The Edge says yes, Volkswagen says no!
The Proton Saga continues! The Edge carried a report today that Volkswagen and Proton will be forming a new joint venture company to carry out joint model development and marketing, with Volkswagen …
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Ssangyong Actyon SUT pick-up truck in Malaysia
We suddenly have another player in the pick-up truck game - the Ssangyong Actyon SUT. While most of you may have seen the Actyon around the internet in SUV form, there is …
W221 Mercedes-Benz S300L in Malaysia
DaimlerChrysler Malaysia launched the latest variant of it's W221 S-Class on Wednesday - the Mercedes Benz S300L, with the L denoting a long wheelbase model. The name S-Class is derived from the …
Volkswagen and Khazanah to meet again this week?
Singapore's The Business Times reported that Volkswagen officials, Khazanah Nasional officials as well as officials from the Prime Minister's department will be meeting in New York for Proton-Volkswagen tie-up talks this week. …
CKD Suzuki Swift to be roughly 30% cheaper?
The first locally assembled 1.5 litre Suzuki Swift rolled off DRB-HICOM's fully robotic welding assembly line in Pekan last Saturday. The robotic welding line costs RM20 million and is the first non-national …
Volkswagen says Proton talks to resume soon
So the PM has said one thing and Khazanah Nasional has said another. The best way to know if the Volkswagen talks are on or not is ask Volkswagen right? It appears …
Volkswagen CrossPolo – 1.6 with 6 airbags!
Volkswagen Malaysia has just launched it's new CrossPolo B-segment vehicle. The CrossPolo, and it's less cross sibling the Polo are slotted between the Volkswagen Fox and the larger Volkswagen Golf. There is …
Khazanah says talks with Volkswagen still on
Contradictory to what the Prime Minister mentioned yesterday, Khazanah Nasional who owns about 43% of Proton and spearheads the talks between Proton and a potential stakeholding partner has said that it is …
Proton in the red for financial year 2006
Proton has posted it's fourth straight quarterly loss amounting to RM11.8 million (pre-tax) for the first three months of 2007, compared to a profit of RM129.9 million ringgit during the first three …
Auto Italia moves to Section 13, PJ
Alfa Romeo distributors Sime Darby Auto Italia Sdn Bhd has moved their premises from the previous location at Glenmarie, Shah Alam to a site next to it's sister company Land Rover (Malaysia) …
Volkswagen Malaysia targets 700 units this year
Volkswagen Group Malaysia has sold 223 units this year so far, and targets a total of 700 units by year end. It currently has 12 dealerships nationwide, with the latest dealers being …
E70 BMW X5 3.0si, 3.0d, 4.8i launched in Malaysia
The E70 BMW X5 is finally in Malaysia. It succeeds the original X5 launched in 2001, and offers such a long list of improvements that it almost warrants a model name change! …
Volkswagen looking at Indonesia instead?
A piece of news by Edmunds Inside Line carries some very bad news. Edmunds picked up the story of the government saying it will not be providing any financial bailout to Proton, …
Euromobil officially launches Audi Q7 in Malaysia
The Audi Q7 has been available in Malaysia since November 2006, with prices pegged at RM580,000 for the 3.0 litre TDI turbodiesel variant, and RM750,000 for the V8-powered Audi Q7 4.2 FSI …
April 2007 sales: industry still in a slump
Motor vehicle sales for April 2007 registered a drop again compared to the same month in 2006 - this time a 17% drop from 40,482 to 33,679. MAA blamed the decline on …
New Nissan Latio and Latio Sport: end of June
The long awaited new Nissan model that we've been expecting after looking at spyshots this year will be available at the end of next month. Nissan's new Latio comes in two variants, …
Mid-May 2007 Proton talks update
There has been no word yet from Volkswagen on the potential tie-up with Proton, says Second Finance Minister Nor Mohamed Yakcop. "Not yet. I will let you know one day ... just …
Proton dealers snub RM150,000 VSS offer
Proton is trying to cut down it's dealership network by offering a voluntary separation scheme (VSS) to it's dealers, offering a one time pay-off fee to compensate for them having to close …
SMART Tunnel Videos
The SMART Tunnel has been open now for the past 3 days, and the 3km tunnel is still free of toll for a month so that motorists can try it out. No …
BMW Malaysia offers BMW Individual cars
BMW Malaysia is now offering more choice to BMW buyers in Malaysia now with it's BMW Individual product range. Most of us know that in Malaysia we hardly get any choice in …
