Thursday, October 15, 2009

Ayah! Selamat Hari Lahir!!

To my ayah...

I have sent my wish prior, during & now after your birthday. I wish your health, strength (bapak aku kuat orgnye! eventho kecik je orgnye) & of coz happiness always with mak (of coz). Amin.

You are the greatest dad I can ever wish for. I am bless/syukur being your son.

Soon, I'll follow your footstep. I will try my very best to become a great dad like you. Coz you have taught me well.

I will take care of my prince or princess just like you have taken care of me for all these years. I will not disappoint you, ayah. I will try to be as tough, rajin and other good quality which you have for my family.

Happy birthday, Ayah!



New car models coming our way!

For those who regularly check out Malaysia Automotive news, I believe most of you guys already know what Im babbling about, right?

Come mid November 09, Perodua will finally going to unveil their new model: the MPV. Currently using codename D46T, development of this model are on schedule and by early of Nov, media will be invited to take a peek on the new Perodua baby.





By the look of the photo spreading in the internet, seems like this mpv will definitely will be a hit. Not to forget with the marketing strategy of putting the price below than RM66K, it will definitely will be a major added point for the mpv. Already the selling of other mpv i.e. Avanza and Livina has drop as people are playing wait and see until this mpv launch.

Will it take on Exora market share? Most definitely will do. Among the factors are the price, branding power, and of coz...the engine capacity. Perodua mpv will be using 1.5L engine while Exora are currently using 1.6L engine. Just compare the size of both models, and you'll get what I mean. Having said that, with the recent launching of the new turbocharged CamPro CPS 1.6L by YDP Agung in Lotus HQ in UK, it still 'grey' in term of people reaction when the Exora will be equip with the new 1.6L turbocharge CamPro engine.

Since we're talking about Proton, do they have any new models roll up their sleeves? Other than the recently launch Saga SE, Proton are in the midst of finalizing the Persona facelift. Dont expect to much changes from the current Persona SE. After all its just a 'facelift'.

Is that all from Proton? Nop. Currently Proton are studying in rebadging the current Mitsubishi Lancer 2.0L. Sources says that if Mitsubishi Japan approve Proton proposal, we will ber seeing a rebadge Lancer (with Proton badge on it of coz) roll out from Proton plant somewhere mid of next year.


Price? Hey! other question please! hehe.. Well price do play a big factor in current scenario, right? Well.... with local assembly plus local supplier (which are supplying or the vendor technical partners supplying to MMC, of coz!) expecting the price to be in the region RM100K and below. But of coz there is a catch here... It come will lower spec than the Mitsubishi Lancer 2.0L with variance of 1.8L & 2.0L engine.

Other than the rebadge Lancer, Proton are studying on their latest model call Persona R. It will be a complete new Persona. Prototpye stage start 3rd quarter next year with launching expectings somewhere 2nd half of 2011.

How about other brand? Honda are also in the midst of preparing their new Civic. Expecting to hit the road 2nd half next year. Nissan also will be launching their locally assemble Splyphy soon.

I will update the development these models & other new models soon. In the meantime, enjoy your waits for the new Perodua mpv. Heard the model name start with an A... Care to guess?

Thursday, October 08, 2009

Malaysia July 2009 Sales Auto Trend

By Models


Top 10 Model sold
  1. Perodua Myvi - 9,370 units.
  2. Proton Saga - 7,312 units.
  3. Perodua Viva - 5,980 units.
  4. Proton Persona - 4,253 units.
  5. Proton Exora - 2,933 units.
  6. Toyota Vios - 2,611 units.
  7. Honda City - 1,649 units.
  8. Toyota Hilux - 1,305 units.
  9. Nissan Livina - 1,031 units.
  10. Toyota Avanza - 962 units.

YTD July 2009

  1. Perodua Myvi - 51,247 units.
  2. Proton Saga - 41,555 units.
  3. Perodua Viva - 36,633 units.
  4. Proton Persona - 24,563 units.
  5. Toyota Vios - 16,036 units.
  6. Honda City - 12,516 units.
  7. Proton Exora - 8,409 units.
  8. Toyota Hilux - 8,003 units.
  9. Toyota Avanza - 7,349 units.
  10. Nissan Livina - 7,156 units.

By Brands

Top 10 Brands

  1. Proton - 15,809 units.
  2. Perodua - 15,647 units.
  3. Toyota - 7,177 units.
  4. Honda - 3,675 units.
  5. Nissan - 2,278 units.
  6. Naza - 1,009 units.
  7. Mitsubishi - 639 units.
  8. Suzuki - 548 units.
  9. Isuzu - 440 units.
  10. Inokom - 437 units.

Totals - 49,790 units.

YTD July 2009

  1. Perodua - 92,693 units.
  2. Proton - 83,730 units.
  3. Toyota - 44,022 units.
  4. Honda - 24,151 units.
  5. Nissan - 14,698 units.
  6. Naza - 7,485 units.
  7. Mitsubishi - 3,590 units.
  8. Inokom - 2,841 units.
  9. Suzuki - 2,684 units.
  10. Isuzu - 2,616 units.

