Launched! It’s the first time that Petronas has ever done an official launch in Thailand, and since it’s for motorcycles, what better venue than at the iconic Phuket Bike Week!
It was indeed a full-on razzmatazz affair right at the centre stage of PBW, in fact, the branding for Petronas is so strong at this year’s event, I wouldn’t be surprised if first timers here would mistake it for a Petronas bike event instead of PBW.
More details on the new Petronas Sprinta engine oil launched will come soon, in the meantime, enjoy the sights and sounds of Phuket Bike Week in the videos below!
Piston.my is attending Phuket Bike Week 2018! We’re with Petronas who are going to launch their new Sprinta motorcycle engine oil right here at PBW @ Patong Beach! We’re rolling out!
Tata Motors, India’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturer, along with its authorized distributor DRB-HICOM Commercial Vehicles Sdn. Bhd. (DHCV), recently launched the Tata Super Ace and the Ultra range of commercial vehicles in Malaysia. These vehicles have been designed for the modern commercial vehicle customer, with superior performance, world-class cabins, high load carrying capacity and flexible body-load configurations.
Tata Super Ace – The Tata Super Ace is a 1 ton mini-truck from Tata Motors, for inter-city and intra-city transportation solutions. Optimally powered by a 1405 cc diesel engine, combined with a new body design and cutting edge technology, the Tata Super Ace will offer customers with an opportunity to start their dream business with a very small investment. The Tata Super Ace is based on the popular Tata Ace mini-truck from Tata Motors. Having sold over a million units since it was first launched in 2005, the Tata Ace has been a revolutionary product and is a result of Tata Motors deep understanding of the market and consumer.
The Tata Ace has been a preferred choice for last-mile transportation with a footprint spanning 28 countries across South Asia, Africa and the ASEAN. The Tata Super Ace can be customized for various small scale business operations, for the transportation of construction items, food grains, fruits, FMCG and white goods or could be configured to be a food truck, an ice-cream truck or a mobile store on wheels.
Tata Ultra range of commercial vehicles – Based on a combination of world-class performance parameters, with enhanced levels of durability and reliability of the Ultra platform, this range will enable Tata Motors to set new benchmarks in the Intermediate commercial vehicles space in Malaysia. A combination of driver comfort, high load carrying-capacity and safety, along with best life-cycle cost, makes this new offering from Tata Motors, versatile for various applications.
The Ultra 814 offers enhanced levels of durability and reliability on the Ultra platform. It is powered by new generation NG 3.0 Lt CRDI engine coupled with next generation transmission. Available in 4.5T Payload with highest body option of 5.5M, Tata Ultra provides customers complete flexibility, for varying business requirements. All these together make the Ultra 814 a reliable asset and the most efficient solution for optimum business profitability. The Ultra 1014 offers faster turnaround time and enhanced profitability for any goods carrying business, making it an ideal work-horse for movement of materials across distances.
The driveline of the Ultra 1014, has the latest NG 3.0Lt engine with an output of 140 HP, a new-generation transmission with aluminum casing – the 6 Speed – G-550 overdrive gear box, with cable-shift mechanism and axle technology, with reduced weight, ensures superior performance and greater fuel efficiency for varied payloads. The longer wheelbase of 4530 mm makes Tata Ultra the perfect Business Utility Vehicle, suitable for varying business applications such as FMCG, white goods etc.
Speaking at the event, DRB-HICOM’s Dato’ Abdul Harith Abdullah, Chief Operating Officer, Automotive Distribution, Defence and Manufacturing & Engineering said, the launch was a key milestone for the Group in getting a foothold of the growing CV market in Malaysia.
“With these new products unveiled today, which are competitively priced with superior features, we are confident it will gain traction amongst our target users in the near term. DHCV’s deep expertise in the area of importing, assembling and distributing foreign marques in Malaysia is well established since 1979.
Our local knowledge coupled with a robust dealer network across the country has been crucial to our success thus far. With our partner Tata Motors, we are confident about making a significant impact in the selected commercial vehicle categories and thus grabbing market share incrementally in what is a very competitive niche market. The economy is poised to grow this year which bodes well for our joint venture with Tata Motors.”
Harith added that they are very confident about the market acceptance of the new Ultra variants and specifically, Tata Super Ace which is expected to be popular with small business owners across Malaysia.
