Home / Local News (Page 1249)

• 

  3,000 Proton Wira taxis for Indonesia

  22 August 2006 / 32 comments

  PT Proton Edar Internasional Indonesia (PEII) has managed to secure orders for 3,000 Proton Wira cars to be used as taxis around Indonesia. These orders are from various major cities of the republic, and will […]

   

  ---



• 

  Proton sales up 21% in July

  17 August 2006 / 127 comments

  Proton’s car registrations with the Road Transport Department went up 21% to 10,018 cars in July compared to 8,328 cars in June – effectively increasing it’s total industry volume in July to 32%, up 5% […]

   

  ---



• 

  New Honda Jazz Facelift in Malaysia

  17 August 2006 / 43 comments

  Malaysia’s hottest CBU hatchback has just undergone a mid-life facelift. This was pretty much expected since rival company Toyota launched the Toyota Yaris hatch a few months ago, so Honda has to do it’s part […]

   

  ---



• 

  LMG Tourer with Hydroxene technology

  15 August 2006 / 111 comments

  Some of you may remember a piece of news in July where a team of Universiti Sains Malaysia researches led by Dr Syamsul Rizal Abd Shukor came up with a way to produce hydrogen in […]

   

  ---



• 

  Nissan Q2 sales drop 18%

  14 August 2006 / 16 comments

  Nissan distributor Edaran Tan Chong Motor Sdn Bhd experienced an 18% drop in sales figures for Q2 2006, selling only 5,496 units compared to 6,705 units in Q2 2005. Tan Chong attributed this drop to […]

   

  ---



• 

  Who’s your Dadi?

  13 August 2006 / 45 comments

  After that short speculation in my previous post, it’s quite obvious the new car to be launched this Tuesday in Johor will be a Dadi SUV or pick-up truck with an LMG Auto badge. While […]

   

  ---



• 

  New national car this Tuesday?

  13 August 2006 / 17 comments

  UPDATE: The new cars launched are the LMG Tourer 7-seater SUV and the LMG Trekker double cab pick-up truck, both of which include Hydroxene water-petrol hybrid technology. The Star carried a newspaper report on Friday […]

   

  ---



• 

  EON closes down branches

  12 August 2006 / 21 comments

  Edaran Otomobil Nasional Bhd (EON) will be closing down 10 sales branches and 4 service centers from September 1 onwards, as part of its rationalisation exercise for greater efficiency. The sales branches to be closed […]

   

  ---



• 

  Audi Roadshow at KLCC – August 18-20 2006

  6 August 2006 / 13 comments

  If you love the marque with the quad ring badge, be sure to head on to the main concourse of KLCC from August 18th to August 20th between 10am to 10pm for an Audi car […]

   

  ---



• 

  Mercedes Benz still number 1

  5 August 2006 / 13 comments

  Mercedes Benz is still Malaysia’s top luxury marque, according to sales figures for the first half of this year. Mercedes Benz sales went up 5%, despite sales in the luxury car segment dropping 17% in […]

   

  ---



• 

  Proton Waja MME and Proton GEN.2 MME Photos

  5 August 2006 / 111 comments

  Proton’s motorsports division Race Rally Research launched the commemorative special edition duo of the Proton Waja MME Edition and Proton GEN.2 MME Edition yesterday evening at The Curve, Mutiara Damansara. 200 Wajas and 200 GEN.2s […]

   

  ---



• 

  Proton Waja MME and Proton GEN.2 MME

  4 August 2006 / 77 comments

  Race Rally Research has unveiled their Proton Waja and Proton GEN.2 Merdeka Millenium Endurance Edition, to commemorate their 2005 victory in the Merdeka Millenium Endurance race. The MME is a 12-hour endurance race, and Proton’s […]

   

  ---



• 

  Ssangyong Rexton II CKD in Malaysia

  2 August 2006 / 3 comments

  Malaysia’s Ssangyong importers Competitive Supreme Sdn Bhd will be launching an updated version to it’s flagship SUV, the Ssangyong Rexton II on the 15th of August this year. I previously blogged about the Ssangyong Rexton […]

   

  ---



• 

  Perdana Replacement Model study still underway

  1 August 2006 / 54 comments

  We have some comments from Proton now regarding the Perdana Replacement Model project. Unfortunately, as expected we have to source this from foreign papers. This piece of news comes from the Australian paper the Herald […]

   

  ---



• 

  Group Lotus 5-year turnaround plan

  31 July 2006 / 15 comments

  Proton Holdings Bhd is setting up a special unit to fully capitalise on it’s UK subsidiary Group Lotus, part of Group Lotus’ five-year turnaround plan. The unit, to be comprised of people from both Lotus […]

   

  ---

Latest Fuel Prices