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The Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) will be investigating a woman’s Twitter allegations that she was sexually harassed by a police officer at a Putrajaya roadblock. Putrajaya district chief, ACP Mohd Fadzil Ali said in a statement that authorities have received 2 police reports from the victim and the officer involved in the case respectively. Also read: Police officers suspended for sexually harassing women at roadblocks According to the statement, the police officer involved first made a police
As Suzuki is preparing to make its return to Malaysia with Naza Eastern Motors, Suzuki’s operations in India – its largest and most important market – has opened a new 250,000 units per year extension to its Gujarat plant. Known as Plant C, it’s the third and newest section of the Suzuki Motor Gujarat Private Limited (SMG) plant. It is wholly owned by Suzuki Motor Corporation and is run separately from its other associate company Maruti Suzuki India Limited. Plant C will produce mostly the Dzire
Suzuki Motor Corporation’s Myanmar subsidiary, Suzuki Thilawa Motor will be constructing a new plant. Located in the Thilawa Special Economic Zone, the new plant is scheduled to go online from September 2021. Despite selling just 4 models – Carry, Ciaz, Ertiga, and Swift, Suzuki Myanmar has managed to capture a whopping 60.3% of the market, with 13,206 units sold. The new plant is capable of outputting 40,000 units annually. Considering Myanmar’s annual total industry volume of roughly 20,000 un
The Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) has revised its forecast for 2020’s total industry volume (TIV), the industry term for total new car sales, from 607,000 units to 400,000 units due to the on-going MCO. The reduction represents a 34 percent reduction in annual sales. The last time Malaysia’s TIV dropped below the 500,000 psychological barrier was in 2007, with 487,176 units sold. Last year, the TIV was 604,287 units, up 1 percent from 2018. MAA president Datuk Aishah Ahmad said the move
A report by Axalta, a leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, revealed that the most popular automotive colour in the world is none other than white. Looks like white is not only popular in Malaysia but all over the world as well. According to the report, white colour vehicles has a 38 percent of the market share followed by the colour black, which has a 19 percent market share. The popularity of the colour grey has grown by 2 percent this year compared to 2019, the colour follows
According to a report from The World Bank, Malaysia Economic Monitor, June 2015 - Transforming Urban Transport, working class Malaysians are estimated to waste about 1 million wasted hours annually stuck in traffic congestions per day. The time spent stuck in traffic could have been used more productively, like putting another hour in at work or catching up on social activities. The hours wasted also comes at a cost, this is what economists know as “opportunity cost”. Wasting 1 million hours col
Proton Commerce Sdn Bhd (PCSB), Proton’s in-house automotive financier, has stated that they are expecting a jump in the Hire Purchase (HP) market for cars during the final quarter of 2020. The financier made the prediction thanks to 2 factors, the soon to launch Proton X50 and the Penjana stimulus package. According to PCSB, the HP industry has been experiencing growth of 1.0 percent to 2.0 percent between FY2017 to FY2019. The growth is broadly in-line with Total Industry Volume (TIV) of the M
The Proton Ertiga is no more as Proton has dropped the model from its line-up. The last Proton Ertiga rolled off Proton’s Tanjung Malim plant in May, with saw only 31 units assembled, including 4 units with manual transmission. These 31 units languished for a few more months at dealers, but the last unit should have been sold by the time you read this. It was a quiet and somewhat dismal end to Proton’s much-hyped but short-lived partnership with Suzuki. In total, Proton assembled just 148 units
Bound to debut this year, the 2021 Proton Persona and Proton Iriz have been awarded with 5-star ASEAN NCAP ratings based on the 2017-2020 protocol. In a recent press release, ASEAN NCAP mentioned that a full report for the Proton Iriz and Proton Persona will be released in due time. The current report for the Proton Persona/Iriz on the ASEAN NCAP website is based on the pre-2017 protocol, which the cars also received 5-star ratings. A 5-star rating from the 2017-2020 protocols hint at added acti
Recently, reports from China emerged mentioning that Geely is currently developing an entirely new B-segment sedan. Codenamed SS11, the new B-segment sedan is said to go on sale as soon as May 2021 and will compete against segment rivals such as the Toyota Vios and Honda City. The SS11 codename, according to the reports, is a hint that the new sedan could be developed on Geely’s B-segment BMA platform, much like the SX11 (Geely Binyue or Proton X50). While most of Geely’s new models are either b
