment in Malaysia to have recorded positive growth in the financial year 2019 (ending March 2020), with a gain […]

   

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  MCO: Ten Nissan service centres reopen for business

  30 April 2020 / 2 comments

  Edaran Tan Chong Motor (ETCM) has announced that its Nissan service centres operated by Tan Chong Ekspres Auto Servis (TCEAS) have received approval from the ministry of international trade and industry (MITI) and relevant local […]

   

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