No recall on new Myvi, says Perodua boss

KUALA LUMPUR: There is no recall on the new Perodua Myvi or any of our other models, says Perodua president/chief executive officer, Datuk Aminar Rashid Salleh. In a statement today, Aminar Rashid said the news reports were not true. "There was a suspension in operations for one day at our plant on Aug 26, 2013, as we found some portions of the vehicle did not meet the standards we specified during our normal testing process. "We have resumed our operations the next day after successfully rectifying the issue," he said. Aminar Rashid said the reports saying that Perodua stopped production for three days for this reason were inaccurate. Perodua also higlighted that the plant was on a scheduled shutdown for the company's 20th Anniversary...

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Perodua to introduce cheapest model next year, says PM

RAWANG: Perodua will produce a new model next year that will be the cheapest in the market, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. He said the new model will enable Malaysians to own a car which will have sophisticated and strong safety features. He said Perodua has invested RM1.3 billion to build a new factory which would be ready next October to produce the new model that would be competitive. "I hope the factory will help Perodua export more cars, especially to neighbouring countries. Currently, Perodua exported 10,000 units a year and I hope the figure can be increase further," he said at Perodua's Gala Raya, held in conjunction with its 20th anniversary here Saturday. Najib said Perodua's strategy all along has...

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