ISSUE #2/2017 (MAY)

Ms MAA 2017?This year’s MAA Annual Dinner was yet another happy and fun-filled event. Three sporting guys from different companies allowed themselves to have make-up applied by blind-folded ladies from other companies.

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As is the norm of MAA AGMs, the whole an-nual event went on like clockwork. With the large turn up of Members, the el of the Management Council

Members for the new term 2017/8 was a straightforward affair with all the top posts returned unopposed. In the end, all the existing Management Council Members were return to their respective positions for yet another term, showing the full confidence and support of MAA Members.

After a press conference at the end of the AGM, participants and members of the media adjourned for a buffet lunch at the hotel’s café. n

A gooD beginning for 2017 started with a Q1 TIV increase of 7.3% to 140,839 units compared to the same period last year. Most improved sales were MPV (+75.8% or 9,021 units) and Window Van (+30,7% or 226 units). As expected, sales of commercial vehicles were lower due to the economic uncertainties of the domestic market but there was a silver lining where panel vans saw a 19.2% increase in sales compared to the same period last year.

Total Industry Production (TIP) in Malaysia also saw an encouraging growth of 6.5% to 138,015 units compared to Q1 of 2016.

Sales of new motor vehicles in the ASEAN region increased by 10% to 818,832 units compared to the same period last year. Other than Thailand and Vietnam which saw a marginal drop in performance, all other ASEAN markets showed healthy increases in sales. n

See page 3 for more detailed figures

FIRST THREE MONTHS TIV UP

MAA MANAGEMENT COUNCIL REMAINED UNCHANGEDRecently concluded AGM re-elects all Council Members for yet another term

YBhg. Datuk Aishah was returned unopposed for yet another term as MAA’s President.

group photo of the MAA management Council Members and their representatives for the term 2017/8.

MALAYSIA PRODUCTION & SALES STATISTICSFOR JANUARY TO MARCH 2017

SALES

SALES

PRODUCTION

PRODUCTION

YTD MARCH-2017 YTD MAR-16 COUNTRY PASSENGER COMMERCIAL TOTAL TOTAL VARIANCE VEHICLES VEHICLES (%)Indonesia 258,567 60,674 319,241 285,110 12%Malaysia 128,283 9,732 138,015 129,591 7%Myanmar 473 156 629 277 127%Philippines 11,740 21,664 33,404 25,209 33%Thailand 199,979 285,576 485,555 506,874 (4%)Vietnam 29,859 17,403 47,262 47,380 (0.2%)TOTAL 628,901 395,205 1,024,106 994,441 3%

YTD MARCH-2017 YTD MAR-16 COUNTRY PASSENGER COMMERCIAL TOTAL TOTAL VARIANCE VEHICLES VEHICLES (%)Brunei 2,692 79 2,771 2,892 (4%)Indonesia 225,819 57,426 283,245 267,302 6%Malaysia 127,530 13,309 140,839 131,251 7%Myanmar 1,008 530 1,538 972 58%Philippines 31,951 62,075 94,026 76,473 23%Singapore 23,133 3,843 26,976 25,728 5%Thailand 91,729 118,761 210,490 181,560 16%Vietnam 37,063 21,884 58,947 56,239 5%TOTAL 540,925 277,907 818,832 742,417 10%

ASEAN PRODUCTION & SALES STATISTICSFOR JANUARY TO MARCH 2017

For further information on ASEAN Automotive Federation, logon to: http://asean-autofed.com/index.html.

