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  PLUS expects 2.2m balik kampung vehicles on NSE

  7 June 2018 / 6 comments

  PLUS is expecting traffic volume on the North-South Expressway to spike to 2.2 million vehicles during the two days before Hari Raya Aidilfitri, which is June 13 and 14, The Sun reports. The government has […]

   

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  Goodbye SPAD, hello APAD: new agency to be formed

  7 June 2018 / 63 comments

  Out goes the Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD), and in comes the Land Public Transport Agency (APAD). The new entity, which was announced by the transport ministry yesterday, will be responsible for the development of […]

   

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  RON 97 – market float begins, price goes up by 19 sen

  7 June 2018 / 93 comments

  Last week, the government announced that the price of RON 97 petrol will be floated according to market prices beginning from June 7. This has been initiated according to plan, with the price of the […]

   

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  PLUS to open new slip road at Seremban interchange

  6 June 2018 / 11 comments

  Highway concessionaire PLUS has announced that a new 1.3 km-long slip road at the Seremban interchange of the North-South Expressway will be opened to highway users at 3:30 pm on June 7. The highway access […]

   

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  Volkswagen Golf R three-door – only 10 units, RM269k

  5 June 2018 / 46 comments

  In March, Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia (VPCM) introduced a range of facelifted Golf Mk7 models – aside from the GTI, 1.4 TSI Sportline and R-Line, there was the Golf R in its five-door form. Now, […]

   

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  KLIMS’18 show to highlight the electrification of cars

  5 June 2018 / 29 comments

  Electrification is the wave that’s sweeping over the auto industry now, and the upcoming Kuala Lumpur International Motor Show 2018 (KLIMS 18) won’t be left out. Organised by the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA), KLIMS’18 will […]

   

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  McLaren 675LT with F1 GTR livery for Johor prince

  5 June 2018 / 49 comments

  Armed with enough cash, anyone could walk into a McLaren showroom and drive away with one of Woking’s finest supercars, but it takes a determined individual with deep enough pockets to have one made bespoke […]

   

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  JPJ to send out two reminders for Takata airbag replacement, saman for failure to comply – Loke

  5 June 2018 / 93 comments

  The Road Transport Department (JPJ) will send out reminders to affected car owners to replace faulty Takata airbag inflators, which are hazardous and have claimed several lives in Malaysia. Two reminders will be sent out, […]

   

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  Abolish RM10,000 open AP fee, says parallel importer

  5 June 2018 / 44 comments

  The government has been urged to abolish the fee for open approved permits (APs) amounting to RM10,000 per used vehicle as it burdens both the seller and buyer. This was said by Mutiara Motors executive […]

   

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  Approved special number plates given one-year time limit to sell and register all plates, no extension given

  5 June 2018 / 12 comments

  It has been confirmed that from now on, all special number plates will be handled only by the Road Transport Department (JPJ), but the transport ministry says that existing special series plates that were previously […]

   

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  UMWT supports barring road tax for vehicles in Takata airbag recall – Lexus 91% completion, Toyota 51%

  4 June 2018 / 23 comments

  Official Toyota and Lexus distributor UMW Toyota Motor (UMWT) has released a statement commending the move by transport minister Anthony Loke to bar the Road Transport Department (JPJ) from renewing the road tax of vehicles […]

   

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  Personalised number plates being studied – MoT

  4 June 2018 / 82 comments

  Following today’s announcement of the ‘Malaysia’ special number plate series, which will be open for tender next month, and the upcoming individual state plate series (Selangor, Kedah, Penang), transport minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook said […]

   

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  Transport ministry to introduce number plate series for individual states – SELANGOR, KEDAH, PENANG, etc.

  4 June 2018 / 34 comments

  Brace yourselves, as there will be more unique number plate series coming our way in the future. Following the introduction of the new ‘Malaysia’ number plate series, transport minister Anthony Loke said there are plans […]

   

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  Baby dies in accident after striking dash – don’t wait for enforcement to begin in 2019 to use a child seat

  4 June 2018 / 32 comments

  We bring you news of yet another tragedy involving the loss of a child’s life. According to the News Straits Times, an eight-month-old infant has died after her head struck a dashboard in an accident […]

   

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  ‘Malaysia’ 1-9999 number plate series launched by MoT

  4 June 2018 / 41 comments

  Looks like the era of special number plates isn’t over, just that there will be no sources other than the government peddling it. “From now on, any buying of number plates must go through JPJ, […]

   

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