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  Proton sales rebounded after Geely partnership – 144% climb from 2018 all-time low to 15-year high

  29 January 2026 / 1 comment

  Hips don’t lie, Shakira once said. Well, neither can numbers, and the V-shaped graph above makes it clear as day the impact marrying Geely has had on Proton’s sales. Anyone here yet to find a […]

   

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  Overloading crackdown will be year-round – Loke

  29 January 2026 / 4 comments

  The ‘war against overloaded commercial vehicles‘, or Ops Perang Lebih Muatan, is not a seasonal thing; it will be carried out year-round, transport minister Anthony Loke has said, according to a Bernama report. “Last year, […]

   

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  Proton targets to sell 200k units in 2026, 26% up on 2025 – break 227k by 2027, Malaysia’s No 1 by 2029

  28 January 2026 / 5 comments

  Proton revealed on December 4 that its 2026 sales target was 180,000 units – well, according to CEO Dr Li Chunrong, this has now been increased to 200,000, which is 26% more than the 157,976 […]

   

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  2026 Proton Saga MC3 bookings have exceeded 70,000

  28 January 2026 / 5 comments

  Proton CEO Dr Li Chunrong has just announced that bookings for the 2026 Proton Saga MC3 have exceeded 70,000, just two months after the car’s November 27 launch. That’s an average of over 1,100 orders […]

   

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  GWM Wey G9 Malaysian launch tomorrow, watch it live

  28 January 2026 / 0 comments

  Great Wall Motor (GWM) Malaysia‘s first MPV and PHEV is launching 11am tomorrow (Thursday, January 29). Click here to watch the launch of the GWM Wey G9 live. Open for booking since December at a […]

   

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  MINI Countryman EV now with up to 500 km WLTP range – new silicon carbide inverter, 65.2 kWh net

  28 January 2026 / 0 comments

  The MINI Countryman EV has been updated to travel further on a full charge. Thanks to a new silicon carbide inverter (this item managed to boost our CKD BMW i5‘s range from 582 to 627 […]

   

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  Singapore car fills up with RON97, leaves w/o paying

  28 January 2026 / 9 comments

  Pic from China Press UPDATE: The driver reportedly forgot to pay and it was an honest mistake. Payment has been settled. A Singaporean-plate Lexus SUV recently left a Skudai R&R petrol station without paying for […]

   

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  US BMW dealers want something bigger than the X7

  28 January 2026 / 2 comments

  Being 5,151 mm long, 2,000 mm wide and 1,805 mm tall, with a 3,105 mm wheelbase, the BMW X7 is no small car, but you know how it is in super-size America. BMW National Dealer […]

   

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  JPJ nabs Thai vans doing illegal cross-border services

  28 January 2026 / 1 comment

  The Kelantan road transport department (JPJ) has caught some Thai vans illegally running cross-border services by getting passengers to cross the border on foot before picking them up again on the Malaysian side, The New […]

   

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  CATL unveils world’s first mass-produced sodium-ion battery for commercial EVs – 45 kWh, 175 Wh per kg

  27 January 2026 / 4 comments

  Pic from Car News China, originally posted by Auto Black Tech on Weibo Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL) recently unveiled its Tianxing II range of light commercial EV batteries, including a low-temperature version that […]

   

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  India to cut tariffs on EU cars fr 110% to 40% – report

  27 January 2026 / 4 comments

  India, the world’s third-largest car market, is planning to cut tariffs on cars imported from the European Union (EU) to 40% from as high as 110%, and this could be further lowered to 10% over […]

   

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  Chery Tiggo 8 1.6T full showroom gallery in Malaysia – non-Pro model is cheapest 7-seat Chery at RM129,800

  26 January 2026 / 11 comments

  Launched recently, the Chery Tiggo 8 (without the Pro suffix) is now the most affordable Chery with seven seats in Malaysia. At RM130k, it’s asking for RM30k less than both its Pro (this is on […]

   

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  Hyundai Staria in Malaysia now gets floor centre console in place of front middle seat, no price change

  26 January 2026 / 3 comments

  UPDATE: Story updated with photos and additional details. To jog your memory, seven-seat versions of the Malaysian-market Hyundai Staria have a floor centre console (with a sliding lid and illuminated STARIA script) between the front […]

   

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  JPJ seizes 6 luxury cars incl 1 with fake number plates

  26 January 2026 / 8 comments

  The road transport department (JPJ) yesterday seized six luxury cars with a RM1.5 million total estimated value for various offences on the East Coast Expressway Phase 1 (LPT1) near Karak, including one with fake number […]

   

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  Kedah JPJ nabs ‘Kelisa Gino’ modified w/o approval

  26 January 2026 / 13 comments

  If I had a ringgit for every Perodua Kelisa I’ve seen converted into a Daihatsu Mira Gino… anyway, the Kedah road transport department (JPJ) recently detained one on Jalan Ekor Kucing-Padang Serai, Kulim for having […]

   

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