Commenting on the launch of the three new commercial vehicles, Mr. Rudrarup Maitra, Head – Commercial Vehicles, International Business, Tata Motors, said,“Malaysia is one of our key markets in South-East Asia and we are delighted to be a part of one of the fastest growing ASEAN nations. An integral part of our presence here is DRB-HICOM, a partner that has showcased tremendous enthusiasm and passion over the years. With this partnership we can truly establish a long-term relationship with our customers in Malaysia. It gives us immense pleasure to chart out our growth story and expand our portfolio in this market. We are delighted to bring the three new commercial vehicles to Malaysia today.”
DHCV and Tata Motors say they will continue to explore new potentials, customer’s preference and conduct researches for new product variants to sustain their growth and expansion for the medium to long term.
Customers in Malaysia are currently served by a network of 24 outlets located at strategic locations and in major townships, nationwide. DHCV aims to expand this reach in tandem with sales growth and market.
For the full price list of the new Tata commercial vehicles, click here: Price List – New Models
Did you know that famed alloy wheel maker ROTA, a favourite of boy-racers and professionals alike, is from The Philippines? With over 40 years of experience in wheel manufacturing, Philippine Aluminum Wheels, Incorporated (PAWI), manufacturer of Rota Wheels, is taking the art and science of wheels to the next level. With the launch of the Rota 360-degree Flow ForgedWheels, it presents a new revolution (pun intended) for wheel manufacturing in the Philippines.
“We are very excited to introduce the Rota 360-degree Flow Forged Wheel,” said Mr. Michael S. Rojas, President of PAWI. “Our new wheel is lighter, denser, and more durable than our high quality gravity cast wheels. And because it’s Rota, it’s very affordable too.”
The Rota 360-degree Flow Forged wheels are made through a process called flow forging, a first in the country. This is done by gravity casting virgin ingots of high-grade aluminum, which is then heated and spun to form the wheel. In effect, flow forging combines the elements of making a cast wheel and a forged wheel, making it lighter and stronger than a cast wheel. That means less unsprung weight and, therefore, improves vehicle dynamics and handling. And it does all that by further enhancing a wheel’s durability under tough conditions.
As with all Rota wheels, the 360-degree Flow Forged wheels have undergone a battery of vigorous testing. Impact, cornering and radial tests are carried out on the wheels to ensure a high caliber of quality the company has been known for, and give customers peace of mind. With testing methods that follow international standards, your Rota wheels will keep on rolling and the 360-degree Flow Forged wheels are no exception.
The Rota 360-degree Flow Forged line will be available soon, both locally and abroad. Set to be released through the company’s extensive domestic and international network, the world will soon experience a Philippine revolution as Rota forges into the future, pun intended again, further evolving the art and science of wheels.
The history of the automobile spans more than a century. From the early days of the internal combustion engine, to the pioneering of the car assembly line, the automobile has become such an intricate part of our lives, it’s difficult to imagine life without them. But for the new generation of car owners, besides the internet, how is it possible for them to experience what’s commonly known as the ‘golden age’ of motoring? That’s where car museums come in, and one of the most renowned is the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, and the quote by Ferdinand Porsche can be considered the very cornerstone – at least in spirit – of the Porsche Museum.
Well, his dream did become a reality, and today one of the world’s most spectacular automobile museums dedicated to the history of one of the most recognizable automotive brands in the world is located directly next to the headquarters of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, the Porsche Museum. It boasts 5,600 square metres of exhibition space in a futuristic building created by Viennese architect Delugan Meissl, which is able to accommodate over 80 vehicles – from the first Porsche design in the world, the “Egger-Lohner electric vehicle, C.2 Phaeton model” from 1898, to the latest generation of the Porsche 911.
In the first year after it first opened on January 31, 2009 the Porsche Museum proved wildly popular not just with the locals, but anyone even remotely interested in the Porsche brand. Over 700,000 visitors from all over the world flocked to this museum in the first year of operations alone. By December 2013, the Porsche Museum had seen a staggering two million visitors walk through its doors. Apart from housing some of the greatest models in the history of Porsche, the Museum serves as a meeting point for international customers as well as many others from all over the world who are fascinated by Porsche sports cars, even if they do not drive a Porsche themselves.
