Naza to launch eight models next year!
The Naza Group targets to achieve sales of 25,970 units next year with major contribution coming from its Kia division. Joint executive chairman SM Nasarudin SM Nasimuddin broke down the 2010 sales …
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Proton discontinues car scrapping programme
Proton Xchange Programme, the car scrapping scheme from Proton has been discontinued. In a media statement, Proton said only applications that reached its offices on or before Oct 31 would be processed …
DRB-HICOM to launch its own hybrid car by 2012
DRB-HICOM has announced plans to introduce its own hybrid car by 2012. Group director of automotive, Datuk Nik Hamdan Nik Hassan said the conglomerate is currently in talks with three potential partners …
CONFIRMED: DRB-HICOM and Chevrolet part ways
After long standing rumours, DRB-HICOM has finally announced its break up with the Chevrolet marque in Malaysia. The statement said that DRB and General Motors Asia Pacific have mutually agreed to discontinue …
Kancil robots for Universiti Malaysia Pahang
First glance at the title of this story and you may think students from UMP have developed transforming robots based on the Perodua Kancil, depending on what kind of vivid imagination you …
Proton to unveil new design direction in 2010
Proton's head designer Azlan Othman tweeted the above on his Twitter account a few days ago - it looks like we'll be able to look forward to a showcase of a new …
BMW Malaysia launch limited edition 50th anniversary MINI variants
MINI is British. And to cement that rich heritage, there's a trio of limited edition MINI variants that sport names such as Mayfair, Camden and Earl Grey. These cars are to commemorate …
New Hyundai Tucson set for 2010 local launch?
I stumbled on an ad by Hyundai-Sime Darby in today's The Star newspaper. The page 18 half pager had the title "Welcome 2010" and had a picture of the all-new Tucson in …
Tengku Djan wins Goodyear Formula Drift Malaysia!
Were you there at Goodyear Formula Drift Malaysia? If you made your way to MAEPS Serdang yesterday, I'm sure you'll agree with me that the event served up great sideways action and …
Christmas discount for PLUS and ELITE
Class 1 vehicles on the PLUS and ELITE highways will be enjoying a total of 20% discount on toll charges from 12 midnight to 7am (their definition of off-peak) from the 22nd …
Armoured Land Rovers available in Malaysia
The black SUV you see above may look like an ordinary Range Rover to you, but it cost the British High Commission here in Malaysia a massive price tag of RM3.6 million! …
Max 20 liters of refuelling for foreign plate cars?
From tomorrow onwards, cars with foreign plates will only be able to refuel a maximum of 20 litres of fuel within a 50km radius from Malaysia's borders. In the Peninsular of Malaysia, …
2 new Suzuki models coming next year?
DRB-HICOM is stepping up its automotive business in Malaysia. Despite rumours not more than a month ago alleging that the relationship between DRB-HICOM and Suzuki had gone sour, it looks like things …
New Mercedes-Benz ML 350 AMG Sports Edition
Click for enlarged image The ML 350 is now available with an AMG Sports Edition package here in Malaysia, which adds AMG front and rear aprons, AMG twin oval exhaust tailpipes, aluminum …
Proton and LG developing electric cars
This piece of news actually appeared on the MITI website in August this year - it reveals that Proton is currently working with South Korean company LG on Proton electric cars (not …
Mysterious clay model in Proton R&D video
The clay model you see above was captured from a Proton R&D video clip posted onto Youtube by a user. You'll be able to see the clay model around the 41 second …
Mazda CX-7 now officially in Malaysia
The Mazda CX-7 crossover is now officially available in Malaysia, sold at Bermaz Motor showrooms nationwide. Previously, if you wanted one, the only avenue was grey importers like Naza World. The model …
Proton Exora Hybrid under development in UK
Apparently there are some Proton Exora Hybrid prototypes running around in Lotus UK and Proton's managing director Datuk Syed Zainal Syed Mohamad Tahir confirmed in a report with Bernama that he has …
Proton Exora on sale in Thailand this month
The Proton Exora will go on sale in Thailand at the Thai Motor Expo this month. I don't have the exact variants but Proton's Thai distributor Phranakorn Auto Sales revealed that it …
Exciting Renaults reaching our shores in 2010
To follow up on Paul's earlier post about the Megane RenaultSport, we can expect that it will be brought in to replace the R26. Renault distributor in Malaysia, TC Euro Cars put …