Motor Trader Magazine

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Motor Trader Online
FrequencyWeekly
PublisherPROTO Malaysia Sdn. Bhd
Founder Sir John Madejski
Founded1998
CompanyPROTO Malaysia Sdn. Bhd
CountryMalaysia

Motor Trader Online is a motoring guide in Malaysia. Started in 1998, the magazine is published by PROTO Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. Motor Trader Magazine's website lists over 41,000 cars, both new and used, in Malaysia. [1] [2]

Contents

History

Motor Trader Online was started by Sir John Madejski in 1998. In 2011, Madejski sold the magazine and company to the Japanese conglomerate, PROTO Corporation. [3] [4]

Since 2012, Motor Trader has been the content provider for the Yahoo! Malaysia Autos page. [5] [6]

Recognition

Motor Trader Magazine won Advertising & Marketing's Motor Vehicle Magazine of the Year in 2011 [7] and 2013. [8] [9]

The Motor Trader website was described as "one of the most popular review and classified sites" in the automotive category in Malaysia by Marketing Magazine [10] based on the results of a study made by Effective Measure, [11] the market research analysts for online media in September 2013.

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