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  Proton-Perodua market share falls below foreign brands for the first time – effects of liberalisation?

  16 January 2015 / 116 comments

  At last week’s Malaysian Automotive Institute (MAI) Review and Insight 2014/2015 media briefing, the think-tank revealed our market’s 2014 total industry volume (TIV) of 665,675 units, up 1.5% from 2013’s 655,793. Not groundbreaking, but the […]

   

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  Jalan Travers stretch to be renamed to Jalan Rakyat

  15 January 2015 / 62 comments

  At the recent launch of Bank Rakyat’s new headquarters, officially christened the Bank Rakyat Twin Towers, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced that a portion of Jalan Travers running in front of the buildings has now […]

   

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  2015 Perodua Myvi – now with four-star ASEAN NCAP safety rating thanks to improved vehicle structure

  15 January 2015 / 58 comments

  Perodua is clearly proud of the facelifted Myvi’s four-star ASEAN NCAP rating, which is one star up from the pre-facelift’s three-stars. The awarded stars are featured prominently on the company’s website homepage and the new […]

   

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  Perodua gunning for record sales in 2015, 208k target

  15 January 2015 / 72 comments

  Powered by the strong selling Axia and facelifted Perodua Myvi that was launched today, Perodua is looking forward to a record breaking year. The market leader has set a sales target of 208,000 units for […]

   

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  2015 Perodua Myvi facelift launched – more standard equipment, four-star ASEAN NCAP, RM42k-RM59k

  15 January 2015 / 277 comments

  The 2015 Perodua Myvi facelift has just been launched in Malaysia. The best-selling car in the nation – for nine years in a row – is now in its second-generation, having first been launched way […]

   

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  LDP road closures in January 2015 due to Ampang LRT Line Extension project – motorists take note!

  15 January 2015 / 8 comments

  Heads up to all users of the Lebuhraya Damansara Puchong (LDP) – there will be several road closures at kilometres 20-21 north-bound of the highway due to construction of the Ampang LRT Line Extension Project. […]

   

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  Ford ends record 2014 with best month, quarter sales

  15 January 2015 / 22 comments

  Ford achieved an all-time sales record of 13,938 units in Malaysia last year, up 31%. Not surprising, as it was announced in November that 2013’s sales figures have been surpassed with two months of 2014 […]

   

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  SPYSHOTS: 2015 Perodua Myvi facelift undisguised

  14 January 2015 / 134 comments

  Most people enjoy surprises, we would say. The anticipation only builds to make the moment more memorable when it finally does but we’re a weird bunch. We prefer to catch a glimpse of the present […]

   

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  Mercedes-Benz Malaysia posts record sales in 2014 – S-Class sees 388% year-on-year sales increase

  14 January 2015 / 36 comments

  Mercedes-Benz Malaysia (MBM) has announced it has sold a record-breaking 9,419 vehicles in 2014, an increase of 17% from the 8,082 units it sold in the year before. The company consistently posted monthly sales upwards of 900 […]

   

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  Perodua sending 100 volunteers for flood clean up

  14 January 2015 / 19 comments

  The massive floods that swamped the East Coast have subsided, but there’s still plenty of work to do. The most important at this juncture is cleaning up the houses and facilities, and Perodua is assisting […]

   

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  2015 Perodua Myvi facelift – price list for 6 variants out

  13 January 2015 / 147 comments

  Click to enlarge. Complete price lists for the new 2015 Perodua Myvi facelift have just been published on the local carmaker’s website. We now have exact prices for each of the six variants of the […]

   

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  W212 Mercedes-Benz E 300 BlueTEC Hybrid diesel now in Malaysia – CKD locally-assembled, RM348,888

  13 January 2015 / 80 comments

  Mercedes-Benz Malaysia has officially introduced the locally-assembled W212 Mercedes-Benz E300 BlueTEC Hybrid – the car, the first diesel hybrid to be commercially available in the country (and the company’s second CKD hybrid, after the S […]

   

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  Locally-developed EV to “cost below RM100k” – MAI

  13 January 2015 / 72 comments

  The Malaysian Automotive Institute (MAI) has revealed at its 2014/15 review that development of numerous electric mobility solutions are underway – as part of its on-going initiative to further augment the local automotive industry – […]

   

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  MAI: Malaysian new car sales expected to grow to 700k units in 2015; local brands’ market share to increase

  12 January 2015 / 84 comments

  The Total Industry Volume (TIV) for new car sales in Malaysia is expected to rise to 700,000 units in 2015, said Malaysia Automotive Institute (MAI) CEO Mohamad Madani Sahari. This will be a significant five […]

   

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  Cash for Clunkers scrappage scheme for automakers “may increase TIV figures to 750,000 for 2015” – MAI

  12 January 2015 / 21 comments

  At its 2014/15 review and insight on the local automotive landscape, it was revealed that the Malaysia Automotive Institute (MAI) is set to introduce a Cash for Clunkers scrappage programme. The consumer incentive scheme, pending […]

   

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