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  2020 SST exemption: all the revised car price lists

  13 June 2020 / 53 comments

  On June 5, the government announced Penjana, its short-term economic recovery plan aimed at introducing a host of stimulus measures to propel businesses and aid the economy following the Covid-19 outbreak. Included in the plan […]

   

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  State borders are open, popular touge routes are legal again, but remember to control the pent-up driving fire

  9 June 2020 / 11 comments

  RIP Covid-19, you will not be missed. OK, so the coronavirus hasn’t fully left us yet, but new cases in the single digits and the absence of big infection spikes post-Raya means that the government […]

   

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  OPINION: 180 km/h speed cap – is it a good move?

  5 June 2020 / 148 comments

  If it’s one thing to note about mankind, it is its ability to resist change. When it comes down to it, the more controversial the adjustments, the stronger the resistance. Like a bad breakup, if […]

   

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  2008 Proton Satria Neo R3 Clubsport – track-ready machine with a factory roll cage; only 25 units built

  14 May 2020 / 28 comments

  Production road cars that double as track day machines are not uncommon, as we’ve seen with the Porsche 911 GT3 RS, Renault Megane RS Trophy-R and Volkswagen GTI Clubsport S. These vehicles are not only […]

   

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  OPINION: Tech expediency is key to crises response

  4 May 2020 / 1 comment

  When the prime minister said that the Covid-19 pandemic situation has created “new norms” – he was spot on. Over the past few weeks, we experienced that first hand. When the movement control order (MCO) […]

   

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  Ten Proton appearances in foreign movies, TV shows

  30 April 2020 / 44 comments

  If you’ve recently watched Netflix’s new action thriller Extraction and spotted a few scenes with some Protons in it, we know exactly how that fleeting sense of pride felt like. To keep the ball rolling, […]

   

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  OPINION: Car service centres now allowed to open during MCO, but how will it work? Is it necessary?

  22 April 2020 / 4 comments

  On April 10, the government announced that it would allow certain businesses in selected economic sectors to resume operations moving into phase three of the movement control order (MCO) from April 15 to 28, in […]

   

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  GALLERY: Four generations of the Toyota Harrier SUV

  14 April 2020 / 25 comments

  The Toyota Harrier has just entered its fourth iterative life cycle, and as a way of celebrating the launch of the new Harrier, we figured, why not take a brief stroll down memory lane to […]

   

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  Are existing owners entitled to complain when car companies launch model updates with new features?

  10 April 2020 / 61 comments

  This week, we received news that BMW Group Malaysia has quietly updated the 3 Series and X4, finally adding some much-needed safety equipment that includes autonomous emergency braking, lane departure warning and blind spot monitoring […]

   

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  If Proton Saga, Juara & Perodua Kancil were race cars

  9 April 2020 / 6 comments

  Four weeks is admittedly an unusually long time to be cooped up at home. It’s akin to being on house arrest, but with the occasional privilege of stepping out to replenish essentials, albeit with a […]

   

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  A day in the life of a spyshot photographer, and how publications get all those hard-earned first-look shots

  30 March 2020 / 2 comments

  Spyshots provide a first look at upcoming models before they become a marketing reality, and you see them here on paultan.org as well as many other publications on the Internet, offering a glimpse of what’s […]

   

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  Toyota Hilux 2.8L versus Mitsubishi Triton 2.4L – which one of the two pick-up trucks is more fuel efficient?

  20 March 2020 / 29 comments

  In the pick-up truck arena, the Mitsubishi Triton and Toyota Hilux are perennial rivals that constantly find themselves butting heads in some sort of comparison. While looks are completely subjective, things like engine capacity, output […]

   

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  The top 10 best-selling cars in Malaysia, 2010-2019

  11 March 2020 / 39 comments

  Despite overall figures having tapered off somewhat in the past few years from the heady days of the mid 2010s, Malaysians have been consistent when it comes to purchasing cars. Simply put, we like cars, […]

   

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  GALLERY: Three generations of the Bentley Flying Spur – 15 years of the Continental GT’s limo sister

  20 February 2020 / 0 comments

  Unless you’ve had an atrocious past that should be buried for good and never mentioned again, throwbacks are really pleasant things. You don the rose tinted glasses and think of the good old days; as […]

   

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  Racing up Ulu Yam/Genting – why do we still do this?

  13 January 2020 / 91 comments

  Time and time again, we see incidents of sports car and supercar owners racing on the public highway. Often driving in large groups, these individuals travel at high speeds on roads frequented by other motorists […]

   

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