DaimlerChrysler Malaysia CEO Frank Steinleitner says the company might decide to bring in Chrysler cars into Malaysia next year. To test the market, they will bring in a few Chrysler models in Q3 2005 to […]
Here are some more spyshots of the Proton Satria Replacement Model. It’s currently undergoing road tests in Malaysia. Has anyone actually spotted it on the roads yet? The background in this photos indicate that the […]
The Toyota Allion is a sedan which seems to be be something like a larger Toyota Vios, following most of the same design cues, but with a Toyota Corolla Altis size. I definitely prefer this […]
Stanford University School of Medicine have found that temperatures inside a parked car can raise significantly if the sun is out, even if ambient temperature is average. The effect is similiar to a greenhouse effect, […]
Honda’s Fit platform has been a big success, especially here in Malaysia. I am not sure if everyone knows this, but the Honda City and the Honda Jazz is basically the same platform, in a […]
Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz has prepared a letter for Tun Dr. Mahathir as instructed by the Cabinet. It contains the facts that were presented to the Cabinet in the previous meeting. Rafidah was instructed to […]
This basically sums up why Malaysian car-owners try to avoid Proton as much as possible. Customer complaints are sidelined, the product has quality issues from Day One, product efficiency plummets before its time due to […]
You’re looking at the product of the first Malaysian commercial engine project, the Petronas E01. This project started back in March 1997 with a collaboration between Petronas engineers and development partners. The engine applies knowledge […]
After the weekly Cabinet meeting, reporters hounded the MITI headquarters at Jalan Duta, hoping to get comments from Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz on the current Proton vs. MITI issue. This is what happened. Journalists were […]
Our PM was quoted saying this in a report by Associated Press. Proton is our car. We want Proton to succeed. We have been protecting Proton. The protection is being reduced gradually because that is […]
Rafidah declined to comment on Proton Advisor Tun Dr. Mahathir’s remarks on Proton’s disadvantagement to the influx of cheap Korean and Chinese cars, after the Cabinet meeting on Wednesday. (Though I don’t really think the […]
A piece from the long transcript at a press conference with Tun Dr. Mahathir, Proton’s advisor. Proton is protected simply because Proton has a job to do to build up the automotive and engineering capability […]
This is an even more souped up version of the ultimate luxury sedan. The AC Schnitzer ACS7 based on the E65/E66 7-series. The BMW 7-series combines two excellent properties of a car, luxury and driveability. […]
Proton’s Motorsports Division RaceRallyResearch will be showing a preview of the complete line of R3 cars at Dreamcars Asia this 7th July to 10th July at the New KL Convention Center. The Proton Gen2 R3 […]
This is the Pac-Car. It can circle the globe with only 8 litres of fuel. With the prices of RON97 petrol currently standing at RM1.52 per litre, that would mean it would cost you RM12.16 […]