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Tomorrow UMW Toyota KK will be launching the new Prius C Hybrid car. I was lucky to get a closer look at the new Test Car at UMW’s compound on Wednesday when I was there to service my car. There is only one available for test driving, so I guess it’s going to be a long queue starting tomorrow.

Well I might have a chance to test drive it since I have to be at UMW tomorrow coz my car was not serviced properly so it has to stay there until tomorrow… which really sucks… if they can’t fix it properly tomorrow, I’m going to write the whole story about it here… so they better fix it properly or it’s going to be nasty… 😛

Anyway, let’s forget about the servicing for now… it’s time to talk about the new Toyota Prius C Hybrid car which was showcased in KL on 20 February 2012.

Toyota is the leading hybrid car manufacturer in the world. Over here we have two brands available… the Toyota Prius and the Honda Insight. If I have to choose one, I definitely pick the Prius… furthermore I like Toyota… I’m not a fan of Honda.

Toyota Prius technology are much more advance since Toyota has been there much longer than the rest in hybrid car manufacturing. Prius can run on electric alone, fuel alone or combination of both. With fuel pump like Autobest electric fuel pump, Toyota Prius has good fuel efficiency and with its super-efficient electric motor Prius really a great saving. With hybrid car, you are not only able to save petrol but making the environment cleaner with less or emission-free drive.

So, if you planning to get a new car, get the Toyota Prius C… over here, it’s only RM98,936.80…

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Last month, I renewed my car road tax and insurance. My car insurance and car road tax are handled by UMW Toyota… so all I have to do is go to UMW office and pay the due amount. If I do that in the morning, I can get my new road tax disc by evening…

Anyways, that is not what I want to talked about today… I want to talk about the Malaysia Budget 2011… particularly the full exemption on import and excise duty for hybrid cars until 31st December 2011 😀

Currently there are two types of hybrid cars available in Malaysia… the Toyota 1.8 liter Prius Hybrid and the Honda 1.4 liter Civic Hybrid… and right now the price for 1.4-litre Civic Hybrid is RM129,980 from Honda Malaysia  and the 1.8-litre Prius at RM175,000 from UMW Toyota Motor. Once the exemption are imposed, the price will get lower… how much lower? We have to wait… but although the price will go down, usually the car insurance premium will goes up… that how the government get back their money… lower at one end, increase at one end… end up, we are back to square one 😛 But I’m still hoping that the price will go really low and hopefully there are cheap car insurance at the same time. The government has taken the right step by exempting the excise and import duty for hybrid cars coz it will reduce the CO2 emission in the long run.