what i heard, all cars which will not be scrap must undergo puspakom inspection latest by erm.. forgot the date. but soon la. if not,, jeng jeng jeng. sauce from the radio.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 9 (Bernama) -- Proton and Perodua vendors told the government today that voluntary scrapping of motor vehicles more than 15 years old in return for RM5,000 rebates when buying new national cars can have a spin off effect on the automotive industry.

"Increased sales of new motor vehicles, especially Proton and Perodua cars, will lead to an increase in demand of parts and components produced by Malaysian vendors," said Kelab Vendor Perodua and Proton Vendors Association.

It will also help bring down costs, improve quality and delivery, they contended.

"(Hence), the scrapping (should) start with immediate effect to improve effectiveness and generate demand for new motor vehicles," they said in a joint memorandum to the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) at the ministry's annual dialogue session here.

They also proposed a supporting policy to go with the scrapping proposal - allow the export of used national cars with a rebate on excise duties paid.

"The vacuum created from the exports will generate sales for new or newer cars. It also helps in resolving the excess stock of used cars," they argued.

The associations said the policy to end the life of vehicles is critical for continued growth and sustenance of the Malaysian automotive industry.

They pointed out that Japan de-registers about five million vehicles yearly.

In 2005, it discarded about six million and registered 6.5 million new vehicles, thus ensuring a continued market demand for new vehicles.

The associations also proposed that the government provide some form of support to efforts to introduce the Malaysian brand in selected overseas markets.

-- BERNAMA

http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news_lite.php?id=272226

i wonder which country will accept scrapped units of p1/p2....thats a very interesting question....

the answer is NONE...........

even malaysians don't want them

im planing to buy honda prelude (1988) from my friend.......
his car in perfect condition, n he use it for about 2year before without any major prob. (prob in the air cond only, but already fix it)
is it worth i buy it? becoz i afraid after i buy it, cannot use it coz need to be scrap. i dont have any money to buy new car....... he want to sell his car to me for rm9K only.......
is it worth it???

Its an option. Not compulsory.

most of the car's life span, eg. shafts, engine if design to last around 5 years. if u happen to study mechanics of material and design u will know what i mean.

car life span 5 year only????
is it for all car??? if proton i believe it,
but what if merz, bmw, ferari, honda toyota and all big2 car company???? 5year jugak ker????
im study in electrical engineering, not know any about mechanics material n design.......

voluntary scrap car? Is this a april fool joke? New cars nowadays are so fuking expensive and they dare to come out voluntary scrap car policy.