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  2016 Volkswagen Jetta now open for pre-booking in Malaysia, tentative pricing from RM110k to RM130k

  20 September 2016 / 71 comments

  Volkswagen Malaysia has announced that pre-bookings for the new Volkswagen Jetta is now open, with tentative prices of between RM110,000 and RM130,000. Three variants are offered here – Trendline, Comfortline and Highline – and the […]

   

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  Proton Persona bookings reach 8,000 units, 2,000 delivered – 45% orders for the Premium variant

  19 September 2016 / 117 comments

  Bookings for the new Proton Persona has reached 8,000 units, with 2,000 units already delivered by the national carmaker. This was revealed by Proton CEO Datuk Ahmad Fuaad Kenali at the flag off of the […]

   

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  Malaysia is the best place to drive in ASEAN – Waze

  19 September 2016 / 64 comments

  It’s good news for us Malaysians, as Waze has listed Malaysia to be the best place to drive in the ASEAN region, according to a report by The Star. On a global level however, the […]

   

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  Audi CKD local assembly in Malaysia within two years

  19 September 2016 / 41 comments

  Audi has always been at the fringes of the Malaysian market, traditionally lacking the pricing advantage of the locally-assembled BMW and Mercedes-Benz models. That’s all set to change, however, as Ingolstadt is planning to kick […]

   

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  Audi Malaysia to go big in 2017 – new A5 Sportback and A3, as well as R8, Q2 on the cards, RS models too

  19 September 2016 / 23 comments

  Next year promises to be a big one for Audi Malaysia – the company says it has plans to introduce a slew of new models in 2017 and also bring more S and RS models […]

   

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  B9 Audi A4 launched in Malaysia – 2.0 TFSI at RM240k

  19 September 2016 / 72 comments

  Audi Malaysia has officially launched the new B9 Audi A4 in Subang Jaya today, with three trim levels on offer – 1.4 TFSI, 2.0 TFSI and 2.0 TFSI quattro. The fifth-generation A4 (ninth in the […]

   

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  New traffic flow for Jalan Kemajuan in Subang Jaya supposed to start today, but again halted temporarily

  19 September 2016 / 14 comments

  A new traffic flow system was supposed to have begun along Jalan Kemajuan Subang from today morning, but has been shelved for the time being. The system – which was also temporarily shelved a few […]

   

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  2016 Proton Saga gets 4-star ASEAN NCAP rating

  16 September 2016 / 128 comments

  Tipped to be launched by the end of the month, the upcoming 2016 Proton Saga has received a four-star crash protection rating from ASEAN NCAP. The budget sedan scored 13.33 points in adult occupant protection […]

   

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  Proton Persona receives 7,000 bookings so far, on track for 3,000-4,000 unit monthly sales target

  15 September 2016 / 95 comments

  Launched in August, the new Proton Persona has now recorded 7,000 bookings so far, according to a Bernama report. First introduced in 2007, the latest Persona is in its second generation. “We are very happy […]

   

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  Exempt drivers on official duty from Kejara – Cuepacs

  15 September 2016 / 47 comments

  The Congress of Union of Employees in the Public and Civil Services Malaysia (Cuepacs) has urged the government to exempt its drivers from the soon-to-be-implemented Kejara demerit system and the Automated Enforcement System (AES) on […]

   

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  Taxi drivers in Melaka oppose rise in e-hailing drivers

  15 September 2016 / 22 comments

  The increase of ride-hailing drivers from services like Uber and GrabCar in Melaka have drawn the ire of taxi drivers there, who complained that said drivers – said to include many college students and factory […]

   

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  Proton gifts Malaysian Olympic medallists Perdana 2.4L, Suprima S Turbo Premium, Persona Premium

  14 September 2016 / 136 comments

  True to its word, Proton has gifted several cars to the Malaysian athletes who bagged medals at the recent 2016 Rio Olympics. The vehicles were presented at an appreciation ceremony at the national carmaker’s Centre […]

   

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  Another child dies after left in car – leaving children unattended and locked in has serious consequences

  14 September 2016 / 21 comments

  Yesterday, attention has been centred on yet another child death brought about as a result of being left unattended in a car. The 12-month-old baby was believed to have suffocated after her father – who […]

   

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  TEKS1M rides to be cheaper from October, new fare in-line with budget taxis – gold colour to be phased out

  14 September 2016 / 22 comments

  Good news for commuters. Fares for Teksi 1Malaysia (TEKS1M) will be lower beginning next month, The Sun reports. TEKS1M fares, which are currently higher than that of budget taxis, will be rationalised to the same […]

   

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  EEV production to hit 40% by year-end, 85% by 2020

  13 September 2016 / 48 comments

  The Malaysia Automotive Institute (MAI) targets the production of Energy Efficient Vehicles (EEV) to be ramped up to as much as 85% of total production in Malaysia by the year 2020, according to News Straits […]

   

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