Launch of the Perodua Bezza

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Live coverage of the launch on the 21st of July 2016 was provided by Paul Tan on their You Tube page:<br /><br />  <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7VuDRgi28_A" width="560"></iframe><br /><br />Besides Perodua's good reputation among Malaysians, the Bezza also has achieved five stars in the ASEAN NCAP safety assessment for the 1.3L Advance variant (first Perodua car to get 5 stars) and four stars for the other variants.<br /><br /> No wonder Perodua has reportedly received more than 4000 orders in first five days. </div>

Launch of the Perodua Bezza

Live coverage of the launch on the 21st of July 2016 was provided by Paul Tan on their You Tube page:   Besides Perodua's good reputati...

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Range Rover Evoque prices: UK vs Malaysia

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Recently met an old friend after 18 long years. We were university mates and both of us ended up in the UK in quite different occupations. However, despite being only about 100 miles apart we were unable to meet up because of something or the other.<br /><br />It was quite ironic that we finally met up in Malaysia, around 9000 miles away from the UK. Anyway, we got to talking about cars like car lovers usually do and the cars we drive. My friend recently bought the Ranger Rover Evoque, which coincidentally also happens to be my dream car.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizS0yKJCSbrFCp-Qa0hYY4r6Mrm4UVdJb8TqnklW-CyNEo5eg2_g44KlMYdN3P7Sh0K7YG3X365q2eExlU1Y77Cs1cDyS2cwtms5t825kl-gEsN3mm4G4qyrtVsC4_O_2lmWUJ1wQv0B3Y/s1600/2015_Land_Rover_Range_Rover_Evoque.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizS0yKJCSbrFCp-Qa0hYY4r6Mrm4UVdJb8TqnklW-CyNEo5eg2_g44KlMYdN3P7Sh0K7YG3X365q2eExlU1Y77Cs1cDyS2cwtms5t825kl-gEsN3mm4G4qyrtVsC4_O_2lmWUJ1wQv0B3Y/s400/2015_Land_Rover_Range_Rover_Evoque.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">We were discussing car prices and how the Evoque is quite out of my league with prices starting at <span style="line-height: 24px;">RM413,888 (without insurance).  Source: <a href="http://paultan.org/2015/04/08/land-rover-gst-prices-malaysia/" target="_blank">Paul Tan</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">My friend was visibly shocked as the cost in the UK was around £30K (OTR). That's considered quite a handsome even for a luxury brand. However, it translates to about RM180K at the current exchange rates, which means that we are paying more than double the price of the Evoque here in Malaysia as compared to the UK. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">With that amount, I can buy a 2-sty Terrace/Link House 3 bedroom house near my office in Semenyih, Selangor. So literally the <span style="text-align: left;">Ranger Rover Evoque is a house on wheels. </span></div><h1 class="title_text" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 3px 0px 0px 2px;"><br /></h1><br /><br /></div>

Range Rover Evoque prices: UK vs Malaysia

Recently met an old friend after 18 long years. We were university mates and both of us ended up in the UK in quite different occupations. H...

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Performance of European car brands in Malaysia

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">According to  recent report, of all European brands sold in Malaysia in 2014, Volkswagen performed the best with sales of 8916 units. They were followed by BMW (7808 units) , Mercedes-Benz (7131 units), Peugeot (5498 units) and Volvo (with 1210 units).<br /><br />Mercedes-Benz may very well overtake VW this year with the German automaker seeing record breaking sales of 967 units in the first quarter of this year (up 13%). This growth was largely due to the sales of the new locally-assembled E300 Blue TEC Hybrid  (638 units) and the S400L Hybrid (270 units).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3t4qlxdGDWDNvVCSNFgVjzrS8L5olimENAqNzWKosUghYX8b7-dt-ld7D0glCZpQZP3aPxHXykloY6Fw6vBV7TcvXmq41MIN9inQrVgphN5I2wnH1FL5DxC3b9mj9iLoi1JHhrV7EW3s8/s1600/e300+BlueTEC+hybrid.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3t4qlxdGDWDNvVCSNFgVjzrS8L5olimENAqNzWKosUghYX8b7-dt-ld7D0glCZpQZP3aPxHXykloY6Fw6vBV7TcvXmq41MIN9inQrVgphN5I2wnH1FL5DxC3b9mj9iLoi1JHhrV7EW3s8/s400/e300+BlueTEC+hybrid.jpg" /></a></div><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/w74FWMMG1sQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br />Mercedes-Benz E 300 BlueTEC HYBRID

Performance of European car brands in Malaysia

According to  recent report, of all European brands sold in Malaysia in 2014, Volkswagen performed the best with sales of 8916 units. They w...

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