In Adversity, Malaysians Wait on Late Auto Bloomers to Finally Shine

In this 2012 interview, Perodua Managing Director Aminar Rashid Salleh discusses:

- Weak Sales - amendments Hire Purchase Act - tighter lending guidelines - impact;
- BNM - household debt - levles - defaulters;
- Plans - become financier - talks with Toyota Motor Capital - details;
- Regulatory conditions - issues;
- Concerns - default - margins - cost of capital;
- Entering the second-hand car market - details - by when - margins - human capital;
- Full-year - sales targets;
- Model rollout - reports - to soon enter the 1.5 to 1.8 litre segment - response;
- Overseas sales- pitifully low - <five per cent of total sales - strategies to address;
- South Korean carmakers - competitiveness - compare and contrast;
- Tun Mahathir - perceived obstacle to Malaysian car industry - views;
- Proton’s sale to DRB -- speculated departure of Proton CEO and CFO - views;
- Implications to merger - collaboration;
- National Auto Policy - wish list.