Comments on: 1Malaysia F1 Team – Is That Necessary?

By: Jo

Jo — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:02:34 +0000

Quote(vinodh on October 25th, 2009 at 10:09 am): Put yourself in their shoes and tell me how would you improve cheaper ways to improve Proton and Naza’s marketability?

With no ill intentions, how long/ what good can a marketing strategy work if the quality of the cars remain below par? Improve on it's quality, the core of its problems and you wont need to rely on gimmicks like these. =)

By: vinodh

vinodh — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:09:50 +0000

>>It seems that 1Malaysia is actually a marketing tool to market Malaysia and Najib himself. There is little about uniting Malaysians in that website

Well you can always give feedback to them Stating about this issue and how they can improve.

>>If Najib thinks that throwing a Malaysian team into Formula 1 would help Proton and Naza increase their sales

Well Its all part of marketing strategy which all other companies do.It will take a number of years to make a strong brand image which is part of their strategy.Iwouldn’t say that what Najib did is wrong and its was not only his decision but rather a number of people in the organisation.

Put yourself in their shoes and tell me how would you improve cheaper ways to improve Proton and Naza’s marketability?

By: used tires

used tires — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:28:54 +0000

Quote(James on September 17th, 2009 at 9:29 am):
@Acis,

I don’t always agree with Jeremy Clarkson on every decision he made about cars. But what he said about Malaysian cars is full of truth and facts.

It is a fact that our Malaysian car is crap. We all knew it but who complained? Nobody … Until Jeremy Clarkson’s straight but very honest condemnation.

I am not important, I have long decided not to buy a Proton car, long before Jeremy Clarkson gave his comments. The new buyers are the one’s who Proton and Naza should pay attention to.

@Used Tires,

Very good question!

Well, in terms of Government involvement in the team, I can’t comment much as I do not know anything about the government in India.

However, as you can see, in their second year in F1, Force India leap frogged so many teams already. Now they are at the front fighting for race wins.

The difference between Force India and 1Malaysia is that Force India was owned by many other teams before Vijay Mallya bought the company. Race winning team Jordan owned it before, then Midland and Spyker also owned the team for awhile before selling it to Vijay Mallya.

The car is already prebuilt and the information (assets) of the cars, tracks and everything collected throughout the years in F1 is invaluable. Unlike 1Malaysia who had just started from scratch.

I am pretty sure Vijay Mallya, the boss of Force India, has enough experience and leadership capabilities to bring Force India into fame.

Thanks for the feedback James. Hopefully the Malaysian F1 team does well, because it would be nice to see a Lotus do well again in F1 =D

Till then,

Jean

By: Jo

Jo — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:21:19 +0000

1M is an utter complete waste of tax payers money; with or without Mr Clarkson’s opinion’s in the first place.

By: Charmaine

Charmaine — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:38:51 +0000

Honestly, the first time I heard of it, I felt it’s just like a gimmick.
Not really necessary.

By: Kiasu

Kiasu — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:40:35 +0000

1st year – 1 Malaysia F1 Racing Team
2nd year – Last 1 Malaysia F1 Racing Team
3rd year – Malaysian Government F1 Racing Team
4th year – Malaysian Citizen F1 Racing Team
5th year – China Cheely F1 Racing Team

By: James

James — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:04:38 +0000

@Redza,
Instead of asking “How can you compare high class BMW car with Proton”, I think you should ask “How can Proton make their car as high class as BMW”.
I personally think that is a better question to ask.

As bias as Top Gear may be, they still speak the truth and have no mercy for cars without standards.

By: redza

redza — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:00:36 +0000

dont listen to jeremy clarkson. how can you compare a high class car such as bmw with proton car?i hate top gear very much because of their bias view. I.m favouring fifth gear rather than top gear.

By: shuu

shuu — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:58:02 +0000

woooo ! Malaysia Boleh ! :)

By: James

James — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:29:58 +0000

@Acis,
I don’t always agree with Jeremy Clarkson on every decision he made about cars. But what he said about Malaysian cars is full of truth and facts.

It is a fact that our Malaysian car is crap. We all knew it but who complained? Nobody … Until Jeremy Clarkson’s straight but very honest condemnation.

I am not important, I have long decided not to buy a Proton car, long before Jeremy Clarkson gave his comments. The new buyers are the one’s who Proton and Naza should pay attention to.

@Used Tires,
Very good question!
Well, in terms of Government involvement in the team, I can’t comment much as I do not know anything about the government in India.

However, as you can see, in their second year in F1, Force India leap frogged so many teams already. Now they are at the front fighting for race wins.

The difference between Force India and 1Malaysia is that Force India was owned by many other teams before Vijay Mallya bought the company. Race winning team Jordan owned it before, then Midland and Spyker also owned the team for awhile before selling it to Vijay Mallya.

The car is already prebuilt and the information (assets) of the cars, tracks and everything collected throughout the years in F1 is invaluable. Unlike 1Malaysia who had just started from scratch.

I am pretty sure Vijay Mallya, the boss of Force India, has enough experience and leadership capabilities to bring Force India into fame.