Totals - 291,379 units.

A few highlight:

  • Proton lead the table for the 2nd month running.
  • Myvi sales rose almost to 10k! and continue to be Malaysian's favourite car to buy.
  • Exora continue to rise on the table and has leads its segment (MPV) overtaking Avanza for the 1st time.

Wednesday, October 07, 2009

Malaysia June 2009 Auto Sales Trend

By models

Top 10 models
  1. Perodua Myvi - 7,749 units.
  2. Proton Saga - 6,402 units.
  3. Perodua Viva - 5,173 units.
  4. Proton Persona - 3,603 units.
  5. Proton Exora - 2,840 units.
  6. Toyota Vios - 2,299 units.
  7. Honda City - 2,002 units.
  8. Toyota Hilux - 1,275 units.
  9. Nissan Livina - 1,063 units.
  10. Toyota Avanza - 867 units.

YTD Half year 2009

  1. Perodua Myvi - 41,877 units.
  2. Proton Saga - 34,243 units.
  3. Perodua Viva - 30,653 units.
  4. Proton Persona - 20,310 units.
  5. Toyota Vios - 13,425 units.
  6. Honda City - 10,867 units.
  7. Toyota Hilux - 6,698 units.
  8. Toyota Avanza - 6,387 units.
  9. Nissan Livina - 6,125 units.
  10. Proton Exora - 5,476 units.

By Brands

Top 10 Models

  1. Proton - 14,065 units.
  2. Perodua - 13,191 units.
  3. Toyota - 6,463 units.
  4. Honda - 3,166 units.
  5. Nissan - 2,563 units.
  6. Naza - 767 units.
  7. Mitsubishi - 528 units.
  8. Inokom - 442 units.
  9. Suzuki - 418 units.
  10. Isuzu - 361 units.

Totals - 43,843 units.


YTD Half Year 2009

  1. Perodua - 67,921 units.
  2. Proton - 69,921 units.
  3. Toyota - 36,845 units.
  4. Honda - 20,476 units.
  5. Nissan - 13,933 units.
  6. Naza - 6,476 units.
  7. Mitsubishi - 2,951 units.
  8. Inokom - 2,404 units.
  9. Isuzu - 2,176 units.
  10. Suzuki - 2,136 units.

Totals - 243,087 units.













Tuesday, October 06, 2009

Kaum! Aum!!

