Car ManufacturerCarsRenaultSales and Marketing Rants

Renault Subscription – Why buy when you can subscribe?

TC Euro Cars has introduced ‘Renault Subscription’ where customers can – well, subscribe to a Renault Captur crossover and/or the premium flagship Renault Koleos D-segment SUV for a fixed fee per month. Think of it like subscribing to a news portal like Malaysiakini where if you don’t feel like it, …

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Car ManufacturerCarsEventsVW

The all-new Volkswagen Arteon – Open for Booking RM290k – RM310k

Recently at an automotive related event, a group of journalist discussed about whether they would recommend buying a Volkswagen today. Considering the amount of negative impressions caused by the premature failures of the gearbox and piston rings a few years ago, this question remains had a mixed reaction.   Since …

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CarsEventskensoSales and Marketing Rants

LOKATAG BUILT-IN TOLL READER FOR AFTERMARKET LAUNCHED

I have a Smart Tag that’s been following me for some years now. The bracket that holds the battery in place is partly broken but it still functions so I leave it be. Every once in a while, the “low battery” beep would sound and shaking or lightly banging it …

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Car ManufacturerCarskensoTest DrivesVWWriters

The Volkswagen Golf R – Making life a little bit more special

They say that a car is a reflection of its owner’s personality. No matter what type or make, we enthusiasts see our ride as our ‘sayang’ and a unique representation of who we are. Much like how we dress, where we stay, what we eat, the cars we drive becomes …

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Car ManufacturerCarsMercedes-BenzSales and Marketing Rants

Expensive plug-in hybrid battery costs – Not everything is as it seems

As someone involved in the business of supplying equipment, I can say that not all customers are easy to deal with. Some can be extremely unreasonable & make ludicrous demands of you, failing which they either threaten to harm your business on social media or just outright do it.   …

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Car ManufacturerCarskensoProtonTest DrivesWriters

The Proton X70 – The Proton True Game Changer

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic – Arthur C.Clarke It sure feels magical being in the X70, Proton’s first SUV. Well, depending on who you ask, the “Proton’s” part is contentious since this is a re-skinned Geely Boyue. Still, it carries a Proton badge and has a unique …

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Car ManufacturerCarskensoTest DrivesVWWriters

The Volkswagen Mk 7.5 Golf GTI – In the Naughty List

Recently I had to deal with a social media outrage where one of my customers took to Facebook to share his dissatisfaction of my company’s product and services. To put it simply, there was a mismatch of expectations in the durability of the product which was purchased quite a while ago & …

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