At Tuesday’s line-off ceremony of the soon to be launched Proton X50, the Chairman of Proton Holdings Dato Sri Syed Faisal Albar revealed that the X50 project will purchase about RM 1.8 billion worth of automotive parts from local vendors annually. “As a company that manufactures locally, Proton’s growth means more money is injected into Malaysia’s automotive vendor ecosystem leading to more jobs and wealth creation. This is vital at a time when COVID-19 has significantly hit Malaysia’s economy,
Now that the dust is settled on the safety aspect of the Proton X50, we discovered something interesting in the crossover’s latest 5-star ASEAN NCAP report. Holding on to the fact that the X50 tested was the base-spec Standard variant (normal in crash tests to use the lowest-spec variants), MIROS has just kinda revealed that the X50 is making its way to Thailand. Hold on to your horses, enthusiastic Thai Proton fans. There has been no official announcement from Proton on when the Malaysian Tiger
Right before the start of the 2020 Guangzhou Auto Show, the Geely Preface, or known in China as the Geely Xing Rui, was awarded the highest honour as 2021 China Car of the Year at the annual award show of the same name. The annual award show is known as the fairest and most influential car award show in the country. The Geely Preface won the award after pleasing an independent panel of judges made up of 41 distinguished automotive journalists and experts. First launched as a production model in
With the SUV craze in full swing, it’s actually rather refreshing to see spyshots of new sedans and this Geely is one such example. Back in December 2020, we reported that Geely has started development work on an all-new sedan codenamed Geely SS11. The new sedan is said to get C-segment-like wheelbase but with B-segment prices. Also Read: Geely SS11 uncovered, next-gen Proton Persona to use BMA platform? Fast forward to today and spyshots of the said sedan have surfaced. Typical of recent Geely
Just like how the Proton X50 is getting the attention among Malaysians, so is the Geely Coolray in the Philippines. The X50’s Filipino twin has sold 2,158 units in 2020 which puts it in the top 10 best-selling passenger vehicles in the country for that year. This was based on a January 2021 report that was released by the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines, Inc. (CAMPI). CAMPI is the Filipino equivalent of the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) in which both compile month
Proton’s CEO Dr. Li Chunrong is confident that Proton will overtake Perodua to become the No.1 selling car brand in Malaysia by 2027, basically within the next model lifecycle of its products. Currently, only the Proton X70 is a new product. All other Proton models have yet to be replaced by a new generation model. In an interview with The Edge, Dr. Li said that ever since Geely became Proton’s partner in 2017, the company has been focusing on executing a 10-year product development plan, which
It is well known that there is a long waiting period for the Proton X50, last we checked it was 9 months! But imagine this, you’ve waited months for your new exciting new car to arrive and right on the day that it was supposed to sit under your porch you receive a phone call saying that the car has been totally wrecked on the way to you… This was what the owner of a particular X50 in Johor had to go through as the Sales Advisor (SA) appointed to deliver the car had taken it for a joy ride instea
The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) is expected to backtrack on its earlier decision to remove automotive manufacturing from its list of essential services sectors, and will allow automotive manufacturing to resume operations next week. The government has yet to make an official announcement on the matter and those involved have been told to not speak to the media. However WapCar.my understands that discussions is almost complete and automotive manufacturing might be re-insta
Looks like the road accidents have already started. Barely 2 days after Recovery MCO started, drivers passing the Setia Alam toll yesterday were treated to a view of the horrifying aftermath between a Honda HR-V and a Proton Persona at the Setia Alam toll. Police enforcement stated that they received a report at 11am in the morning regarding the incident that happened at the toll entrance from the NKVE highway leading to Setia Alam. Head of Traffic Police Selangor, Superintendent Azman Shariat r
The Proton X70 was first launched in December 2018, as a fully imported (CBU) model from China. Slightly more than one year later, the locally-assembled (CKD) model was launched in February 2020, with a new transmission but hardly any change in price. The range topping Premium X model is priced at RM 122,800. Barely two years on the market, it’s still too early to gauge the resale value of a Proton X70. Yes there are quite a number of units listed on used car classifieds, but it’s still too smal
