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Seow Yaohan | December 21, 2010
Chevrolet, a key brand under General Motors, is looking to shift its marketing headquarters for the Asia Pacific region to Indonesia from Thailand, a move that will see increased use of Indonesia-produced spare parts and the subsequent ...
Seow Yaohan | December 18, 2010
Proton has set a monthly sales target of 6500 units for the new Proton Saga FL (facelift), which was launched days ago on Wednesday. The facelift comes three years and 204,150 delivered car units after the Saga made its ...
Honda Malaysia has received over 500 bookings for the Honda Insight in less than two weeks since its launch at the 2010 Kuala Lumpur International Motor Show (KLIMS). For comparison, only 297 hybrid units were sold in 2009, putting into perspective the sales success ...
Seow Yaohan | December 14, 2010
Proton-owned Group Lotus has announced an official partnership with Genii Capital, the owner of 75 percent of the Renault F1 team. The tie-up, which involves Lotus acquiring a major equity stake in the F1 team from Genii Capital, will result in ...
Seow Yaohan | November 29, 2010
Proton has seen a quarterly profit before taxation (PBT) drop to RM 81 million from RM 105 million in the preceding quarter. For the first half of its 2010/11 financial year, however, the profit before taxation has increased to RM 186 million ...
Seow Yaohan | November 24, 2010
The export of the Peugeot 207 sedan, which was launched by Nasim in Malaysia in early November, has gotten underway, beginning with Thailand. The Thai distributor of Peugeot cars, European Motor Cars Co Ltd launched the 207 sedan on November 10 and ...
Seow Yaohan | November 17, 2010
Mitsubishi Motors Malaysia (MMM) has squashed the hopes of many Malaysians, confirming that no Mitsubishi models in its present model range, other than the Mitsubishi Lancer on which the Proton Inspira is based, will be part of any technical collaboration with Proton in the ...
Tesla Motors is on a roll, gaining a USD 30 million investment from Panasonic, which follows Toyota's USD 50 million investment in Tesla and a USD 60 million contract for the development of the Toyota RAV4 EV. Daimler also took a 10 percent ...
Seow Yaohan | October 22, 2010
Berjaya Corp Bhd has received a manufacturing licence for the assembly of hybrid and electric vehicles, luxury vehicles and commercial vehicles in Malaysia. Granted by the International Trade and Industry Ministry (MITI), the licence ...
Seow Yaohan | October 19, 2010
Toyota Motor Thailand (TMT) has confirmed that the Toyota Prius will be assembled in Thailand, with details of the Thai-built Prius to be announced at a soft launch on October 21 before an official launch in November. TMT already assembles the Camry ...