Segment YEAR-TO-DATE MARCH 2017 2016 Variance UNITS %Total Industry Production (TIP) 138,015 129,591 8,424 6.5 PV (Passenger Vehicles) 128,283 121,980 6,303 5.2 PC (Passenger Cars) 93,650 91,096 2,554 2.8 WV (Window Vans) 487 1,471 (984) (66.9) MPV (Multi-Purpose Vehicles) 14,276 11,336 2,940 25.9 4x4/SUV (Four Wheel Drive/Sports Utility Vehicles) 19,870 18,077 1,793 9.9 CV (Commercial Vehicles) 9,732 7,611 2,121 27.9 PV (Panel Vans) 316 387 (71) (18.3) PU (Pick Ups) 5,471 3,839 1,632 42.5 Trucks 3,663 3,167 496 15.7 PM (Prime Movers) 171 121 50 41.3 Bus 111 97 14 14.4

Segment YEAR-TO-DATE MARCH 2017 2016 Variance UNITS %Total Industry Volume (TIV) 140,839 131,251 9,588 7.3 PV (Passenger Vehicles) 127,530 117,084 10,446 8.9 PC (Passenger Cars) 92,587 88,597 3,990 4.5 WV (Window Vans) 962 736 226 30.7 MPV (Multi-Purpose Vehicles) 20,919 11,898 9,021 75.8 4x4/SUV (Four Wheel Drive/Sports Utility Vehicles) 13,062 15,853 (2,791) (17.6) CV (Commercial Vehicles) 13,309 14,167 (858) (6.1) PV (Panel Vans) 795 667 128 19.2 PU (Pick Ups) 9,477 9,701 (224) (2.3) Trucks 2,725 3,347 (622) (18.6) PM (Prime Movers) 216 273 (57) (20.9) Bus 96 179 (83) (46.4)

In a corporate function held on 28th Feb-ruary 2017, UMW Toyota Motor Sdn. Bhd. (UMWT) ushered in its new Chairman and new President.

Mr. Akio Takeyama, the Deputy Chair-man of UMWT introduced YBhg. Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Hamad Kama Piah bin Che Oth-man as its new Chairman and Mr. Ravin-dran Kurusamy as the company’s new President.

YBhg. Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Hamad has more than 30 years of experience in the field of unit trust management, invest-ment management and corporate finance. He has been with the Permodalan Nasion-al Berhad and was its group President and CEO for many years.

Mr. Ravindran Kurusamy has been with UMWT for 26 years and has served in various divisions in the company.

“Both YBhg. Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Hamad and Mr. Ravindran have vast experience

PROTOn Hold-ings Berhad an-nounced the appointment of En. Abdul Rashid Musa as the Chief Executive Of-ficer of PRO-TON Edar Sdn Bhd (“PESB”), effective 1st Feb-ruary 2017, replac-ing En. Rohime Shafie who has been assigned to DRB-HICOM as the Head of Automotive in the Auto-motive Distribution and Manufacturing & Engineering Division reporting to YBhg. Dato’ Abdul Harith Abdullah, Chief Op-erating Officer, Automotive Distribution and Manufacturing & Engineering, DRB-HICOM.

En. Rashid has over 27 years’ ex-perience in the automotive field, with involvement in various automotive pro-jects and organisations. Graduated with a Bachelor Degree in Mechanical Engi-neering from the University of Malaya in 1989, En. Rashid was involved not just in areas of manufacturing, research & development and management but also a strong advocate of passenger safety. He has given talks on passenger safety and importance of regulations for safer vehi-cles in the country.

Prior to this appointment, he was the Chief Technical Officer of PROTON where he held several portfolios, including be-ing instrumental in the development of the four new models in 2016. He sits on the Board of several PROTON subsidiar-ies and was previously the head of sev-eral companies within the DRB-HICOM Group. n

KIa Motors Corporation with the sup-port from Naza Kia Malaysia, sponsored the 7th annual ECO Dynamic Expedition organised by the United Nations Envi-ronment Programme (UNEP) National Committee for the Republic of Korea in Kuala Lumpur from 6th to 14th Janu-ary 2017 with 91 middle and high school students from six different countries par-

HOnda Malaysia celebrated on 30th March 2017 the production of the 600,000th unit in its local plant in Pegoh, Malacca and its 100,000 sales units achievement for the cur-rent financial year (1st April 2016 – 31st March 2017). The 600,000th unit production (a New City) was achieved within 14 years since Hon-da Malaysia started local assembly. Honda

Mr. Tan Kian Hui (centre) with his first car which happened to be the 250,000th Honda City assem-bled in Malaysia. He also received on 17th March 2017 RM1,000 worth of service vouchers, a full set of Honda merchandise and Honda Genuine Acces-sories consisting of Modulo package, Urban package and Utility package worth RM5,300.00. n

INTRODUCING NEW UMWT LEADERSin the industry and I am confident that they will bring to our management team new ideas and new approaches which will benefit the company and take it to greater heights,” said Mr. Akio.