While the bold architecture of the building does indeed reflect Porsche’s distinctiveness, confidence and heritage, the exhibition of models keeps the history of the company very much alive, with all the sports cars in the “Museum on Wheels” fully functional and capable of springing into life. In short, yes, every single Porsche in the museum is roadworthy! That makes the museum suitable not just as an exhibition space, but also as a platform for communication – a core component of the regular dialog that Porsche maintains with the general public.
However, unlike other automotive museums, the Porsche Museum is unique in the sense that it does not use a “discovery zone” approach, which loosely translates to “no tour guide”. While one may be assigned if you so wish, at the Porsche Museum, the vehicles actually speak for themselves. A special ‘thematic thread’ is provided by the exhibits themselves, and not by a tour guide telling the visitor what they should think or feel. The museum furthermore embraces an educational mission to fulfill a trendsetting cultural function at the traditional Zuffenhausen location.
Using state-of-the-art museum techniques, the exhibition conveys a wealth of historical and contemporary knowledge about Porsche. Depending on their individual interests, visitors can approach the exhibits and the company’s history from a variety of perspectives. Porsche deliberately avoids marketing-led declarations in its communication with visitors, instead placing the emphasis on its cultural mission to educate. In keeping with its pre-eminent position within the German automotive industry, Porsche uses the museum as a platform for informing national and international visitors about the history and achievements of the German automotive industry. Alongside its thematic direction, the most notable attribute of the exhibition concept is its flexibility, as befits the Porsche brand.
All vehicle exhibits are “mobile” in a very real sense. In other words, the exhibition itself and all the media installations can easily be reconfigured and the exhibits changed, to maintain a high level of variety and appeal. A chronological tour presents the history of motorsport and series vehicles of the company.
As well as the exhibition, the Historical Archive and the glass-fronted workshop for classic vehicles, the museums’ predominantly white interior houses a diverse range of eating and drinking establishments – Coffee Bar, Bistro and restaurant – as well as large-capacity conference areas. The Porsche Museum can also be used as an event venue for conferences, film screenings and concerts, without intruding on the main exhibition.
Unbeknownst to many, the museum at ‘Porscheplatz’ enjoys an auspicious place in German automotive history. This was where the former Porsche engineering office relocated, from Stuttgart city centre to Zuffenhausen Plant 1, in 1938. In that same year this was the birthplace of the model that ultimately evolved into the VW Beetle, followed in 1939 by the Type 64, the fore-runner of all Porsche sports cars that was known as the “Berlin-Rome Car”. Cars sporting the world-famous Porsche crest have been built at Zuffenhausen since 1950.
The exhibition space proper consists of a bold steel structure resting on just three V-shaped pillars and seemingly floating in mid-air. It spans a void of up to 60 metres wide. Inside, the classic vehicles and around 200 small exhibits have been arranged into a meticulously planned exhibition.
The company’s product history guides the visitor through the exhibition. It conveys the “Porsche Idea” through typical attributes such as “Fast”, “Light”, “Clever”, “Powerful”, “Intense” and “Consistent”. This is the basic principle that has always inspired the company in its quest to find pioneering technical solutions to the fundamental challenges encountered in auto motive manufacturing.
The chronological product and motorsport history is augmented by the “Porsche Idea”, which serves as a common theme throughout the exhibition. Mobile audio guides feature seven different language versions. Both child-friendly information for younger visitors and more extensive information for adults can be called up on these handsets. Micro-cinemas provide complementary information for visitors.
The cool thing about Porsche Museum is that visitors access the exhibition space in the upper part of the building via a long escalator, possibly the longest escalator in the world, and their journey through time, tracing the history of Porsche through the museum, begins with Ferdinand Porsche’s first design: The aforementioned “Egger-Lohner electric vehicle, C.2 Phaeton model”. It’s the centrepiece of the permanent exhibition and serves to bridge the gap between the past and present.
Porsche keeps its history very much alive so that its customers can share in it, and as aforementioned, all the car within the museum are ‘working’ models, thus to enable the Museum to maintain and look after classic racing and sports cars fittingly, Porsche has created a dedicated museum workshop, which is probably one of the coolest ‘exhibits’ of all. Here, the museum workshop personnel prepare all classic vehicles for appearances worldwide, regularly service them and perform any necessary repairs. However immaculate the classic cars in the “Museum on Wheels” may look, they need regular care if they are to remain permanently ready for action.
