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  • Justin Lim wrote a new blog post: Used car sellers not happy with RM90 Inspection Fee   8 months, 2 weeks ago · View

    ThumbnailAccording to the new Amendment 2010 of the Hire Purchase Act, used car sellers would need to pay an RM90 Inspection Fee. Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, the Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism said that this would involve all vehicles except used motorcycles. The previous practice is where Puspakom conducts the inspection on the [...]

  • Justin Lim wrote a new blog post: Govt will review RON 95 petrol price in June   9 months, 1 week ago · View

    ThumbnailThe government has announced that the RON95 petrol price will be reviewed pretty soon. According to Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, the Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperative and Consumerism, come June, the government will be reviewing the price of RON95 petrol which is currently being sold for RM1.90 per liter.   This he said will be done [...]

  • Justin Lim wrote a new blog post: Saab saved by Pang Da after failed deal with Hawtai   9 months, 1 week ago · View

    ThumbnailAs reported earlier, Swedish automotive brand Saab was facing problems financially and it was Chinese automotive company Hawtai who came in with the promise and it was all rosy for Spyker the owners of Saab when they took the brand from GM. And then due to the regulations from the Chinese government and the fact that [...]

  • Justin Lim wrote a new blog post: Big Bikers convene at Borneo International Big Bike Festival in KK   9 months, 2 weeks ago · View

    ThumbnailCalling all you bikers! Come June 10 to 12 you can head out to the 12th Borneo Island International Big Bike Festival in Kota Kinabalu. This will be one of the biggest big bike events that you will ever come across in the region as there will be participants from all over Malaysia (both Peninsular and [...]

  • Justin Lim wrote a new blog post: Nasim ready to launch Peugeot RCZ   9 months, 2 weeks ago · View

    Thumbnail Malaysian distributor and assembler of Peugeot cars, Nasim has announced that the widely anticipated Peugeot CRZ will be launched next week. Rumours of the launch of the 2+2 coupe has been circling around for a while now and now the  company has finally confirmed that it will be so.  The RCZ has had its following [...]

  • Justin Lim wrote a new blog post: Car repossessions must have valid permits starting June   9 months, 2 weeks ago · View

    As stipulated under the Hire Purchase Act 1967 (Amendment 201), starting June 1, all cars and vehicles repossessed by the banks and financial institutions will need to obtain a valid permit which will be issued through the Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism (KPDNKK). According to Wan Ahamd Uzir Wan Sulaiman the director of [...]

  • Justin Lim wrote a new blog post: Bye bye to the rugged SWB Mercedes G-Wagen   9 months, 3 weeks ago · View

    ThumbnailMercedes-Benz is coming out with the last edition of its G-Wagen. Now if you haven’t already know the G-Wagen is typically a Mercedes-Benz produced 4WD/SUV model which is made to be strong, rugged and durable. It is one of the few vehicles in the world to have 3 fully locking differentials but as the market demand [...]

  • Justin Lim wrote a new blog post: Taxi of Tomorrow for New York City goes to the Nissan NV200   9 months, 3 weeks ago · View

    ThumbnailMichael Bloomberg, the mayor of New York City recently announced that the Nissan NV200 has won the Taxi of Tomorrow competition which means that the Japanese automotive giant will be given the exclusivity to replace the iconic yellow taxis for NYC. The NV200 is not sold in the United States but Nissan submitted it for the [...]

  • Thumbnail Peugeot broke the record at the Nurburgring Nordschleife track in Germany recently for EVs (electric vehicles) when their EX1 Concept Car became the fastest EV to round the international race track. Behind the wheels is Stephane Caillet who is also the tuner-technician of Peugeot’s Research and Development Center. He clocked the lap time of 9 [...]

  • Justin Lim wrote a new blog post: Honda unveils the new Honda City Hybrid   10 months ago · View

    Thumbnail  Honda recently showed off their latest lithium-ion battery packed 2012 Honda Civic Hybrid at the New York Auto Show. It is supposedly the most fuel-efficient sedan available in the United States where they have now incorporated their latest Honda IMA (Integrated Motor Assist) hybrid drivetrain into the everyone’s favourite sedan, the Honda Civic. Being a [...]

  • Justin Lim wrote a new blog post: Kia Soul gets a new life   10 months ago · View

    Thumbnail Korean automotive giant Kia has unveiled an updated version of their widely successful Kia Soul at the recent New York auto Show. The new 2012 Soul now comes with a new design and that is not all as they have also put in a new engine together with better performance fittings as well. It now [...]

  • Suzuki recently showed of 2 of their latest Kizashi concepts at the currently going on New York International Auto Show, first the Kizaashi eco-friendly concept and another one, the evil twin-brother and a performance oriented one, the Kizashi Apex Concept. Anything that has an Apex to its name tells you that it is about peak and [...]
  • admin wrote a new blog post: Ford to show off their Focus ECOnetic in Amsterdam show   10 months ago · View

    Coming up at the Amsterdam Motor Show is the new Ford Focus ECOnetic. One of General Motor’s biggest brand is set to roll out its latest model the show to gauge the response and then subsequently start selling the production model early next year. It would most likely be made in 2 variants namely a 5 [...]
  • The luxury automotive market is growing in leaps and bounds in the past few years and the Strand Craft Limousine Beach Cruiser seemed to be persistent into making their mark in this segment. Typically meant for the luxury hotel chains market, this cool and luxurious looking vehicle is one which is well suited for passengers who [...]
  • admin wrote a new blog post: Volvo launches T5 and T6 S60s   10 months ago · View

    Volvo Cars Malaysia recently announced the launch of its new S60 variants for the Malaysian market. Known as the sportiest Volvo ever launched, the new S60 is in its second generation where they will be selling 2 of its variants which are CBUs (Completely Built Units) which are the 3.0 T6 AWD and the 2.0 T5 [...]
  • admin wrote a new blog post: Infiniti coming to Malaysia in Q4   10 months ago · View

    The Infiniti automotive brand will be making its launch into our markets by the fourth quarter of this year. The company made the announcement recently where they are very much interested in rolling out its brand name into our markets. This came in the wake of the recent launch of Infiniti in Indonesia where the company [...]
  • Datuk Seri Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir, the Group Managing Director of Proton Group said that the company is targeting to take over the pole position in terms of car sales from its closes competitor Perodua and to achieve this, they will be banking on its growing customer confidence, improving of its network as well [...]
  • The official distributor of Peugeot cars in Malaysia, Nasim Sdn Bhd has announced that they are currently studying the possibility of bringing the new 3008 Hybrid4 into Malaysian roads. The widely popular Hybrid model is the first full diesel hybrid car in the world and Nasim is considering launching it this year. According to SM Nasarudin SM [...]
  • The second national car maker Perodua or Perusahaan Otomobil Kedua Sdn Bhd continues its lead in the Malaysian automotive market when it was announced that they are tops again for the first quarter of 2011 after chalking up sales of 45,700 units for the period. This puts them as the market leader with a share [...]

  • With a name called the Volvo Concept Universe, it would surely invoke quite a lot of attention and that is exactly what the Swedish automotive giant is looking to achieve where they are using this to show off how their new luxury sedan would look like. Such a preview is to showcase to the world [...]

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