Both the Perodua Bezza and Proton Saga are Malaysia’s cheapest sedans, but which one is cheaper to maintain? If you were to make a simple comparison based Proton's quoted prices for its maintenance plan, the Saga's total maintenance cost over a 5-year/100,000 km period is cheaper than the Bezza by about RM 140. The Perodua Bezza will cost RM 3,149 to maintain while the Proton Saga costs a slightly cheaper RM 3,008. That's a neglibible difference over a five-year/100,000 km period. However, keep
Recently, we showed the safest cars as tested by ASEAN NCAP. Despite having some of the smartest driving aids in its class, the Proton X50 didn’t make it to the Top 10. Neither did the Nissan Kicks but here’s the kicker (no pun intended), it scored better than the X50! The Nissan Kicks scored the maximum 5-stars just like the X50 but its overall score was much higher than the X50 despite having 2 airbags as standard with 86.93 points. For comparison, the Malaysian crossover only got 84.26 points
Although Proton has yet to confirm when the Proton X50 will be launched, we are pretty certain it will be within the month of October. Some sources have even provided us with a very specific date – October 15. The October timeline is easy to understand because Proton desperately needs the X50 to close the gap in its annual sales target (MCO not helping). As of June 2020, Proton’s cumulative sales stood at 37,078 units versus Perodua’s 74,170 units. Once past October, Proton will have less than 2
After making waves in Malaysia and entering Brunei shortly after its launch here, the Proton X50 is making Thailand its next stop. Spotted in Songkhla recently, it seems that this is the Flagship variant - note the black spoiler (hinting at the variant-specific dual-tone colourway) and two-tone wheels. This corroborates with our earlier report that at least the base Standard and the range-topping Flagship variants are very likely to make their way there. To recap, the Malaysian-specs X50 comes w
The results are in! Well it’s not the prices that are finally announced but the Proton X50 has scored a 5-star rating for ASEAN NCAP. However, its overall score is lower than its larger sibling, the X70. The X50 is Proton’s seventh model that underwent the ASEAN NCAP assessment. While the model tested is a Standard variant which is the lowest-spec model on offer with 4 airbags, it is the norm for crash test labs to use the base model in their tests. The X50’s occupant compartment remained intact
Imagine one day, you pay for a monthly car subscription service and you get to switch from a Proton X50 in one month to a Volvo S90 or a Lotus Elise the next. Well, considering how many brands Geely currently owns, it comes as no surprise that the Chinese giant is looking to launch a cross-brand subscription service in the future according to Autocar. While emphasizing that the idea is still at a discussion stage, Uday Senapati, the executive director of corporate strategy and product management
Geely has announced that the company has successfully sold 1.32 million units in 2020. To be more precise, the Chinese automaker has sold 1,320,217 units in 2020. This comes after it has reported 154,202 units sold in December 2020. While the year on year sales saw a 3% loss compared to 2019 (1,361,560 units), Geely has stated that the figures have beaten its revised target for a tumultuous 2020. In spite of setbacks such as the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 has generally been a good year for Proton’s
Following the viral news that Malaysia’s rally champion, Karamjit Singh, aka The Flying Sikh, has had to sell his famous Proton Waja in favour of a new Proton Saga so he could start driving for Grab, the Motorsports Association Malaysia (MAM) has declared that they will be reaching out to him with help. In case you didn’t know, Grab regulations dictate that no cars above 10 years old can be used for Grab services. Karamjit Singh’s Waja, unfortunately, has passed the 10-year mark. According to th
Estimated cost 60-months/100,000 km is RM4,897.50 1.8-litre TGDi engine uses 5-litres of engine oil Automatic Transmission Fluid costs RM500.96 The Proton X70 recorded unprecedented success in the local SUV segment and it’s not hard to see why. It’s packed with advanced features and impressive build quality at an attractive price point of RM99k to RM123k for the range-topping Premium 2WD variant. To date, Proton has delivered over 15,000 units of the X70 and the figure is only going to climb wit
Like any organization experiencing rapid growth and change, there will be growing pains. Proton is experiencing this first hand, not just with supply issues of the very high in demand Proton X50, but also shortage in spare parts supply for its service centres. To Proton’s credit, the company has taken a very brave move to publically acknowledge the shortcomings in its after-sales services. At today’s announcement of Proton’s February 2021 sales performance, Proton said it recorded its highest ev
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