Sime Darby Auto Performance launches the Porsche Taycan Fully Electric Sports Car in Malaysia

Earlier today we witnessed the Malaysian launch of the new Porsche Taycan. This is Porsche's fully electric sports car and it was launched today at Sime Darby Auto Performance's brand spanking new flagship Porsche Centre at Ara Damansara in Petaling Jaya, Selangor. The launch of this innovative yet still very recognisable as a Porsche fully electric Taycan was in conjunction with the official opening of the new Centre. Two birds with one stone kinda thing if you get what I mean. There are three Taycan variants – the Taycan Turbo S, Taycan Turbo and Taycan 4S

Sime Darby Auto Performance Previews the New 2020 718 Cayman GT4 and 718 Spyder

Sime Darby Auto Performance (SDAP), the authorised distributor for Porsche cars here in Malaysia have introduced the new range-topping performance models in the 718 family – the new 718 Cayman GT4 and 718 Spyder. These are technically the start in someone's Porsche journey before they move up to a 911 or the jump from other German performance cars. The price of the new 718 Cayman GT4 and 718 Spyder starts from RM 999,000.00 and RM 970,000.00 respectively.

2019 Porsche Macan S Launched - Prices Start at RM625,000 Onwards

Official Porsche distributors here in Malaysia, Sime Darby Auto Performance (SDAP) recently announced the arrival of the new 2019 Porsche Macan S. This new variant of the popular Macan features a three-litre V6 turbocharged petrol engine. It was launched in conjunction with the first Sportscar Together Day in Malaysia, an event we recently covered in an earlier post as well as our first drive in the new 2019 Type 992 Porsche 911 Carrera S. 

The 8th Generation Porsche 911 (Type 992) Has Been Launched - Carrera S & Carrera 4S Variants Now Available for Order

The official distributors of Porsche in Malaysia, Sime Darby Auto Performance (SDAP), launched the new, eight generation Porsche 911  at the Sepang International Circuit last Friday, the 12th of July 2019. The launch coincided with the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia (PCCA) race series weekend here where race versions of the 911 will be competing against one another. The Porsche 911 GT3 Cup is used (with the new car as the Safety car seen below),and these GT3 Cup cars  will compete in rounds 6, 7 and 8 of the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia (PCCA) race series. Anyway, two variants of the new Type 992 Porsche 911 were announced for the moment, the 911 Carerra S and the 911 Carerra 4S variants. 

Limited Edition Exclusively for Malaysia Porsche 718 Cayman SportDesign Unveiled - 15 Units Only

The Porsche 718 Cayman sports car has now been given a new, limited run variant. The new 718 Cayman SportDesign Series by Sime Darby Auto Performance (SDAP) gets an interesting option package and is limited to 15 units only here in Malaysia. It also also a fully sanctioned Porsche product and this tells us that Porsche does take Malaysia as an important market as we are getting special variants of our own. 

Sime Darby Auto Performance Set to Expand the Porsche Brand to Johor Bahru in the Near Future

There will be a new Porsche Centre in Johor Bahru by 2020 according to Sime Darby Auto Performance (SDAP), the authorised importer of Porsche vehicles here in Malaysia. Construction work is expected to start by the end of this year and operations of the estimated RM48 million centre is scheduled to begin by the first quarter of 2020.