On outgoing Chairman YBhg. Tan Sri Asmat Kamaludin and his contributions he said: “His vast experience dealing with industries, especially the auto industry while at MITI, was beneficial to our com-pany. With his guidance, we have been able to interact with the government in a more effective way, especially when it concerned policies and other activities which we wished to undertake.” YBhg.Tan Sri Asmat helmed UMW Group and UMWT since 2001 after retiring from MITI.

Mr. Akio also spoke about YBhg. Datuk Ismet Suki, who he said was in-strumental in introducing enhancement of facilities at Toyota outlets around the

country in order to move customer ser-vice to a higher level. “This exercise was undertaken efficiently and systematically

as YBhg. Datuk Ismet has a good sense of planning and provided good ideas which inspired those involved in the work.” n

NEW PROTON EDAR CEO

NEW MBM HQMeRcedes-Benz Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. (MBM), launched on 1st March 2017, its new 6-storey head-quarters - Wisma Mercedes-Benz and the MBM Training Academy in Bandar Kinrara, Puchong, Selangor.

“We have very exciting times ahead of us as we look forward to continue redefining the benchmark in the premium segment with the best products, the best service and the best customer experience. As you can see, we take very seriously our motto of delivering ‘The Best or Nothing’ in every aspect of our business,” said MBM President and CEO, Dr Claus Weidner.

in Subang Jaya and was awarded the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold Certification. An investment of RM 74 million, the facility houses Mer-cedes-Benz Malaysia, Mercedes-Benz Services Malaysia, Daimler TSS GmbH and the Mercedes-Benz Malaysia Training Academy. Op-erations offices utilise 53,000 sq. ft. of the 118,000 sq. ft. facility while the Training Academy occu-pies 65,000 sq. ft.

To mark the launch of the MBM Training Academy, Director of Global Training, Mr. Joerg Himmel-mann, handed over a unit of the ultimate in automotive technology

and luxury, the Mercedes-Maybach S500, to MBM Vice President, After Sales, Mr. Heinrich Schromm. n

KIA ECO DYNAMIC EXPEDITION

HONDA MALAYSIA DOUBLE JOY

NEW FEATURES FOR ISUZU ELF

Wisma Mercedes-Benz is the first of its kind in Malaysia. It has been accred-ited as the first green industrial building

ticipating. The event was first created in 2010 to cultivate global students’ un-derstanding of the problems faced by developing countries such as shortage of clean water and poor hygiene while supporting the students in develop-ing innovative solutions to rectify such problems.

Here, they interviewed villagers of Kampung Orang Asli Changkat Bintang before their final presentations.

“It is my hope that they take what they learned here and apply this knowl-edge in solving global issues,” said YBhg. Dato’ Samson Anand George, Group Chief Operating Officer, Automo-tive Group, Naza Corporation Holdings. n

250,000TH HONDA CITY

DELIVERED

Malaysia Managing Director and Chief Execu-tive Officer, Mr. Katsuto Hayashi said, “The addition of the No.2 Line in 2014 has enabled Honda Malaysia to grow at an accelerated rate. We achieved 300,000 production units in just three years as compared to 11 years taken earlier.”

Also present at the occasion were Mr. Seiji Kuraishi, the Executive Vice President, Executive Officer and Representative Director of Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (former Honda Ma-laysia Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer from 2002 to 2005) and Mr. Noriaki Abe, Chief Operating Officer, Regional Opera-tions (Asia & Oceania) of Honda Motor Co., Ltd. and President and CEO of Asian Honda Motor Co., Ltd. n

THe Isuzu ELF truck range will be completely powered by the latest Isuzu commonrail engines. Other new fea-tures for 2017 models include tubeless tyres, adjustable halogen headlamps, revised air intake system, stronger front axles, new 6-speed gearbox, a rear fog lamp, roof marker lamp (for 6-wheeler models and above), a new wide convex mirror and an electronically-governed speed limiter.

