NAP After-Effects: Hyundai price drops
Oriental Holdings Bhd has announced price cuts for Hyundai cars between 1.42 and 10.73 percent. Models affected are the Hyundai Sonata, Hyundai Elantra and the Hyundai Accent. The Sonata's price has dropped …
Chevrolet Optra Estate
Malaysians have not seen a low-end to mid-range stationwagon since the days of the Nissan AD Resort. We do have station wagons, but they are in the form of the Volvo XCC …
Geely CK1 Freedom Cruiser
Zhejiang Geely Automotive Company will go ahead with the assembly of it's Geely CK1, or Geely Freedom Cruiser here in Malaysia. It will be assembled by Information Gateway Corporation Sdn Bhd. Production …
NAP After-Effects: Nissan slashes prices up to 15%
Edaran Tan Chong Motor announced price cuts of between 3% to 15% for Nissan cars with immediate effect under the new National Automotive Policy tax rates. The Nissan Sentra will be cheaper …
NAP After-Effects: New prices for Proton cars
Proton has posted new prices of Proton cars on their website. This is for Proton Edar. EON managing director Datuk Syed Hisham Syed Wazir said it has yet to receive an updated …
Naza to launch NX-01 and NX-02 within two months
Naza Automotive Manaufacturing Sdn Bhd will be rolling out two new non-KIA models in the next two months. Codenames, NX-01 and NX-02, they will be built at Naza's plants in Gurun and …
NAP After-Effects: Volvo slashes prices up to 7%
Volvo Cars Malaysia has announced price reductions of up to 7% for Volvo cars in Malaysia. This translates to price cuts of between RM10,000 to RM20,000. The Volvo XC90 SUV's price will …
Drive-in massage parlours for North-South Highway users
Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu opened today Malaysia's first drive-in "massage parlour" rest stop in Malaysia, situated along the North-South Highway. The "massage parlour" is equipped with automatic massage chairs. …
Updates on Satria Replacement Model from Proton Cars Australia
GoAuto carries some news on Proton's model timeline for the Australian market, which could give us a guideline on when models will be released on our own shores. Probably take off a …
MKN Motorsports pitching for Hybrid APs
MKN Motorsports Sdn Bhd is pitching for APs to import hybrid cars like the Toyota Harrier Hybrid and the Toyota Alphard Hybrid into Malaysia. MKN Motorsports currently imports luxury cars and sells …
NAP After-Effects: Perodua slashes prices by 4%
An update on Perodua's price cuts. Instead of the previously reported figures, car prices will be slashed by 4% for it's Myvi, Kelisa, Kenari and Kancil models except for the Kancil EX660 …
DRB-HICOM aggresive CKD plans
DRB-HICOM plans to aggresively start CKD operations following the announcement of the National Automotive Policy in order to capitalise on new opportunities and incentives that arise directly or indirectly through the new …
Government not happy with minimal car price reduction
We've seen some effects of the new National Automotive Policy only 3 days after it was announced. Most manufacturers have announced that their CKD vehicles would cost less. Proton says it would …
NAP After-Effects: Mercedes Benz CKDs cheaper, CBUs to cost more
DaimlerChrysler Malaysia is reducing the prices of it's CKD Mercedes Benz luxury cars across the board in the range of 6.5% to 10%, with immediate effect. DCM CEO Datuk Frank Steinleitner gave …
Khazanah may take Proton private
Khazanah Nasional Bhd may be considering taking some government-linked companies private to help with their restructuring process in order to achieve KPIs. Earlier this week, K&N Kenanga had already speculated taking Proton …
NAP After-Effects: Proton to reduce prices
Proton M.D. Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir told press today that Proton would be reducing the prices of it's cars across the board by 2% to 5%. Proton also aims to …
Satria Replacement Model in April?
A report by New Straits Times says Proton expects to launch a new model in April. This could most likely be the SRM as I don't think there's any possibility of a …
NAP Tax Rates
Here are the new National Automotive Policy tax rates as of 22nd March 2006. Completely Knocked Down (CKD) Cars Completely Built Up (CBU) Cars For the old tax rates, refer to this …
Joke of the day millenium
The Government had never supported us and did not give us a chance. It must assist us now and I hope that it will be done. The above line was quoted by …
Thoughts on the National Automotive Policy
The new National Automotive Policy was released on the 22nd of March 2006. We've waited in anticipation for it for quite some time now. Most of us are primarily concerned on how …
