Penang chief minister Chow Kon Yeow has justified the state authorities’s latest RM3.31 million buy of 15 XV80 Toyota Camry 2.5V sedans to be used by the administration, the New Straits Occasions experiences.
He stated the ninth-gen Camry automobiles had been acquired to cut back upkeep prices, as a result of it was extensively recognised that automobiles older than 5 years with excessive mileage might pose security issues and price extra to keep up. “The state replaces official automobiles each six years to cut back the rising price of upkeep,” he stated throughout his winding-up speech on the state legislative meeting earlier in the present day.
He stated the earlier batch of 15 eight-gen Camry 2.5Vs was bought in 2019, and that the observe of changing official automobiles each six years started in 2013, when the state authorities bought 15 models of the seventh-gen XV50 Camry to exchange the earlier fleet of Mercedes-Benz and Proton Perdana automobiles.
Chow stated that upkeep prices for the outgoing Camry fleet had risen considerably. “On common, upkeep for every car assigned to exco members and officers has reached RM42,144 on account of wear-and-tear repairs. In whole, the state has spent practically RM650,000 on sustaining these automobiles,” he defined.
Regardless of this, the older Camry fleet has been retained. “The earlier automobiles are nonetheless in use, stored in a pool for officers as wanted,” he stated. Nevertheless, Chow stated that even with the pooled automobiles, there have been nonetheless not sufficient automobiles to satisfy demand.
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