This was a unique road tyre introduced by Goodyear in Malaysia in the early 1990s. At a glance, it looked like two motorcycle tyres joined together to form a wider tyre. However, it was because the tyre was designed...
The fourth generation of the Toyota Corolla was launched in Malaysia in late 1979. The model was designated the ‘KE70’ and seemed to have skipped 3 numbers after the first 3 models which were the KE10, KE20 and KE30....
The Tredia was a small front-wheel drive sedan which took over from the rear-wheel drive Lancer in 1982. Along with the Tredia, there was also the Cordia which had a sleeker coupe bodystyle and sat on the same platform.
Assembled...
Concept cars are models with totally new designs or existing models with new design ideas. Some may be a preview of a new model to be launched in the near future, while others may be design studies to see...
During the 1970s and 1980s, many products began appearing in accessory shops which, when added to engine oil or the fuel tank, could improve performance. These were additives that were developed by companies, many of which specialised in chemicals...
The early 1980s saw the end of the European Fords for the Malaysian market as the automaker had decided to team up with Mazda to share certain models. Ford required the manufacturing efficiency and lower production costs of the...
Wearne Brothers was founded in 1906 by two Australian brothers and specialised in automobile engineering and imports. It started off in Singapore as one of the early distributors of cars, its first brand being Oldsmobile. Later, it also expanded...
This advertisement is very rare; in fact, it only appeared in one publication once and that was the official guidebook of the 1990 KL International Motor Show. Auto Bavaria was one of the exhibitors who had special advertisements done...
This is the first of series of pictures looking back at past KLIMS events. We start with the show held in 2000 at the Putra World Trade Centre. Among the highlights were the Proton Satria Convertible prototype and TD...
In 1985, when the Proton Saga appeared on the road for the very first time, it attracted a great deal of attention. Passers-by would stop to take a closer look at the first Malaysian National Car.
39 years later, another...
Historically, the sedan bodystyle has been the most popular in the Malaysian market. Perhaps it’s due to the fact that this bodystyle (also referred to as ‘3-box’) was the one most extensively offered by automakers before hatchbacks started to...
Lucky policemen in some countries have had sportscars to use for their duties and in Japan in the 1970s, the police force had the Mazda Cosmo Sport which had a Wankel rotary engine.
The Cosmo Sport's 982 cc engine had...
