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  New Mercedes-Benz E200K cars for Terengganu exco

  21 July 2008 / 123 comments

  BN state Terengganu has procured 14 units of the Mercedes-Benz E200K at a price of RM3.43 million (RM245K each?) to replace the Proton Perdana V6 Executive state exco cars that was purchased in 2004. The […]

   

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  720 litres of subsidised petrol a month for taxis

  18 July 2008 / 28 comments

  A total of 40,231 petrol-powered taxi owners in Malaysia will get a 78 sen subsidy on petrol, bringing it down to the original price of RM1.92 per litre for RON97 octane. This subsidy is limited […]

   

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  Honda 3S Campaign 2008: 1st July to 30th Sept 08

  18 July 2008 / 9 comments

  Honda Malaysia Sdn Bhd is currently having a 3S campaign from the 1st of July 2008 until the 30th of September 2008. According to Honda CEO Atsushi Fujimoto, the Honda 3S campaign is set to […]

   

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  Perak to build “Volkswagen City”?!

  17 July 2008 / 28 comments

  I have no idea what’s gotten into the people who run the Perak State Government’s heads… perhaps this is an attempt to woo Volkswagen back to Malaysia (and Proton). The Perak State Government announced today […]

   

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  Fuel economy contest for Nissan Sylphy, Nissan Latio and Nissan Grand Livina owners

  17 July 2008 / 7 comments

  Edaran Tan Chong Motor Sdn Bhd is organizing an interesting contest called the Nissan Lightfoot Quest 2008 for existing owners of all variants of the Nissan Latio, Nissan Grand Livina and Nissan Sylphy. The Nissan […]

   

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  Proton defends MV Agusta decision

  16 July 2008 / 25 comments

  Proton has responded to allegations/speculation that Proton’s disposal of its previously owned 57.75% shareholding in MV Agusta for a sum of 1 Euro was not carefully considered with an official statement today, following an announcement […]

   

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  Cartrade-ABT official distributor for Abt Sportsline

  15 July 2008 / 14 comments

  Cartrade-ABT is the new sole distributor for Abt Sportsline performance products in Malaysia. Cartrade-ABT will be focusing on Abt Sportsline upgraded cars and kits for Audi and Volkswagen cars and its first showroom is in […]

   

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  Proton’s vendor network needs “discussion”

  15 July 2008 / 30 comments

  Minister of International Trade and Industry Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin says Proton’s vendor system will have to be discussed as an independent study conducted by a Japanese company revealed that parts prices in Malaysia were […]

   

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  Fuel Price Debate at 9PM tonight!

  15 July 2008 / 73 comments

  Keep yourselves free at 9pm tonight as there will be a debate between de facto PKR leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and BN Government Information Minister Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek called “Form the government today, […]

   

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  NAP under review, possible changes end-2008

  15 July 2008 / 27 comments

  Minister of International Trade and Industry Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has announced that his ministry will begin a review of the National Automotive Policy and if any changes are deemed necessary to increase the competitiveness […]

   

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  Proton to study ministry’s request for taxi model

  13 July 2008 / 40 comments

  Click to enlarge Back in May this year Datuk Noh Omar (and his Ministry of Entrepreneur and Cooperative Development) suggested that Proton develop a new vehicle designed to be used as a taxi similiar to […]

   

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  MITI considers revising CBU hybrid car duties

  13 July 2008 / 15 comments

  The Ministry of International Trade and Industry is considering revising the duty structure for fully imported hybrid cars and will be bringing the matter up to the Cabinet, minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced on […]

   

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  Malaysian taxis to get petrol subsidies

  12 July 2008 / 11 comments

  Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Datuk Shahrir Samad has announed that the government has decided to give further subsidies for petrol to petrol-fueled taxis. This should help taxi drivers out abit, though most […]

   

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  Nasim launches locally assembled Peugeot 407

  10 July 2008 / 80 comments

  Click to enlarge Nasim Sdn Bhd has launched the facelifted Peugeot 407, now available in showrooms around Malaysia. The new Peugeot 407 is locally assembled and comes in two trim levels. Both come with the […]

   

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  New Toyota Vios 1.5 J Official Photos

  8 July 2008 / 53 comments

  Readers of this blog have already known this since last week, but now UMW Toyota Motor Sdn Bhd has officially announced the Vios J to the media so we have high resolution photos of the […]

   

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