The unique feature of this workshop is that its master craftsmen and mechanics do not work behind closed doors. Visitors can watch them working on the full array of classic Porsches at first hand. On their way into the exhibition, before the elongated escalator, they pass a glass partition in the lobby that affords a perfect view into the museum workshop. Such openness is quite unprecedented even on a world scale, and only to be experienced at the Porsche Museum. If they’re lucky, they’ll be able to hear one of these classics fire up.
The workshop team comprises one master craftsman, two mechanics, a leather-worker and a customer adviser. They all possess a wealth of experience in Porsche vehicles of all model years, both production and motor sport models. After all, they are ultimately responsible for correctly adjusting the sensitive high-performance engines of classic racing cars such as the twelve-cylinder turbo engine of a 917 in the manner that they require. There are two vehicle hoists, lathes and cutting machines at their disposal.
That equips them to handle virtually every service, repair or restoration task. They can even make replicas of simple mechanical components if necessary. Minor body repairs are also part of their task area. The workshop team can call upon the entire Porsche infrastructure for any tasks they are unable to complete on site, and the best part is, visitors get to see them do it daily.
Apart from the actual cars on display, the Porsche Museum serves to bring together all the amassed historical and contemporary knowledge about Porsche at a central location. The Historical Archive of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG was thus likewise relocated to the museum and is now housed directly above the museum workshop. As the Group’s “historical memory”, the Porsche archive collects all important information concerning business, technical, social or cultural matters relating to Porsche AG and its subsidiary companies. The archived items include anything worth saving about the unparalleled.
Porsche success story, from the beginnings of Ferdinand Porsche as an automobile designer, to the engineering office established in 1931 all the way to today’s Porsche AG. The files of the Porsche Archive currently cover a colossal 2,000 metres of shelf space, including bookshelves, display cases, steel cabinets, and safes.
The Historical Archive with its accumulated knowledge is available not only to internal departments but also to external users. By prior arrangement, specialists such as journalists, scientists and owners of classic Porsche cars can conduct research in the archive library, which has a reading room affording a view of the museum lobby.
As one of the most extensive image archives in the automotive industry, the Historical Archive contains over five million images, a media archive with over 1,700 hours of motion picture materials and a library with more than 3,000 books on automotive subjects. It also houses an extensive collection of written documents on the history of the company itself, as well as its products and motor racing record. These archived media are stored in around 3,500 red special containers.
Visitors to the museum can obtain a view of the user zone with library through a glass partition. Those suitably inspired by this sight will find various books about Porsche in the museum shop, carefully selected from the huge range of works already written about Porsche. Speaking of the Museum Shop, it is strategically located as the ‘final stop’ of the visit to the Porsche Museum, and fittingly, it offers a multitude of items for sale from original Porsche memorabilia, to model cars, souvenirs and even Porsche themed snacks. Actually, over a thousand different products, including books, calendars, DVDs, and t-shirts, are available from the shop. It’s a must-visit.
However, if snacks aren’t going to cut it after an arduous day of walking through the museum, the “Christophorus” restaurant on the second floor is on the same level as the exhibition and is therefore accessible both through the museum and through a separate entrance. It thus remains open beyond the regular opening hours of the museum itself. The mission of top chef Thomas Heilemann and his team is to serve meals of the highest standards of culinary excellence, enabling the gourmet to enjoy Mediterranean and regional delicacies as well as the most exquisite wines
After visiting the restaurant, guests can then wind down in the adjacent Cigar Lounge. Looking through the extensive glass façade, restaurant guests enjoy a panoramic view of Porsche platz and the production building where Porsche sports cars and engines are built. Through another glass wall separating the restaurant from the exhibition, guests also have the opportunity to admire the classic cars on display in the museum itself. This interplay of past and future highlights the company’s commitment to its roots – the view from the dining room thus has a symbolic character.
All in all, do not expect to simply breeze through the Porsche Museum. A few hours are most definitely not enough to fully appreciate all that this incredible place has to offer. One does not even have to be a die-hard fan of the marque to enjoy a day at the Porsche Museum, as it really does have something for everyone. It’s a brilliant testament to the history of Porsche thought, and it really is a walk through time, experiencing the history of the automobile from the viewpoint of one of the greatest carmakers on earth.