“Our aim to make Malaysia the best place to own and operate an Isuzu vehicle remains priority No.1. This means that through the Kaizen principal, we will con-stantly improve and innovate, both in our products and in our operations to ensure total customer satisfaction,” said CEO of Isuzu Malaysia Mr. Kenji Matsuoka. n

On 24th March 2017 even-ing, the ballroom of Sun-way Resort Hotel & Spa was filled with laughter, joy and happiness as people involved in the lo-cal motor industry from

both the public and private sectors sat down for an evening of sumptuous food and lively entertainment.

Making her debut as the emcee for MAA Annual Dinner was Ms Sarah, daugh-ter of Ms Belinda Lim who kept the even-ing’s events well-coordinated and diners’ attention captured.

In her traditional pre-dinner address, YBhg. Datuk Aishah Ahmad, President of the MAA, thanked everyone for their pres-ence and support. She also expressed her thanks to all the various public and private agencies for their support of the MAA in the previous year.

She then went on to give a brief of the current and coming local motor industry scenario with the good news of a 6% first two months TIV growth compared to last year. Among the many activities coming

is the “Carlist.my MAA Drive, Test & Buy Event 2017” to be held on 13th and 14th May. More than 50% of the exhibition space had been taken up by MAA Members.

Meanwhile, the MAA had advocated important issues and challenges such as –

• The delay in special tax refund applica-tions

• New UNECE technical regulations

• Proposal to discontinue duty exemption benefits for multi sourcing parts (MSP)

• B10 issues

• JPJ’s exorbitant new fees structure for purchase of motor vehicle data, and,

• Proposal by MOT to introduce manda-tory Emergency Call System (or eCall) for new vehicles.

After her speech, dinner was served while UiTM Light Orchestra and Jone Bond kept the diners entertained. n

MAA ANNUAL DINNER 2017

Carlist.my team at the foyer promoting the coming event. Full house at MAA’s Annual Dinner2017. All smiles at the Media table. Before and after the make-up game!

Opening gambit of the evening’s function.

Jone Bond crooning away to the diners’ delight.

Token of appreciation to YBhg. Datuk Jayasuri by YBhg. Datuk Aishah.

Happiest person of the evening – the Grand Prize Winner!

Top lucky draw prizes and their donors.

More of Jone Bond entertaining the diners.

UiTM Light Orchestra entertaining the diners.

Pre-dinner get-together in the foyer.

YBhg. Datuk Aishah started the evening’s event with her traditional speech.

More lucky draw prizes for those who attended the evening’s function.

The attractive and talented Ms Sarah was the evening’s emcee.

HONDA BR-VDate: 5th January 2017Prices (OTR):E – RM85,800.00V – RM92,800.00

PEUGEOTDate: 11th January 2017Prices (OTR): 208 Puretech – RM89,888.002008 SUV Puretech – RM109,888.00

PORSCHE CAYMAN GT4 CLUBSPORTDate: 11th January 2017Price: – P.O.A.

PERODUA AXIADate: 13th February 2017Prices (OTR):Std. E (M) – RM24,900.00Std. G (M) – RM34,900.00Std. G (A) – RM36,900.00SE (M) – RM37,900.00SE (A) – RM39,900.00ADVANCE (A) – RM42,900.00

PEUGEOT 208GTIDate: 16th February 2017Prices (OTR): – RM143,888.00

HINO 500 SERIESDate: 22nd February 2017Prices: – P.O.A.

