The First Volkswagen Taxi in Malaysia

The late Col (rtd) Mokhtar Ismail, GM of Champion Motors which sold VWs in the 1960s and 1970s, congratulating the first taxi driver in Malaysia to use a Golf, which had just been introduced in early 1977.



VW Caravelle was the last Volkswagen to be assembled in Malaysia when Auto Dunia was the franchise holder. It was assembled at the Tan Chong plant in KL in late 1980s.






Before local assembly of the Beetle began in Malaysia in 1968, the cars were shipped from Germany as completely built-up (CBU) imports.