Porsche Museum Photo Gallery (Chronology of events after the gallery)
Chronology of Events – The Porsche Museum timeline.
Build time: 4 years and 6 months / 234 week / 1642 days: An overview of the key milestones from the first official decision up to the opening of the Porsche museum:
– July 30, 2004: The Board of Management of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG announces the decision to build the new Porsche Museum on Porscheplatz in Zuffenhausen.
– October 2004: Ten leading firms of architects from Germany, Austria and Switzerland are shortlisted for the project. In all, 170 European architects firms had submitted bids for the project.
– January 31, 2005: The jury led by architect Professor Fritz Auer (Stuttgart/Munich) chooses the design submitted by Viennese architects firm Delugan Meissl as the competition winner.
– February 4, 2005: Delugan Meissl’s Viennese firm of architects is commissioned to build the museum.
– October 17, 2005: The museum construction project is officially kicked-off with the installation of an unconventional site sign.
– September 21, 2006: The museum begins to take shape. Work on the first floor and the three supporting V-shaped pillars that are to support the dynamically shaped exhibition space makes swift progress. Some 21,000 cubic metres of concrete and 4,000 tons of reinforced steel have already been installed.
– February 2007: The shell is completed, bringing an important phase of construction to an end. The underground garage, ground floor, first floor and core elements (reinforced concrete supports) are now ready.
– November 13, 2007: The steel structure that defines the shape of the 5,600 square metre exhibition space is lowered into place onto three reinforced V-shaped pillars. Straight after it has been lowered, work on the exhibition space proper begins. This includes installing the reinforced concrete ceilings and the large ramps and stairways.
– January 2008: Exterior work on the museum façade begins. The rhombus-shaped exterior is mounted.
– October 2008: Showcases and small exhibits are set up on the exhibition level.
– November 3, 2008: The first twelve vehicle exhibits are brought into place on the museum’s second floor. The first exhibits include a 356 Cabriolet, an original 911 and the first prototype of the 924.
– November 5, 2008: The Porsche Museum logo is mounted on the glass façade.
– December 8, 2008: The museum is officially handed over to the client.
– January 28, 2009: The museum is officially opened.
– January 31, 2009: The museum opens its doors to visitors.
– December 18, 2009: The museum records its 500,000th visitor just eleven months after opening.
– January 31, 2010: The museum celebrates its first birthday.
– June 3, 2011: The Museum attracts 1 million visitors from all over the world.
December 6, 2013 The Museum welcomes two million visitors through its doors.
Total costs: Around EUR 100 million
Dimensions of museum building: Length 140 metres, width 70 metres
Total area of structure: 25,800 square metres
Weight of museum building: Around 35,000 tonnes
Concrete: Around 21,000 cubic metres
Steel: Around 6,000 tonnes
Excavated volume (earth): Around 66,000 cubic metres
Hyundai has unveiled the U.S.-market version of its convention-breaking Kona Electric crossover at the New York Auto Show. Kona Electric rides on an all-new CUV platform and is Hyundai’s first compact electric crossover for the U.S. market, appealing to consumers with active, eco-focused lifestyles of all kinds. Kona Electric’s exterior styling features voluminous, aggressive body styling complemented by a low and wide stance for great looks and confident handling in a variety of urban and adventure-oriented driving environments.
It joins Hyundai’s successful new Kona, Tucson and Santa Fe in a full line-up of Hyundai crossovers for the U.S. market. 2019 Kona Electric models will be produced in Ulsan, Korea and available in the fourth quarter of 2018, with initial availability in California and subsequently in the ZEV-focused states in the western and northeastern regions of the U.S. market.
“Our new Kona Electric crossover is a stylish and efficient compact CUV, tailored to the needs of customers who pursue eco-focused active lifestyles requiring generous range,” said Mike O’Brien, vice president of Product, Corporate and Digital Planning, Hyundai Motor America.
“We’re confident it will set new standards for the electric-propelled compact CUV segment, with outstanding range flexibility, appealing design, cutting-edge connectivity and class-leading available safety features.” he added.