HONDA CITYDate: 2nd March 2017Prices (OTR):S – RM78,300.00E – RM84,600.00V – RM92,000.00

LEXUSDate: 3rd March 2017Prices (OTR w/o Ins.):NX 200t Special Edition – RM312,000.00IS Sport Sedan – RM366,000.00

MITSUBISH OUTLANDERDate: 6th March 2017Prices (OTR w/o Ins.): – RM171,000.00

MERCEDES-BENZ A200 URBAN HUNTING ACTIVITY EDITIONDate: 10th March 2017Price (OTR w/o Ins.): – RM205,888.00

KIA GRAND CARNIVALDate: 23rd March 2017 Prices (OTR):2.2D KX – RM165,888.002.2D EX – RM185,888.00

VOLVO S90 & V90Date: 24th March 2017Prices (OTR w/o Ins.):S90 T5 – RM388,888.00S90 T6 R-Design – RM453,888.00V90 T5 – RM393,888.00V90 T6 R-Design – RM458,888.00

BMW 530i M SPORTDate: 29th March 2017Prices (OTR w/o Ins.): – RM398,800.00

NEWLY LAUNCHED

(Note: Prices are valid for W.Malaysia, private registration and subject to change without notice.)

KIA@KUALA LUMPUROfficial Opening: 11th January 2017Status: 3S CentreOperated By: MPV Car Service Sdn. Bhd.Investment Cost: RM1.5 Million

PORSCHE@PENANGOfficial Opening: 16th March 2017Status: 3S CentreOperated By: Sime Darby Auto Performance Sdn. Bhd.Investment Cost: RM15 Million

BENTLEY@KUALA LUMPUROfficial Opening: 24th February 2017Status: ShowroomOperated By: Wearnes Quest Sdn. Bhd.

TOYOTA@KUALA LUMPUROfficial Opening: 24th March 2017Status: ShowroomOperated By: UMW Toyota Motor Sdn. Bhd.Investment Cost: RM1 Million

MERCEDES-BENZ@KUALA LUMPUROfficial Opening: 3rd March 2017Status: 3S CentreOperated By: Cycle & Carriage Bintang Bhd.

MERCEDES-BENZ@KUALA TERENGGANUOfficial Opening: 14th March 2017Status: 3S CentreOperated By: Mofaz Exotic Car Sdn. Bhd.

MITSUBISHI@PENANGOfficial Opening: 22nd March 2017Status: 3S CentreOperated By: EON Automart Sdn. Bhd.Investment Cost: RM 600,000.00

HONDA@KOTA BAHRUOfficial Opening: 25th March 2017Status: 4S CentreOperated By: Ban Chu Bee Sdn. Bhd.Investment Cost: RM 22 Million

NEWLY OPENED NEWLY OPENED

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Meetings/events participated by MAAJan-174-Jan Meeting with MAI on 1MCARS11-Jan Meeting with MAI on Multi-Sourcing Parts

Feb-17 10-Feb Meeting with MOT on e-Call15-Feb DOE briefing on self-regulation and on-line Type Approval application

Mar-17 1-2 Mac Asean Automotive Federation TC 3-JAMA Meeting, Langkawi14-Mar MAA quarterly meeting with JPJ Automotive Engineering Division 21-Mar Town hall session with MDTCC on the ‘Motor vehicle maintenance and repair services Act’ 23-Mar Meeting with MOF warranty claim & special refund applications29-Mar Meeting with SPAD on new vehicle policy for taxis 30-Mar Meeting with MITI on EEV application process

YB Dato’ Sri Richard Riot Anak Jaem, Minister of Human Resources, present-ed on 26th January 2017 the accreditation certificate to YBhg. Dato’ Ahmad Fuaad Kenali, Chief Executive Officer of PROTON. Also present at the cer-emony were YBhg. Dato’ Mohd Sahar Darusman, Deputy Secretary General (Policy & International) of the Ministry, En. Nidzam Kamarulzaman, Director General of JPK, and YBhg. Dato’ Radzaif Mohamed, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of PROTON.

