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Bobby Ang | May 2, 2012
The National Automotive Policy was initially a grand scheme with an objective plan to turn Malaysia into one of the most successful automotive manufacturing hubs in the world. However, artificial manipulation of new car prices by the government to protect local manufacturers has come to ...
Seow Yaohan | March 5, 2012
The 2012 all-new Toyota Camry will be launching in Malaysia in March, confirmed UMW Holdings President and CEO Datuk Syed Hisham Syed Wazir. “We have just launched the new Toyota Avanza, Prius and Prius c”, he ...
Seow Yaohan | September 16, 2011
The 2011 Perodua Myvi 1.5 variants have been officially launched in Malaysia, starting with the 1.5 SE manual at RM 51,400, the 1.5 SE automatic at RM 54,400, the 1.5 Extreme manual at RM 58,700 and the 1.5 Extreme automatic at RM 61,700 (on-the-road ...
Seow Yaohan | June 30, 2011
UMW Toyota Motor has launched the 2011 Toyota Vios facelift and the Toyota Vios 1.5G Limited, an all-new variant positioned between the Vios 1.5G and TRD Sportivo variants. With almost 200,000 units snapped up by Malaysians since ...
Seow Yaohan | April 26, 2011
UMW Toyota Motor has reached a significant milestone in Malaysia, rolling out the one millionth locally-assembled Toyota—a Toyota Vios TRD Sportivo—from a plant owned by Assembly Services Sdn Bhd (ASSB), a subsidiary under UMW Toyota Motor that is into its 43rd ...
Seow Yaohan | February 23, 2011
The 2011 Toyota Camry has gained an additional optional package: a 6.1" touch-screen, Bluetooth-enabled DVD-AVN (Audio-Visual Navigation) system that serves as an entertainment hub and a navigation tool for Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei; a reverse camera is included in the optional package as well. ...
Seow Yaohan | January 21, 2011
Move over Honda Malaysia, which just announced record-breaking sales for 2010. UMW Toyota Motor, the official distributor of Toyota and Lexus cars in Malaysia, is still the top non-national automaker by sales volume in this country—for the 21st consecutive year. In 2010, 92,000 ...
Seow Yaohan | November 10, 2010
The 2011 Proton Inspira, the supposed successor to Proton Waja, has been officially launched in Malaysia. The finalised prices for the three variants are lower than previously indicated by Proton: the 1.8 Executive with manual transmission goes for RM 78,999, the ...
Seow Yaohan | October 13, 2010
Proton Inspira is the official name of the Proton Waja replacement as the scanned image from a leaked brochure shows. Other details revealed include the Inspira's equipments, including paddle-shifters and fully automatic climate control, and its RM 79K plus price tag, which ...
Toyota is developing an all-new low-cost, compact car aimed at emerging, fast-growing markets such as China and Southeast Asia, which of course includes Malaysia. According to Japanese newspaper Chunichi Shimbun which reported this news, the new car is slated for launch ...















