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  Top 20 EV brands in March 2025 – BYD leads Proton, Denza overtakes Tesla, Dongfeng drops off list

  11 April 2025 / 12 comments

  March has seen BYD consolidate its hold on the electric vehicle market in Malaysia, despite having ceded the individual model lead to the hot-selling Proton eMas 7, JPJ registration data shows. The Chinese EV specialists […]

   

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  Top 20 brands in March 2025 – Perodua on top, Proton second; Mercedes-Benz ahead of BMW; Jaecoo fifth

  11 April 2025 / 11 comments

  Perodua leads the pack in terms of the number of vehicles registered for the month of March 2025 with 30,464 units, according to data released by the road transport department (JPJ) recently. This isn’t really […]

   

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  2025 Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid Coupé in Malaysia – 519 PS CKD plug-in hybrid, 90 km EV range; RM728k

  11 April 2025 / 5 comments

  Shown alongside the Porsche 911 Carrera facelift at the Porsche Malaysia 15th anniversary showcase in Kuala Lumpur is the Porsche Cayenne S E-Hybrid Coupé, and this comes after the locally assembled (CKD) plug-in hybrid SUV […]

   

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  Certification, marking of engine oil regulation begins in Malaysia – all products now need to have a SIRIM cert

  11 April 2025 / 3 comments

  As previously announced, the Trade Descriptions Order (Certification and Marking of Engine Oil for Motor Vehicles) 2024 has come into effect as of April 7. The implementation of the new order will allow authorities to […]

   

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  Fancy number plates still an issue for PDRM, JPJ despite fines – makes vehicle identification harder

  11 April 2025 / 35 comments

  Yesterday, Hafriz saw something new – a white EV plate with altered numbers. The BMW iX2 owner stuck some stuff on his 8080 number to make it look like BOBO. The white-background JPJePlate with ‘Euro-style’ […]

   

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  Shah Alam flash floods – use alternative routes: MBSA

  11 April 2025 / 1 comment

  Did it rain torrentially last night where you live? It certainly did in my area, and it seems Shah Alam is affected – the city council tweeted this morning that there are flash floods at […]

   

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  2025 Proton Saga MC3 spotted with headlamps almost fully covered – LED headlamps for first time on Saga?

  11 April 2025 / 11 comments

  Another day, another couple of spyshots of the upcoming 2025 Proton Saga MC3 – this time thanks to Syafiq Ismail and Ye Chung Low on the paultan.org Automotive/Car discussion Facebook group. This is the first […]

   

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  Top 20 cars in March 2025 – Bezza, Axia, Myvi, Saga, Alza top 5; City, Vios outsell S70, HR-V beats X50

  10 April 2025 / 20 comments

  The JPJ vehicle registration data for the month of March 2025 has shown that the Malaysian automotive landscape has somewhat returned to normalcy, at least for the top 20 best-selling models that you can see […]

   

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  Top 20 EV models in March 2025 – Proton eMas 7 tops list, Denza D9 outsells Zeekr 009, Tesla drops down

  10 April 2025 / 6 comments

  The JPJ has released its vehicle registration data for the month of March 2025, and the Proton eMas 7 has retained its place at the top of the best-selling EV list. With 737 units sold […]

   

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  2025 Audi Q7 CKD open for booking in Malaysia – May launch, 3.0T V6 mild hybrid, RM469k to RM489k est

  10 April 2025 / 1 comment

  At long last, Audi Malaysia’s worst-kept secret is out of the bag. Distributor PHS Automotive Malaysia (PHSAM) has announced that the locally-assembled Audi Q7 is now open for booking, with a launch slated for next […]

   

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  VIPS special number plate series released – stands for Visit Impressive Perlis State, April 11-15 on JPJ eBid

  10 April 2025 / 8 comments

  There’s a new special plate series in town – VIPS. That’s the acronym for Visit Impressive Perlis State. The special plate series is being issued in conjunction with the 25th anniversary of the reign of […]

   

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  Spanco sponsors 55 bikes for Putra Heights victims

  10 April 2025 / 5 comments

  Fleet management company Spanco has sponsored 55 Yamaha Ego Avantiz scooters for Putra Heights gas pipeline fire victims as well as road tax and insurance for the first year, reports Bernama, with transport minister Anthony […]

   

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  JPJ eBid: ANY and CFC number plates up for bidding

  10 April 2025 / 1 comment

  JPJ has announced that ANY and CFC are the next number plate series to go up for bidding on its online auction platform, JPJ eBid. Perak’s latest running number series is ‘ANY’, and it will […]

   

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  2025 Porsche 911 facelift in Malaysia – Carrera from RM1.43 million, Carrera 4 GTS from RM1.89 million

  10 April 2025 / 3 comments

  Announced for the Malaysian market last week, the facelifted 992-generation Porsche 911 has now landed in Malaysia with the base 911 Carrera shown at the Porsche Malaysia 15th anniversary showcase at The Exchange TRX in […]

   

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  Proton launching a “number of” new models in Q2 2025 – Saga MC3 and X50 facelift coming soon?

  10 April 2025 / 9 comments

  Proton is understandably patting itself on the back after reporting strong sales last month, but it’s also looking to the future. Buried in yesterday’s press release was a hint that new models are just on […]

   

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