The Human Resources Minister had earlier handed out the Malaysian Skills Advanced Diploma (DLKM) to 30 recipients and witnessed the sign-ing of an MoU between PROTON and JPK for this long term development of skilled workers programme. Another 25 individuals were also awarded with Yayasan PROTON scholarships to pursue their Malaysian Skills Certificate (SKM). n

Over 140 Malaysian licensed drivers participated in the Driving Skills for Life (DSFL) programme, organised by Ford and local distributor Sime Darby Auto Connexion (SDAC), as part of their continued efforts to increase road safety awareness in Malaysia. Participants included members of the CitiClub by CitiBank, employees of Sime Darby Berhad, fans of Ford Malaysia’s social media channel, as well as members of the general public who attended the six half-day training sessions workshop held at the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS) in March 2017.

FOrd Motor Company, together with its local partner Sime Darby Auto Connexion (SDAC), on 29th March 2017, named Montfort Boys Town in Selangor as the latest recipient of its Ford Conservation and Environmental Grants Programme in Malaysia. A Ford Kuga and a Ford Mondeo together with some training equipment were presented by Mr. Bagus Susanto, Managing Director, Asia Pacific Emerging Markets, Ford Motor Company and En. Syed Ahmad Muzri Syed Faiz, Managing Director of SDAC to representatives of Monfort Boys Town.

Mitsubishi Motors Malaysia’s CEO, Mr. Tomoyuki Shinnishi handed over a Mitsubishi Triton 4x4 pick-up to SARAWAK FORESTRY Corporation, CEO, Mr. Wong Ting Chung in a ceremony held at Matang Wildlife Centre on 15th March 2017. The effort is part of Mitsubishi Motors CSR programme. A recently born male orangutan was named Triton in conjunction with MMM’s sponsorship.

‘reductiOn of Carbon Footprint’ is this year’s Toyota Eco Youth (TEY) theme launched on 2nd March 2017 by YBhg. Dato’ Sri Khairil Awang, Deputy Director General of Education Malaysia in the presence of Mr. Akio Takeyama, Deputy Chairman of UMW Toyota Motor, Mr. Ravindran Kurusamy, President of UMW Toyota Motor and students from selected schools in Malaysia. Since its inception in 2001, UMWT had spent more than RM 6 million for the programme. TEY is one of UMWT’s CSR activities and is a community-level project involving multiple stakeholders including the local councils, governmental agencies, community leaders, local residents and private companies.

En. SM Nasarudin Tan Sri SM Nasimuddin, Group Executive Director and Group Chief Executive Officer, Naza Corporation Holdings Sdn Bhd, pre-sented the Kia Sorento to the Inspector-General of Police, YBhg. Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar. Also present were YBhg. Datuk Wira SM Faisal Tan Sri SM Nasimuddin, Group Executive Chairman and Group Chief Executive Of-ficer, Naza World Group of Companies, En. SM Faliq Tan Sri SM Nasimuddin, Deputy Executive Chairman and Group Managing Director, Naza TTDI Sdn Bhd and YBhg. Dato’ Samson Anand George, Group Chief Operating Officer, Automotive Group, Naza Corporation Holdings Sdn Bhd. n

Naza Kia Malaysia handed over a brand new Kia Sorento to Polis Di Raja Malaysia (PDRM) 23rd March 2017 at the Police headquarters in Bukit Aman Kuala Lumpur.

PROTON Holdings Bhd. received the accreditation by the Ministry of Human Resources and Department of Skills Development (JPK) as a one-stop centre for the National Dual Training System (SLDN) programme.

PrOtOn – A centre FOr nAtiOnAL duAL trAininG sYsteM

KIA SORENTO FOR PDRM

teY 2017 LAunched

MMM suPPOrts WiLdLiFe cOnservAtiOn

FOrd dOnAtes vehicLes And eQuiPMent

drivinG sKiLLs FOr LiFe

brinGinG the Mercedes-Benz experience closer to customers in the east coast region. (from left)  Thai Consulate General, HE Dr Paitoon Songkaeo, MOFAZ Group Executive Director, Encik Mohamed Ferhan Mohamed Fauzy and Mercedes-Benz Malaysia President and CEO, Dr Claus Weidner, launching the all-new Mercedes-Benz Mofaz Kota Bharu Autohaus on 14th March 2017.

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