IGC to start Geely assembly in October 2006
Information Gateway Corp Sdn Bhd (IGC) and Geely will start assembling Geely cars in a plant near Kuantan in October 2006, beginning with the Geely CK sedan. This will make Malaysia the …
MAA wants car scrapping policy!
The automotive market has been growing for the past 8 years, but has slowed down this year. Reasons for this slowdown was quoted to be more stringent hire purchase requirements and the …
Rafidah says we are entitled to 5% CEPT rates
Trade Minister Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz disagrees with Thailand's decision to not give Malaysian imports the ASEAN Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) rate of 5%, instead keeping it at a higher 20% …
2006 Audi A3 Sportback in Malaysia
Most of you know and love the Volkswagen Golf GTI, so here's it's more luxurious sibling based on the same chassis. Euromobil Sdn Bhd launched the new 2006 Audi A3 Sportback in …
Audi CBU Cars New Pricelist
These are the new post-NAP prices for Audi cars in Malaysia sold by Euromobil Sdn Bhd, last updated on the 8th of August 2006. The prices have gone up across the model …
3,000 Proton Wira taxis for Indonesia
PT Proton Edar Internasional Indonesia (PEII) has managed to secure orders for 3,000 Proton Wira cars to be used as taxis around Indonesia. These orders are from various major cities of the …
Proton sales up 21% in July
Proton's car registrations with the Road Transport Department went up 21% to 10,018 cars in July compared to 8,328 cars in June - effectively increasing it's total industry volume in July to …
New Honda Jazz Facelift in Malaysia
Malaysia's hottest CBU hatchback has just undergone a mid-life facelift. This was pretty much expected since rival company Toyota launched the Toyota Yaris hatch a few months ago, so Honda has to …
LMG Tourer with Hydroxene technology
Some of you may remember a piece of news in July where a team of Universiti Sains Malaysia researches led by Dr Syamsul Rizal Abd Shukor came up with a way to …
Nissan Q2 sales drop 18%
Nissan distributor Edaran Tan Chong Motor Sdn Bhd experienced an 18% drop in sales figures for Q2 2006, selling only 5,496 units compared to 6,705 units in Q2 2005. Tan Chong attributed …
Who’s your Dadi?
After that short speculation in my previous post, it's quite obvious the new car to be launched this Tuesday in Johor will be a Dadi SUV or pick-up truck with an LMG …
New national car this Tuesday?
UPDATE: The new cars launched are the LMG Tourer 7-seater SUV and the LMG Trekker double cab pick-up truck, both of which include Hydroxene water-petrol hybrid technology. The Star carried a newspaper …
EON closes down branches
Edaran Otomobil Nasional Bhd (EON) will be closing down 10 sales branches and 4 service centers from September 1 onwards, as part of its rationalisation exercise for greater efficiency. The sales branches …
Audi Roadshow at KLCC – August 18-20 2006
If you love the marque with the quad ring badge, be sure to head on to the main concourse of KLCC from August 18th to August 20th between 10am to 10pm for …
Mercedes Benz still number 1
Mercedes Benz is still Malaysia's top luxury marque, according to sales figures for the first half of this year. Mercedes Benz sales went up 5%, despite sales in the luxury car segment …
Proton Waja MME and Proton GEN.2 MME Photos
Proton's motorsports division Race Rally Research launched the commemorative special edition duo of the Proton Waja MME Edition and Proton GEN.2 MME Edition yesterday evening at The Curve, Mutiara Damansara. 200 Wajas …
Proton Waja MME and Proton GEN.2 MME
Race Rally Research has unveiled their Proton Waja and Proton GEN.2 Merdeka Millenium Endurance Edition, to commemorate their 2005 victory in the Merdeka Millenium Endurance race. The MME is a 12-hour endurance …
Ssangyong Rexton II CKD in Malaysia
Malaysia's Ssangyong importers Competitive Supreme Sdn Bhd will be launching an updated version to it's flagship SUV, the Ssangyong Rexton II on the 15th of August this year. I previously blogged about …
Perdana Replacement Model study still underway
We have some comments from Proton now regarding the Perdana Replacement Model project. Unfortunately, as expected we have to source this from foreign papers. This piece of news comes from the Australian …
Group Lotus 5-year turnaround plan
Proton Holdings Bhd is setting up a special unit to fully capitalise on it's UK subsidiary Group Lotus, part of Group Lotus' five-year turnaround plan. The unit, to be comprised of people …
