Wednesday, March 15, 2006
Ford Dealership in Kuala Lumpur
Just east of the aptly named Kuala Lumpur City Centre (KLCC) - there are a lot of auto dealers - Volvo, Land Rover, Proton, Jaguar (Vista Damai Condo), second hand lots (one of which has a rather large number of used Mercedes Benzes) - and now a new Ford dealership. Here's a picture of the new Ford place - it's a bit of a work-in-progress. They have a guardhouse on the left and a large lot in front. The contractors have left a bunch of dirt on the sidewalk. And then there are drainage holes which makes the water make it muddy.
There's a June 1981 New York Times article that says Ford will retain a 51 percent share of Ford Malaysia, its Malaysian unit, with the remaining 49 percent being held by Pernas Sime Darby, a holding company owned jointly by Pernas, a Government conglomerate, and Sime Darby, the largest multinational company in Southeast Asia.
Sime Darby also owns PNB Darby Park, Auto Bavaria, Land Rover, Hyundai and Alfa Romeo rights in Malaysia.
http://www.ford.com.my/index.shtml