2019 Kona Electric Highlights
Compact electric CUV segment-leading 250-mile estimated range
Bold, fresh design elements with extroverted color options
LED headlight, taillight and daytime running light illumination signature
High-efficiency 201 horsepower (150 kW), 291 lb.-ft. electric motor powertrain
High-voltage 64 kWh lithium-ion battery
Standard floating touchscreen with Apple CarPlay™/Android Auto™ capability
Hyundai Smart Sense (HSS):
Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist with Pedestrian Detection
Driver Attention Warning
Lane Keeping Assist
Blind-Spot Collision Warning
Rear Cross-Traffic Collision-Avoidance Assist
High Beam Assist
Premium technology availability:
8-inch Navigation System
Shift-by-wire center console drive controls with additional lower storage
Next generation Blue Link® connected car system
Heads-up Display (with active pop-up display screen)
Rain-sensing Wipers
Qi Wireless-device charging
Kona Electric offers a powerful, efficient electric drivetrain and a stylish, roomy interior. A whole host of advanced safety features are also available including Lane Keeping Assist, Blind-Spot Collision Warning, Rear Cross-Traffic Collision-Avoidance Assist, Parking Distance Warning and Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist with Pedestrian Detection.
Boustead Petroleum Marketing Sdn Bhd, which markets and distributes BHPetrol fuel and lubricants, is giving away RM5000 cash every day to their eCard loyalty program customers in “eCard Pump & Swipe” contest.
BHPetrol’s General Manager Supply, Retail and Government Public Affairs, Ir Azizul Azily Ahmad presented the contest prize of RM5000 cash to Prof Dr Khairul Azmi bin Abdul Kadir being one of the daily winners. Prof Dr Khairul Azmi has been an eCard member since the last four years and is a regular customer for BHPetrol Taman Tun Dr Ismail, and pumps Infiniti Euro5 Diesel. He plans to donate his winning prize to the mosques and surau’s in conjunction with the Ramadhan month coming soon.
The promotion which runs from 1st April to 30th April 2018 at BHPetrol service stations with eCard acceptance, offers RM5,000 cash to one lucky winner every day. To participate, customers just need to make a minimum purchase of RM30 of fuel products (Infiniti 95, Infiniti 97, Infiniti Diesel and Infiniti Euro5 Diesel) in a single receipt and swipe their eCard.
BHPetrol eCard is a loyalty programme whereby they are offering great privileges and rewards to their eCard members. Members get 1 ePoint for every RM1 spent at BHPetrol service stations and their participating merchant outlets. Members can instantly redeem their points for an extensive range of items and gifts, including RM10 worth of fuel or merchandise with only 950 ePoints. Besides, members can also redeem exciting gifts featured in BHPetrol Rewards Catalogue or via online – ecardrewards.bhpetrol.com.my for more variety of gifts.
For full info on the contest, log on to www.bhpetrol.com.my.
UMW Toyota Motor has launched the 18th edition of its Toyota Eco Youth Program 2018. With the aim to educate participants on sustainable waste management practices, students from 11 selected schools will be trained on problem solving skills to address concerns on environment preservation.
Toyota Eco Youth Program primarily focuses on inculcating life skills to youth through project base learning. A 3-day training program was held prior to this launch, where students were taught on proprietary Toyota 8 Steps Problem Solving methodology and techniques.
Environment protection is a key component of UMW Toyota Motor’s corporate social responsibility activities and this eco education program is developed to encourage youth to come to the forefront to champion conservation of our habitat for a better quality of life. This year’s Waste Management theme emphasizes on coordination with government, community, public interest groups to cultivate good practices in minimizing waste and managing waste with minimal impact on the environment.
This program is conducted annually with collaboration and support from the Ministry of Education since 2001. UMW Toyota Motor has spent close to RM7 million for the program since its inception and hopes that students who benefited from this program become ambassadors in advocating environmental sustainability in the future.
In addressing the launching ceremony, the President of UMW Toyota Motor, Ravindran K, said “Our continuous commitment to Toyota Eco Youth program show cases the importance of educating youth to take meaningful actions to safeguard the environment in a sustainable manner. It is critical at this juncture, now, to address issues regarding environment conservation and reduction of carbon dioxide emission. The reduction in carbon dioxide will have direct impact on suppressing global warming, and hence mitigating climate change. The what and how, these students learn today will be useful to them tomorrow as decision makers”
On a global basis, Toyota Motor Corporation has established the Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050, which identified 6 key environmental issues to be tackled in the next three decades such as CO2 reduction, water optimization and establishing societies that practice recycling and an earth-friendly culture.