Aku rasa lah kan... Selepas jer DSAI dipecat tahun 1998, mcm2 benda yg x pernah kite terpk akan terjadi di negara kita, boleh terjadi among others: Demonstrasi jalanan secara ganas, sumpah menyumpah, liwat & of coz racial tension.
Psl demonstrasi jalanan & others tu korg ble tafsirkan sendiri lah. Aku cuma nak touch psl racial tension jer. Bkn ape, aku nak ceritakan pengalaman aku psl duduk dlm masyarakat multiracial. If kite tgk skrg ni, Melayu, Cina & India dah mcm berpecah belah. Dulu perkara psl azan, kuil or other matter which related to racial matters, we discuss secara aman. If ader yg x puas ati, diorg akan buat demonstrasi secara aman or bentang kain rentang jer. Not like now...
Aku ni dibesarkan di estet. Bapak aku keja kat Sagil Estate, Tgkak, Johor. Tmpt aku ni kira dekat ar dgn Gunung Ledang. Air kat umah pon x payah byr coz pakai air gunung. Sejuk woo!! kalau mandi. Biasa la, if dok dlm estet, dah tentu ade cine, melayu & india kerja dlm estet tuh. Since bpk aku kerja middle class, So mcm dlm piramid mknn, kitorg ni kira dok tgh2 diantara mgmt & pekerja.
Mcm biasalah, aku mesti akan rapat dgn anak2 jiran umah bersebelahan & bersekolah kat Tgkak. Jauh gak ar. Kena naik bas dlm 2o min baru smpai skolah. Nak buat mcmane, pekan Sagil (masa tu ar) blm ader skolah menengah. So kena ar g jauh sket. So ramai kawan aku terdiri dari cina & india. Melayu pon ada gak, tp most of them kwn kat skolah jer since diorg ni dok Tgkak.
Rakan2 baik mase tuh (from tadika to secondary school) ialah Pratheep, Shah, Chai, Kevin, Azril, Leong, Surian, Mazlan a.k.a udit, Vishnu etc. Ni lah kengkawan aku dari kecik smpai ler masuk sek men. Kitorg mmg rapat, main bola, rounders, mandi sungai, swimming pool, ketuk ayam (wonder whether u guys know or not bout this game. ader nama lain but aku lupa), badminton, guli, perang2 among others. Even golf pon kitorg main. Cam biasa la, game yg kitorg main ikut musim. If tgh musim Piala Thomas, sebok lah main badminton etc.
Nak di jadikan cerita, Estet tmpt tinggal kitorg ni almost every year ade buat sukaneka. Mcm2 game ader. Bolasepak, tarik tali, lari dlm guni, merentas desa etc. Tp family aku slalu jd penganjur jer instead of participant. Tapi x tau camane, ada 1 tahun tuh, mak aku participate dlm tarik tali & menang plak tuh!! Then mgmt estet ni plan nak suruh bebudak estet ni assemble team bola utk participate. Aku pon organize ar satu team bola terdiri dari most of kwn2 aku & ader ar beberapa org yg nak cukupkan korum. 1 team kena ade 15 org. Ramai tuh!! (FYI, umah aku ni terletak betul2 dpn padang bola. So mmg, almost tiap2 petang mmg turun main bola.)
Last2 masa pendaftaran tuh ada 2 team jer. 1 team rojak (team aku ler tu) & 1 team consist of indian jer (most of them anak2 pekerja yg mmg ramai!). Mgkin tgk 2-2 team ni cam x balance jer. Kena ar pecahkan 2-2 team so that x berat sebelah. Dah selesai bahagi2 kedua2 team, undi pulak nak bezakan team. Team aku pakai baju & team lagi 1 kena bukak baju, so b4 kick-off amik ler gmbr....
Nmpak mane aku ker?
Since kitorg ni x penah main sekali, memang main buruk sekali ar. Dah mcm semut hurung gula. Mane bola tuh pegi, kerumun ar bebudak kejar bola tuh... Aku pon cam dah mls ar nak main. Jalan jer kat tgh padang smbil borak ngan kekwn aku. If ikutkan dr statistik (ceh! mcm ade jer) team aku mmg lauk ar. Nasib baik GK aku mmg superb ar. Ditambah ngan xde luck team lwn, team aku berjaya menang game tuh 1-0. Agak2 korg, sape la score gol kemenangan tuh, ek? heh heh..akulah org nye.
Sejak dari tu, kwn aku makin ramai. Bkn pasal aku score gol kemenangan, but since that game, kitorg yg main bola time tu continue main bola bersama pas sukaneka tuh.
Mmg ar ader gaduh2. Adat berkawan ar. But xder ar smpai menghina mencaci membunuh ke. Pas gaduh, kitorg kwn balik.
Eventho aku dah lost contact ngan most of kwn kecik aku, but aku still remember & bandingkan dgn aper yg terjadi skrg. Yg Cina brkwn ngan cina jer, yg india brkwn ngan india jer. Melayu? sama jugak la. Even Melayu pon berpuak2 gak. Sedih gak aku tgk. Tp nak buat mcmane, korg sendiri yg nak jadi mcm tuh.
Bwk2 ar baca Al-Quran, mane ade ayat2 dlm Al-Quran yg nak kite benci membenci sesama agama apatah lagi duduk kat dlm satu daerah ker negara ker rumpun ker...
If terus jadi mcm ni ar, kite ni serupa jer ngan Palestin & Israel tuh. Or Fatah & Shi'ah. Sesama Islam tp berlainan fahaman. Cmane ar Palestin nak aman? Kita pon kelak boleh jadi mcm tuh.
So pikir-pikirkan ler kgkwn semua!

Sunday, October 04, 2009

Malaysia May 2009 Auto Sales Trend

May? sorry guys...
Aku baru prasan yg aku x update psl auto industry for quite sometime. So to make up to it, aku akan update if aku ingat. hehe

Top 10 Models sold

No Model Units
  1. Perodua Myvi - 7,118 units.
  2. Proton Saga - 5,780 units.
  3. Perodua Viva - 5,023 units.
  4. Proton Persona - 3,448 units.
  5. Toyota Vios - 2,543 units.
  6. Proton Exora - 2,156 units.
  7. Honda City - 1,412 units.
  8. Toyota Hilux - 1,172 units.
  9. Nissan Livina - 1,124 units.
  10. Toyota Avanza - 1,038 units.

Top 10 Model Sold YTD

  1. Perodua Myvi - 34,128 units.
  2. Proton Saga - 26,766 units.
  3. Proton Viva - 25,479 units.
  4. Proton Persona - 16,006 units.
  5. Toyota Vios - 11,126 units.
  6. Honda City - 8,865 units.
  7. Toyota Avanza - 5,520 units.
  8. Toyota Hilux - 5,423 units.
  9. Nissan Livina - 5,062 units.
  10. Honda Civic - 3,173 units.

Top 10 Brands

  1. Perodua - 13,194 units.
  2. Proton - 12,542 units.
  3. Toyota - 6,590 units.
  4. Honda - 3,247 units.
  5. Nissan - 2,203 units.
  6. Naza - 1,342 units.
  7. Mitsubishi - 428 units.
  8. Isuzu - 430 units
  9. Inokom - 359 units.
  10. Suzuki - 287 units.

Total - 42,396 units.

Top 10 Brands YTD

  1. Perodua - 63,855 units.
  2. Proton - 51,735 units.
  3. Toyota - 30,386 units.
  4. Honda - 17,310 units.
  5. Nissan - 10,170 units.
  6. Naza - 5,709 units.
  7. Mitsubishi - 2,423 units.
  8. Inokom - 1,962 units.
  9. Isuzu - 1,815 units.
  10. Suzuki - 1,718 units.

Total - 195,941 units.