It is Bukit Aman’s turn to conduct a spot check on all personnel's private vehicles at the Police Headquarters of the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) in Kuala Lumpur. Also read: Police summons police officers for using fancy number plates The Special Operation (Vehicle Check) was carried out by the Bukit Aman Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department (JSPT) at the main gate of the Bukit Aman Police HQ. Over 15 police officers and 35 JSPT members were involved with the special operation. Oth
Mar 17, 2021
The Investigation and Traffic enforcement department, Integrity and Standard Compliance Department, and the Kedah IPK special branch carried out a surprise inspection at the Kedah Police Contingent headquarters and issued several fines to police officers and workers entering the premises. According to the Kedah police’s official Facebook page (Polis Kedah), the surprise inspection was conducted to review the personal documents, vehicle inspection, and security passes of police officers and gener
Mar 15, 2021
Malaysia remains an attractive destination for foreign investors and reports alleging that Malaysia is losing out in foreign direct investment (FDI) is wrong, says MIDA (Malaysian Investment Development Authority). The MITI agency also adds that references to data from the United Nations Commission on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) must be read in the correct context. On Thursday, Singapore’s Straits Times published a scathing report alleging that Malaysia is losing its attractiveness to foreign
Feb 9, 2021
Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has always been at the forefront of encouraging Malaysians in innovation, especially in the automotive industry. Today he revealed that he has just received delivery of his brand new Perodua Ativa with a number plate 2020. In case you’re from a different generation, Tun M introduced Wawasan 2020 (Vision 2020) in 1991, during his first term as Prime Minister of Malaysia. The vision was an encouragement for our country to achieve a self-sufficient indu
Apr 14, 2021
Proton is on a roll as they follow their sales success in May 2020 with yet another healthy number in June 2020. Other than that, the Proton Saga also broke its own monthly sale record with the highest numbers sold since August 2014. Proton recorded 9,623 units sold in June 2020. This number is the second-highest the brand recorded in 2020 and a growth of 69.5 percent over May 2020. Bear in mind that June is also the first full month that Proton has been operating since the Movement Control Orde
Jul 2, 2020
Between November 5th to 9th, the Road Transport Department (JPJ) opened bidding for PPP number plate registration and accumulated almost RM 7.3 million with 11,718 bidders, that's a new record for JPJ. The highest bid is, of course, for the number plate PPP1 which was rumoured to have been bought by badminton star Lee Chong Wei’s brother, Lee Chong Hoon, for RM 260,000. That’s the price of a Mazda MX-5! Or you can purchase 4 Perodua Myvis and still have change. PPP9 is the second most expensive
Nov 11, 2020
** This article is the personal experience of a 2014 Perodua Alza owner and does not necessarily reflect the views of WapCar Facebook: Alex Kew About My Car Here is my Perodua Alza SE automatic transmission purchased at the end of 2014. It was priced at RM59,400 including insurance, and I entitled for RM2,000 discount for year-end stock. I chose the unique colour for my car - Mystical Purple, it is like black colour in low light condition but dark purple under sunlight. The reason being black-pa
Jul 4, 2020
The upcoming Perodua Ativa has been spotted during a night delivery by Facebook users, Fatoni Marzuki and Azlan Ahmad. The images that have appeared on funtasticko show cars covered in black canvas being delivered from the Perodua HQ in Rawang, travelling on the NKVE. The 2021 Perodua Ativa is due to launch very soon and prices start from RM63k. Bookings are already open. Powering the car is a turbocharged 1.0-litre three-cylinder petrol engine (98 PS/140 Nm) paired to a CVT. The Ativa is also c
Feb 22, 2021
The ubiquitous number plate. These little black and white boxes on every road-going vehicle may seem like a boring topic to explore but look beyond the regulative reasons behind them and they actually have a pretty fascinating history. What purpose does it serve? Simple, really. It's a result of transportation being more accessible, and the government needs a way to regulate and control the vehicles pootling around. They're useful because in the event of an accident or a crime, authorities could
Sep 13, 2020
Last week, the Proton’s Shah Alam HQ reported that an employee in their research and development division has tested positive for Covid-19. Over the weekend, 8 more new cases were reported forcing the Health Ministry to declare the situation the Auto Cluster. Now the company has issued another update. The following is a statement from Proton over the ongoing Covid-19 update: Subsequent to one of its employees testing positive for Covid-19 on 14th October 2020, Proton confirms 49 others have now
Oct 19, 2020