The launch ceremony signals the start of 2018 Toyota Eco Youth Program, with the students identifying projects related to waste management found within their local community. Research work and activities on proposed solutions is expected to take three months to complete. This will be followed with a final evaluation of the project in August 2018.
Winners of Toyota Eco Youth program will be based on continuous evaluation of the project and the participating schools will be vying for cash prizes of RM10,000, RM7000 and RM5,000 for first, second and third placing respectively. Apart from contest on projects, prizes are also offered to categories for Best Presentation, Best Exhibition and Best Blog Site Report. Top winners of these categories will receive RM1000 each. Two of the best supportive teachers in the projects will be given RM500 each for their effort and supervision.
In conjunction with Chinese New Year this year, Honda Malaysia held an ‘SMS & WIN’ contest to celebrate and reward all its customers. The Company recently celebrated the winners of the concluded contest. An official handover ceremony was held at Tiong Nam Motor (M) Sdn Bhd for the Grand Prize winner and five Golden Prize winners. The Company presented the Best Selling non-national hatchback, the Honda Jazz 1.5L to the proud Grand Prize winner, Ms. Hasmawati Bt Hussin. Five Golden Prize winners were also thrilled to walk away with an iPhone X each.
The Chinese New Year ‘SMS & WIN’ contest which was held between 22 January 2018 and 11 March 2018 was open to all Honda owners*. The contest garnered a total of more than 43,000 submissions. From these participants, 1,006 of them were selected to win various prizes worth a total of RM198,255. The prizes included a Honda Jazz, iPhone X and Bank Simpanan Nasional (BSN) Premium Savings Certificate.
Speaking at the ceremony, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Honda Malaysia Mr. Toichi Ishiyama (below) said, “This Chinese New Year ‘SMS & Win’ contest was held because we want to celebrate the festive season with all Honda customers. I would like to extend my appreciation to all participants for your support towards this campaign and congratulations to all winners. Honda Malaysia will continue to strive to provide high-quality products and excellent after-sales service that continues to exceed customers’ expectations. Last but not least, we look forward to the next milestone that we wouldl achieve, together with the support of all our customers”.
The 3rd Generation Jazz has seen optimistic growth to-date, with more than 57,000 units sold since 2014. The model contributed 13% of total Honda Malaysia sales in 2017 and continues to lead in the hatchback segment, bringing the ‘Joy of Driving’ to its many owners. Since the 1st Generation of the Jazz was introduced in Malaysia back in 2003, a total of more than 89,000 units have been sold to Honda customers in Malaysia.
Director and owner of Tiong Nam Motor (M) Sdn Bhd, Mr. Yoon Wai Cheong said, “As a Honda Dealer, we are honoured to be part of this significant moment in celebrating the handover of the Honda Jazz to the Grand Prize Winner, Ms. Hasmawati who is our long-time customer. We look forward to providing all our customers with excellent after sales services as well as ensuring the “Joy of Buying” experience at our Honda dealership.”
Ms. Hasmawati who currently drives a Honda City said, “I was truly surprised when I received the exciting news that I won a Honda Jazz. I have always loved the spaciousness and sporty looks of the Jazz, especially the stylish Lunar Silver Metallic colour. Besides its unique features of being fun and fuel efficient, the feature I love most is the flexible cargo space with versatile ULTRA Seats which can be converted into four configurations. This makes the Jazz a very practical car for family outings while staying nifty and fun to drive in the city.”
Designed with the concept of ‘Man Maximum, Machine Minimum’, the Jazz delivers a compact and highly efficient package through maximizing the space for occupants while minimizing the space utilised by the car. The versatility of the Jazz provides customers with the convenience of space maximization without compromising comfort in the vehicle. Additionally, the Jazz is the only hatchback that makes creative use of space with the ULTRA Seats. The 4 modes of ULTRA seats – Utility, Long, Tall and Refresh are useful at different times such as long distance traveling, city driving, family getaways and more. Powered by Honda’s signature 1.5L i-VTEC engine coupled with Continuous Variable Transmission (CVT) that was developed under Honda’s Earth Dreams Technology, the Jazz offers fuel efficiency and optimal performance.
For more information or to book a test drive for Honda cars, customers can visit any of Honda’s 96 authorized dealers nationwide or call Honda’s Toll Free number at
1-800-88-2020 or log on to www.honda.com.my.
