The Alza Smart Ride (Alza SR) is now available for viewing and booking at all Perodua 178 showrooms nationwide and is priced between RM53,013.50 and RM56,513.50 on-the-road in Peninsular Malaysia.

Perodua managing director Datuk Aminar Rashid Salleh said Perodua targets to sell about 400 units of the Alza SR per month – about 13% of Alza’s monthly sales.

The new variant comes in three colours: glittering silver, ivory white and a new colour, mystical purple (pix).

“The new Alza SR is aimed at young families who want a flexible compact MPV with sedan features.

“The Alza SR is indeed ideal for those who want the extra space for daily usage as well as for balik kampung trips,” said Perodua in a statement yesterday.

Aminar said the Alza model is the country’s most preferred MPV with 81,000 units sold to date, since its launch in November 2009.

“The introduction of the Alza SR variant will make it more affordable for Malaysian consumers looking to upgrade to a more spacious vehicle.”

He said while Alza Smart Ride has less features compared with the standard and other variants, it does not mean the car maker is compromising on the safety and aesthetics of the Alza SR.

Perodua says that the Alza SR is coming with UV protected glass on the windscreen only, manually operated exterior mirrors and some other interesting things. However, features like ABS, EBD, BA, airbags or fog lamps aren’t available on the model, and also no rear wiper is available. Under the hood there is no change compared to the previous model and this is actually cheaper than its predecessor by about RM2.500.

Source :- TheSunDaily
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Wow.. New Perodua Alza. Hopefully it gives more space than previous Alza… It ain’t enough for MPV like Alza…

MINI present their new car called “Highgate”. This car come with four engine variants feature of 122 HP Cooper, 184HP Cooper S and diesel versions, 112 HP Cooper D and 143 HP Cooper SD.
The power of this engine use the front wheels through a standard six speed manual or an optional automatic with the same number of gears. On the outside of the car, the metallic hue colored for the body with brown/black bonnet stripes with blue edging, the brown soft-top and the 17 inch Double Cross light-alloy wheels.
It is also offers Midnight Blach and White Silver metallic for the color body as an option. This new Mini Convertible Highgate will go on sale worldwide in April (dunno if Malaysia also include).

Source :- CarScoop

Do you know about Skoda Citigo? If you familiar with this car you will know that this car is three door version previously. Now, Skoda revealed their five door Citigo that powered by a 1.0 litre three cylinder petrol engine in two power, 59bhp or 74bhp, offering 62.8mpg and 105g/km of CO2 for the 59bhp version and 60.1mpg and 108g/km for the 74bhp unit. The five-door Skoda Citigo keeps the three-door’s 3560mm long, 1650mm wide and 1480mm high dimensions.
Okay, it is for UK market..

Source :- AUtocar
Wanna buy this car? Not for me.. Skoda is not my choice..

There’s a speculation over the future of the top management at Proton Holdings Bhd after being taken by DRB-Hicom Bhd. There’s a news said DRB-Hicom will be reshuffle Proton’s management in next two or three weeks. The current Proton chairman, Datuk Seri Mohd Nadzmi Mohd Salleh and managing director Datuk Seri Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir were said to be on top of the list of those to be replaced.Among the new faces that were expected to head Proton were DRB-Hicom group director of automotive Datuk Nik Hamdam Nik Hassan and chief operating officer Datuk Lukman Ibrahim, both of whom were former employees of Proton.

Source :- Biz The Star

I think the reshuffle will be done…

PERODUA has asked Bank Negara Malaysia to ease up on tight loan conditions for hire purchase of cars imposed effective this year. They say it will affect the car sales that dipped 15-20 per cent in January while new orders fell five per cent owing to the tighter condition. Previously, processing for car loans was based on a buyer’s gross income but since January, the banks base loan approvals on net income. The processing hire purchase loans also take longer than before, about 7-8 days.
Perodua was the top-seling marque last year, selling about 180,000 unit, and commanding 30 per cent of the market share.
- BERNAMA

I agree that the tighten of the rules will slow the car sales. Maybe Bank Negara has some solution because it will affect to many automotive player…