Perodua menggesa para pelanggannya yang sedia ada dan pelanggan baharu untuk hanya berurusan dengan penasihat jualannya atau ‘Sales Advisor’ (SA) yang sah agar tidak terpedaya dengan penipuan yang muncul terutama sekali selepas pelancaran Ativa pada 3 Mac lalu. "Kami telah menemui sekurang-kurangnya dua tawaran rebat palsu dalam talian bagi Perodua Ativa yang baru dilancarkan. Perodua dan cawangan-cawangan kami di seluruh negara tidak pernah dan tidak akan mengadakan sebarang promosi rebat tunai
Mar 15, 2021
Back in September, the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS) issued a proposal to implement a licensing system for bicycles as a means to compile a database of the number of bicycles and cyclists. The idea was quickly shot down by various ministers, but now The Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) has declared their support for the proposal in a TV interview. Bukit Aman Traffic Investigations and Enforcement chief assistant director Bakri Zainal Abidin told RTM that the move was timely an
Dec 28, 2020
Earlier this week, the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development said that the Ministry of Transport will table a new bill to replace vehicle stickers for persons with disabilities with a special number plate. One week earlier, the Johor state police announced a crackdown on vehicles with ‘fancy’ vehicle number plates – plates that don’t meet JPJ’s standards. The bigger question is, why after more than 20 years, Malaysia still can’t enforce standardized vehicle number plates? Proposals
Dec 27, 2020
You’ve probably heard of the term ‘chassis number’ before, but what does it mean? Officially, ‘chassis number’ should be called Vehicle Identification Number, VIN for short. Think of VIN as the identification number for your car, as each car has a unique number, much like our Identification Card (IC). Similar to our IC, the vehicle's VIN contains a bunch of useful information, like fitted options to the vehicle, body colour, and origin of vehicle. A VIN that starts with PL to PR would indicate t
Oct 19, 2019
The National Council of Persons with Disabilities (MKBOKU) has approved the plan to change disabled person sticker to a special vehicle number plate instead as is suggested by the Ministry of Transport. According to a press release, applications for the disabled person’s number plate with the Social Welfare Department is now open. Those that are eligible to register for a disabled plate is as listed below: Physical disability A sub-category of learning disability – ADHD Autistic Multiple categor
Dec 23, 2020
Perodua recently launched their new and improved automatic transmission fluid (ATF) oil, specifically for models produced from 2013 onwards. Rated at D3-SP specification, it is applicable for models like the Myvi, Bezza, Axia, Alza and Aruz. Both red and blue bottles of Perodua Genuine Oil ATF D3-SP contain the same, newly improved formula specially designed for Perodua electronic automatic transmissions (E-AT). Red bottles are only sold at Perodua authorised service centres, while blue bottles
Mar 25, 2020
The Road Transport Department (JPJ) is asking for the help of all road users to report any customised car number plates that do not follow the JPJ regulated specifications. In just the first 5 months of 2020, JPJ has issued a total of 12,694 notices to car owners for using a number plate that is not up to the JPJ regulated specifications. JPJ also reports that they have compounded 7,455 cars between January and May for the same reason. For years, customised, or also known as “fancy”, number plat
Jun 19, 2020
Now that Vietnam has introduced a new camera surveillance system on one of their highways, drivers are doing their best to avoid getting caught by masking their number plates or even using fake ones to cover up their original license plates. The new surveillance system was installed on the Noi Bai – Lao Cai Expressway, the system is similar to that of the automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) camera system in China. Unlike in Malaysia, Vietnam has a standardised number plate system so it is
Jan 6, 2021
Looks like car buying behaviour is returning to normal, as Perodua has bounced back with healthy sales number in June 2020 that even exceeds their total sales in June 2019! Perodua wrapped up June 2020 with an estimated 21,250 cars sold. This number is the highest the brand has posted for the year 2020 and triple the sales number posted in May 2020 at 7,886 units. This number is higher even than the company’s sales number in June 2019 at 16,037 units sold. But the low number in 2019 was due to s
Jul 2, 2020
Bridgestone Tyre Sales (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd is proud to announce that their Bridgestone Turanza T005A will be fitted as original equipment tyre for the newly launched Perodua Ativa. The tyres will be specifically used on the Ativa AV and H variants. Note that there are 2 tyre sizes available on the Ativa. The 17-inch 205/60 R17-94H Bridgestone tyres will only be used for the higher spec variants while the Ativa X variant will get smaller 16-inch 205/65 R16-95H tyres from a different brand. Bridges
