2017 PUTRA BRAND AWARDS AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY WINNERS

The Putra Brand Awards is considered at the premier brand awards event in Malaysia. It is organized by the Association of Accredited Advertising Agents Malaysia (4As) and endorsed by MATRADE with the support of the Branding Association of Malaysia, the Malaysian Advertisers Association and the Media Specialists Association. Lets show all the automotive industry winners who were chosen by Malaysian consumers themselves. 

Toyota Picks Up a Gold Award in the 2017 Putra Brand Awards

Toyota again received the Gold award in the Automotive Category at the 2017 Putra Brand Awards held recently. This makes it the sixth consecutive year of winning the top award where Malaysian consumers choose their favourite and most preferred brands in the country. It is also the eighth time that the brand has received the award since the prestigious event began in 2010.

Truck News: Scania Top Team Malaysia 2017-2018 Concludes - Ipoh Service Team 'Pendekar Penyu' wins First Place

The Scania, Top Team Malaysia 2017-2018 has just concluded. This biannual competition has been organised by the Swedish truck and bus manufacturer to find the best (after sales) service team out there. This time, the team “Pendekar Penyu” (above) led by Mohd. Faizal bin Abd. Aziz,  from Scania Malaysia Ipoh Branch had been crowned champion. 

Chelsea Truck Company's latest 'upgraded' Land Rover Defender 'End Edition' - Based on the final few Land Rover Defender 2.2 TDCI XS 110 Station Wagon

This is the Chelsea Truck Company's 'upgraded' Land Rover Defender. Part of Kahn Design,, the Chelsea Truck Company's ‘End Edition’ is based on the Land Rover Defender 2.2 TDCI XS 110 Station Wagon. The simple fact that this is a modded Land Rover Defender is all the reason I keep featuring one of these here time after time.

PERODUA WINS THE AUTOMOTIVE CATEGORY GOLD AWARD AT THE 2017 PUTRA BRAND AWARDS

Perodua wins Gold at the 2017 Putra Brand Awards. After receiving Bronze and Silver Awards over the past few years, Perodua finally makes it to the top in the Putra Brand Awards Automotive Category. It shows that Malaysians have now placed the brand highly as the Putra Brand Awards is one where Malaysians are the ones voting for the brand of choice. 

PROTON BAGS THE AUTOMOTIVE CATEGORY SILVER AWARD AT THE PUTRA BRAND AWARDS 2017

PROTON took home the Silver Award in the Automotive Category at the Putra Brand Awards 2017, held yesterday at the Majestic Hotel, Kuala Lumpur. This is the first win by PROTON since the Putra Brand Awards was first launched in 2010. Quite an achievement for the brand which seems to be only coming out of a tough streak recently.

Commercial Vehicles / Trucks: NEW TATA 3S CENTRE UNDER RS SUPER TRUCK & BUS SDN BHD OPENS IN BIDOR

TATA has a new 3S Centre in Bidor, Perak. This new sales, after sales, spares and service centre is operated by the recently appointed dealer RS Super Truck & Bus Sdn Bhd. With this new 3S centre, DRB-HICOM Vehicles Sdn Bhd who are authorised distributors of TATA vehicles here have another touchpoint to service its customer base here in Peninsular Malaysia.

Land Rover Will Preview The All-New Land Rover Discovery for the First Time at the 2017 Malaysia Autoshow (9-12 Nov)

The upcoming 2017 Malaysia Autoshow scheduled for the 9th to the 12th of November 2017 will be quite an interesting event. One of the interesting happenings that is going to happen is the first Malaysian preview of the all-new Land Rover Discovery. 

Sime Darby Auto Performance, official distributor of Porsche in Malaysia, introduces the Porsche 360 Financing programme - Owning a Porsche is now slightly easier

Aside from launching the fabulous the latest version of the fantastic road racer, the Porsche 911 GT3, Sime Darby Auto Performance (SDAP), the official importer and distributor of Porsche vehicles in Malaysia, has introduced the Porsche 360 Financing programme. 

Truck & Bus News: Volvo Trucks Malaysia Promotion on Genuine Volvo Coolants and Additional Cooling System Parts of Up to 60%

Now, for a short period of time you can keep your Volvo Truck or Bus engine cool at attractive prices. The Volvo Coolants package is priced at RM498 for 8 bottles of Volvo Coolant VCS Ready Mixed or 4 bottles of Volvo Coolant. This promotional price is available till year end or while stocks last.

Upcoming Roadshows: The Audi Drive Weekend - At the Mines Resort and Golf Club on the 4th & 5th November 2017

Audi Malaysia will be at The Mines Resort and Golf Club in Seri Kembangan for the ‘Audi Drive Weekend’ this coming 4th and 5th November 2017. Set at the same location as Audi’s quattro Cup 2017 golf tournament, the Audi Drive Weekend will see the availability of Audi Malaysia's range of vehicles for test drives in the vicinity of Seri Kembangan.  

