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  Proton Waja MME and Proton GEN.2 MME

  4 August 2006 / 77 comments

  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 race, and Proton’s […]

   

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  Ssangyong Rexton II CKD in Malaysia

  2 August 2006 / 3 comments

  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 the Ssangyong Rexton […]

   

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  Perdana Replacement Model study still underway

  1 August 2006 / 54 comments

  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 paper the Herald […]

   

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  Group Lotus 5-year turnaround plan

  31 July 2006 / 15 comments

  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 from both Lotus […]

   

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  Proton audit report reveals mismanagement

  31 July 2006 / 46 comments

  Professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers was commissioned to do an audit report on Proton in September last year by Proton chairman Datuk Mohamed Azlan Hashim, and it’s report revealed poor corporate governance by the previous management […]

   

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  R3 MME06 Driver Selection Program

  30 July 2006 / 41 comments

  Other than giving us the Proton Satria R3, Race Rally Research has been doing alot for the local grassroots motorsports community with their Street Shoot Out series and other activities. 9 amateur racing drivers went […]

   

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  Team Proton loses a member

  29 July 2006 / 31 comments

  Team Proton missing a member: Datuk Kisai right-most. Proton’s executive director of engineering and manufacturing Datuk Kisai Rahmat has resigned and his resignation has been accepted by Proton’s board of directors effective July 31st 2006. […]

   

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  The Automotive Industry, first half of 2006

  28 July 2006 / 37 comments

  The Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) has revised it’s forecast for vehicle sales this year, lowering it to 520,000 units instead of the previous 565,000 units figure. The new forecost would mean a 6% drop from […]

   

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  Auto Italia makes it easier to own an Alfa 147!

  27 July 2006 / 23 comments

  Customised financing packages seem to be the in thing with car manufacturers these days. Sime Darby Auto Italia Sdn Bhd is the latest to join the bandwagon with a financing plan for the sporty Alfa […]

   

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  UMW Toyota launches TopMark

  26 July 2006 / 14 comments

  Despite the used car market facing difficulties due to loss of stock value due to the NAP as well as difficulties in getting second hand car loans, UMW Toyota is confident of it’s used car […]

   

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  EON offers VSS to employees

  26 July 2006 / 26 comments

  DRB-HICOM unit Edaran Otomobil Nasional Bhd (EON) is currently offering a voluntary separation scheme (VSS) to it’s employees in an effort to improve efficiency in it’s operations. The VSS package includes 1.5 months their last […]

   

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  R3 Waja and R3 GEN2 Updates

  24 July 2006 / 98 comments

  Here are more details on the upcoming R3 Limited Special Edition Vehicles (LSEV) based on the Proton Waja and Proton GEN2, due to be launched in August. For one, the specifications posted in the previous […]

   

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  DRB-HICOM says no official proposal from GM

  20 July 2006 / 12 comments

  There were reports of General Motors doing a due diligence audit last week on local Chevrolet distributor Hicomobil as a precursor to GM potentially acquiring a 51% equity stake by October. However DRB-HICOM Bhd’s management […]

   

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  BMW 3-series CKD in showrooms soon

  18 July 2006 / 27 comments

  Walk into BMW showrooms on July 22nd this month and you will find new locally assembled (CKD) versions of the BMW 3-series sedan for sale. There are 3 CKD Models, the BMW 320i priced at […]

   

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  Auto Eurokars Autofair

  17 July 2006 / 12 comments

  Auto Eurokars Sdn Bhd will be holding their Autofair on the weekend of 22nd and 23rd July 2006 at their Eurokars Centre in Glenmarie, Shah Alam starting from 10am to 6pm. Selected models of Porsche […]

   

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