Mar 12, 2021
If you’ve been following our website or YouTube channel, you would know that we have just bought a Perodua Ativa. We’re not the first customer to receive the car but we’ve got it early enough to still be able to turn heads at the traffic light. The head-turning effect will wear out eventually, so we’re enjoying its as much as we can for the time being. In our earlier post and YouTube video, there’s one thing we forgot to mention as pointed out by one of our readers – the chronology of booking, p
Mar 25, 2021
** This article is published on WapCar Community. Click the link below to enter the community for car enthusiasts in Malaysia https://www.wapcar.my/forum Basic information Perodua Aruz 1.5 AV 2020 Time of purchase: 9th November 2020 Price of vehicle: RM73,226.00 Reasons why I bought this car I needed a larger car with bigger boot space to carry around loads to deliver to my customer, which I find it hard to do that with my previous car, the infamous Perodua Axia Standard G 2016 as the boot space
Dec 5, 2020
The Toyota GR Yaris has been launched in Malaysia, starting from a staggering price of RM299k. The tiny Toyota GR Yaris is the car we never asked for, but we all love. For those of us dreaming of the GR Yaris (but couldn't afford one), photo manipulator, Theophilus Chin has blessed us with renderings of a Perodua GR Axia instead. Apart from the number of cylinders and the number of wheels, both the Toyota GR Yaris and Perodua Axia share very little in common. The Toyota GR Yaris produces 261 PS
Dec 18, 2020
The Geely logo has been growing increasingly familiar in the automotive world. You can’t read about Volvo or Proton without thinking about Geely, not to mention that the company now ranks as one of the world’s biggest car manufacturers and appears frequently in the news with one new joint venture or another. It took 30 years for Geely to become the world-renown brand that it is today along with a few changes in the logo and corporate identity. But how did they get from a mountain to a shield? It
Feb 20, 2021
Scam calls claiming to be from the police or other government bodies aren’t new but despite widely publicized cases of unsuspecting folks losing their money to scammers, many continue to fall prey to such scams. The latest tactic used by scammers is to employ automated call messages, mimicking the sort of procedure one normally go through when calling government offices. Without having to rely on an actual person to make the scam calls, scammers are able to scale up their devious operations very
Oct 2, 2019
The Perodua Alza is a 7-seater MPV that was introduced here back in 2009, which makes it one of the oldest new cars you can purchase today. Despite being 11 years old, Perodua won’t be pulling the plug on the Alza just yet, as the company recently reiterated that it won’t be discontinued any time soon. Developing a brand-new Alza isn’t Perodua’s top priority at the moment, as the MPV market is slowing down and Perodua's main focus is SUVs. The Alza has also been Perodua’s slowest-selling model,
Apr 7, 2020
After showing off his brand new Perodua Ativa, a car that he confirmed in this video is his own purchase, former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed is now checking out some restored Proton Sagas. Also read: Tun M receives delivery of his Perodua Ativa; Check out that number plate! Two cars were on display, a standard 1989 Proton Saga and a 1986 Proton Saga Orion. The green car (WBH 5581) is the first generation Orion engine model, while the red car (WBT 2289) is a later model with a newer Ma
Apr 16, 2021
Now this is interesting, as a recent report from Automachi claims that the upcoming Perodua D55L will get a model name that starts with an “A”. Seeing that Perodua has yet to register any new names recently, we believe that the company may potentially pick a name that was registered a few years ago, including names such as Atriva, Axeda, and Ativa. Out of those three names, only the Ativa and Axeda names remain registered, as Perodua has since abandoned the Atriva name. In fact, a recent post fr
Feb 10, 2021
2020 has been a roller coaster ride for car sales with the biggest dip taking place in April. Even Perodua, the manufacturer of ubiquitous econoboxes took a plunge with only 57 units sold back then. However, with the SST exemption in place, a spike in demand was observed. The highest number of sales by Perodua was recorded in October with 26,852 cars registered. Perodua sales number by month in 2020 January 17,481 February 18,895 March 8,601 April 57 May 7,886 June 21,250 July 23,203 August 22,6
Dec 28, 2020
In an incident that happened in Bandar Baru Bangi, police officers were faced with a life-threatening situation where the Perodua Alza they were attempting to investigate drove off with their colleague clinging on the bonnet for dear life. The 40-second video has since gone viral on social media. Berita Harian reports that the officer that jumped on the bonnet of the Alza to prevent the car from escaping was forced to hang on for about 150 m before he fell off. Unfortunately, the Alza was able t
Mar 11, 2021
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