The Latest and Greatest PORSCHE 911 GT3 To Date Gets Its Malaysian Launch

Sime Darby Auto Performance (SDAP), who are the authorised distributor and retailer of Porsche here in Malaysia has unveiled the new 911 GT3 for the first time in Southeast Asia. The event took place at the Bangsar Shopping Centre, a very central Kuala Lumpur location which would give Porsche enthusiasts in Malaysia a first-hand glimpse into the new generation of Porsche's most track or race oriented 911s.

PROTON Reports Improved Sales - Year To Date Sales Are Up 12.5% To 56,297 Units from 50,091 For The Same Period Last Year

It looks like the slew of new models have benefited national car maker PROTON. They have announced that vehicles sales are up for them for the same period compared to last year. Year to Date sales for PROTON up to the 3rd quarter of 2017 have increased by 12.5%. PROTON have sold 56,297 units up to end September 2017 and if you compare with the end of September 2016, things look sweeter as they only managed 50,091 units for the same period.

Electric Vehicles / Bus News: Go Auto Enters Into Joint Venture With Mara Liner & Higer Bus Company to Develop, Manufacture and Use Electric Buses in Malaysia

Go Automobile Manufacturing Sdn Bhd (Go Automobile), which is part of the Go Auto automotive manufacturing and distributorship group of companies has entered into an arrangement with Mara Liner Sdn Bhd (MLSB) and Higer Bus Company Limited. The parties mentioned have established a strategic partnership to develop, manufacture and engineer the production of electric buses meant for Malaysia.

Industry News: ISUZU MALAYSIA gets a new CEO

Isuzu Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. (IMSB) recently appointed Koji Nakamura (above) as its new Chief Executive Officer. He replaces the outgoing CEO, Kenji Matsuoka who has held the position of CEO in IMSB since 2015. Nakamura has more than 25 years of experience with Isuzu. This includes holding various leading management role in Isuzu Asia Pacific. He has extensive knowledge and understanding in managing various different markets, especially in running large automotive markets such as India and Thailand.

Perodua Launches 5 Year Road Safety Campaign & Perodua Child Safety Seats

Perodua has launched a 5 year road safety campaign here in Malaysia. This campaign is aimed at improving the behavior of drivers starting with reminding drivers to practice good driving habits and also adhere to road traffic laws (which some Malaysians seem to choose not to). There will be four salient points of this new campaign. These are the use of seat belts, non-use of mobile devices whilst driving, the use of turn signals (which a lot seem to forget to use) and the use  of child safety seats (which should be used instead of the child sitting on the parent's lap sometimes).

All-New BMW HP4 Race, All-New BMW G 310 GS and the New BMW S 1000 XR have been launched at the recent Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix (MotoGP) 2017.

BMW Motorrad Malaysia is BMW Group's motorcycle arm and it had decided to launch the All-New BMW HP4 Race, the All-New BMW G 310 GS and the New BMW S 1000 XR at the Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix (MotoGP) 2017 which happened recently. BMW Motorrad had basically presented their latest motorcycles at the biggest motorcycle event in Malaysia.

Perodua 3rd Quarter 2017 Performance Report - Predicts It Is Still On Track Towards A 202,000 Sales Target For 2017

Perodua has recorded sales of 151,600 units for the first 9 months of 2017. This is actually up 0.5% of recorded sales for the same period in 2016. So whilst Perodua has reported that for the 3rd quarter of 2017 that its sales tapered off slightly (down 3% month on month), the Malaysian manufacturer states that it is still on track towards a fantastic sales figure of 202,000 for this year.

Motorsport & Industry News: Sepang International Circuit and TOC Automotive College Team Up to Promote & Develop Local Motorsport Talents

TOC Automotive College has announced that they will be collaborating with Sepang International Circuit (SIC) to develop SIC as the Motorsports Hub of Asia. This partnership will aim to nurture and grow our local motorsport talents and also engineers so that we have individuals which are competitive globally.

ExxonMobil announces first three winners of the Mobil Nationwide Consumer Promotion - Contest OnGoing Till 30th November 2017. You Too Can Win!

Now before we get to the news where three lucky people recently won a new Peugeot 208 PureTech each I'd like to announce that last month, ExxonMobil had launched its year-end Nationwide Consumer Promotion that enables Mobil customers to win the Peugeot mentioned as well as other prizes. From 1st September 2017 until 30th November 2017, those who purchased selected 4L or 5L bottles of Mobil 1 or Mobil Super 2000 product stand a chance of winning big!