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 mentioned the ninth-gen Camry automobiles had been acquired to scale back upkeep prices, as a result of it was broadly recognised that automobiles older than 5 years with excessive mileage might pose security issues and price extra to take care of. “The state replaces official automobiles each six years to scale back the rising price of upkeep,” he mentioned throughout his winding-up speech on the state legislative meeting earlier at this time.
He mentioned 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 items of the seventh-gen XV50 Camry to exchange the earlier fleet of Mercedes-Benz and Proton Perdana automobiles.
Chow mentioned that upkeep prices for the outgoing Camry fleet had risen considerably. “On common, upkeep for every automobile assigned to exco members and officers has reached RM42,144 attributable to wear-and-tear repairs. In complete, 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 mentioned. Nevertheless, Chow mentioned that even with the pooled automobiles, there have been nonetheless not sufficient automobiles to fulfill demand.
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