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Cover The Auto Bavaria centre at Sime Darby Motors City
From IoT-driven number plate recognition to contactless self-check-in, all the reasons to buy your next car at Sime Darby Motors' one-stop automotive hub in Ara Damansara

1. Customer experience powered by technology

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Did you know that Sime Darby Motors City is the first automotive facility in Malaysia to deploy Internet of Things (IoT) technologies in daily operations? Demonstrating Sime Darby Motors’ commitment to accelerate efficiency and deliver world-class customer service, this RM567 million automotive hub in Ara Damansara boasts a vehicle tracking management system that allows for quicker collection of vehicles upon completion of service. It has a camera-based parking guide and customisable signages to ensure greater security and convenience for customers.

Sime Darby Motors City has also installed IoT-powered automated number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras which will enable customers’ appointment data to be accessed upon arrival as part of a contactless self-check-in system. A service advisor will then be alerted and automatically assigned to the customer, keeping waiting time to a minimum. Inside the showrooms, customers across all the 10 automotive brands available at Sime Darby Motors City will soon be able to use a QR code system for contactless self-check-in. After-sales service is also optimised as customers can connect with sales representatives via a mobile app which also displays real-time data, digital application forms and more.

Built with sustainability in mind, the complex is a Green Building Index-certified facility, with almost 200 service bays, approximately 700 customer parking spaces and advanced electric vehicle charging bays, including Malaysia’s first fast direct current (DC) high performance charger at the Porsche Centre, operational since September 2020.

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2. Flagship showrooms with impressive features

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Photo 1 of 5 The Porsche centre at Sime Darby Motors City, Ara Damansara
Photo 2 of 5 Hyundai's showroom at Sime Darby Motors City
Photo 3 of 5 The Jaguar Land Rover centre
Photo 4 of 5 The Volvo flagship store at Sime Darby Motors City features Southeast Asia’s first 3S showroom with a virtual reality studio.
Photo 5 of 5 Ford centre at Sime Darby Motors City

Spanning across 8.6 acres, Sime Darby Motors City is touted as Southeast Asia’s largest automotive complex with some of the largest flagship showrooms in the region and the country. It houses six flagship centres of flagship brands represented by Sime Darby Motors in Malaysia: BMW, Ford, Porsche, Hyundai, Jaguar, Land Rover, MINI, Motorrad and Volvo.

Launched in 2021, the impressive complex is a fitting milestone of Sime Darby Motors’ long-standing partnerships with its principal brands—a 49-year partnership with BMW and a 40-year partnership with Ford and Jaguar Land Rover being two prime examples.  

Sime Darby Swedish Auto, Sime Darby Motors’ latest partner for Volvo Cars in Malaysia, boasts a Volvo flagship store at Sime Darby Motors City that features Southeast Asia’s first 3S showroom with a virtual reality studio. Innovative and digitally-driven retail spaces like these demonstrate how well Sime Darby Motors is upping the ante when engaging automotive customers in exciting new ways.

The facility also has an indoor area that’s capable of housing close to 100 vehicles under Sime Darby Motors’ pre-owned car business Sime Darby Auto Selection.

3. Access to leading automotive expertise

Sime Darby Motors customers can also be confident of only the best expertise at Sime Darby Motors City. This includes approximately 60 Auto Bavaria technicians for BMW, MINI and Motorrad and over 110 certified technicians who hold the highest level of certification by the principal brands. 

“Sime Darby Motors City is truly a one-stop hub for customers shopping for their next vehicle,” says Jeffrey Gan, Sime Darby Motors' managing director of retail and distribution for Malaysia. “An enhanced customer experience awaits them with our digitalised facilities, highly certified technicians, luxurious lounges, and ample covered parking spaces.”

Visit Sime Darby Motors City today at 6, Jalan PJU 1A/7, Ara Damansara, Petaling Jaya, Selangor or visit its official website to learn more.

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