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  MITI: Proton free to source from any vendor

  17 October 2005 / 43 comments

  Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Mah Siew Keong has issued a response to Datuk Shahrir’s comment on local content in Proton cars. The Government encourages Proton to use as much local content as […]

   

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  Shahrir: Reduce local content if not competitive

  16 October 2005 / 77 comments

  Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad, chairman of the Backbencher’s Club says if high local content is making Proton not competitive, local content should be reduced. “If AFTA requires only 40 percent local content, there is no […]

   

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  New Nissan Sentra facelift in Malaysia

  13 October 2005 / 60 comments

  UPDATE: Nissan Sylphy coming in Q2 2008 – Edaran Tan Chong Motor has announced that the new Nissan Sylphy will be available in Q2 2008. Click for more details. Nissan strikes back with it’s new […]

   

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  Honda Malaysia to focus on CKD units

  12 October 2005 / 49 comments

  Honda Malaysia Sdn Bhd wants to focus on selling CKD cars instead of CBU cars due to the government’s moves to re-examine the CBU import values.

   

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  Proton, EON denies stake plans

  12 October 2005 / 7 comments

  Proton and EON’s board have sent statements to Bursa Malaysia that their directors and major shareholders were not aware of any decision of Proton wanting to buy DRB-Hicom’s stake in EON. Source

   

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  New Honda City facelift launch

  12 October 2005 / 105 comments

  The new Honda City was unveiled today (11/10/2005) after a marketing campaign to build up hype for it for the past month or so. This new facelift is known as the Honda City ZX in […]

   

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  Proton Edar and EON merger?

  9 October 2005 / 6 comments

  An unnamed industry source says that Proton may buy up DRB-Hicom’s 29.3% stake in car distributor Edaran Otomobil Nasional Bhd (EON). The source said Proton may start with buying up DRB-Hicom shares, then proceed to […]

   

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  AP freeze for Wald lifted

  9 October 2005 / 29 comments

  The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) has sent a letter to the Road Transport Department (RTD) to inform them that Wald-tuned vehicles are now allowed to be registered again. The freeze on the […]

   

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  ACA clamps down on Perodua executive

  7 October 2005 / 27 comments

  An 31 year old executive in Perodua has been detained by the Anti-Corruption Agency for arranging faster delivery for the Perodua Myvi car, which currently has a reported waiting list of seven months long. The […]

   

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  UMW Toyota 2006 offerings to be CBU

  5 October 2005 / 35 comments

  In a report by StarBiz, UMW Toyota has indicated 2006’s new model line-up will focus mainly on CBU models instead of CKD models. Rumoured models are Toyota Vitz, Toyota Wish and Toyota Harrier.

   

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  Myvi break-even sooner than expected

  5 October 2005 / 31 comments

  Perodua has revised it’s break-even timeline to 2 years and 3 months instead of the original 3 years for the Perodua Myvi’s investment of RM210 million based on overwhelming sales.

   

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  Petrol Stations to stop accepting credit card payments?

  5 October 2005 / 22 comments

  The raising retail petrol prices at the pumps have been hurting the dealers as well as consumers. President of Petroleum Dealers Association of Malaysia Alang Zari Ishak mentioned in a report to Bernama on Monday […]

   

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  J.D. Power Malaysia Quality Study

  4 October 2005 / 20 comments

  This is the third J.D. Power Asia Pacific 2005 Malaysia Initial Quality Study (IQS) conducted so far. The study measures new-vehicle quality in the first two to six months of ownership.

   

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  One Citizen, One AP?

  4 October 2005 / 27 comments

  I will quote a report from MalaysiaKini and let you guys comment what you need to comment. Mohd Nazri is a Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, and also the MP for Padang Rengas. Mohd […]

   

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  Proton R3 Amprex to race at Zhuhai, China

  4 October 2005 / 43 comments

  Proton R3 Amprex will be participating in Round Nine of the FIA GT Championship at the Zhuhai Circuit in China.

   

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