Ku qor sii wadida cutubkan - Isticmaalkii ugu horreeyay ee la diiwaangeliyey ee basaska laba-dabaq ee shirkadaha basaska ee Malaysiya waxay ahayd Selangor 1948 markii Shirkadda Toong Fong Omnibus ay heshay laba Park Royal-dhisay Guy Arab IIIs oo qiimihiisu yahay M $ 40,000 midkiiba; Shirkadda Gaadiidka Guud (GTC) waxaa ku xigay iibsashada Park Royal-dhisay AEC Regent IIIs. In kasta oo basasku ay adeegsadeen in ka badan toban sano, dhammaantood waxaa laga saaray adeegga sababo kala duwan awgood waligoodna looma beddelin laba dabaq oo cusub; basaska waxaa badanaa ka hor istaagay waddooyin cidhiidhi ah, geedo, buundooyin hooseeya, iyo fiilooyin kor u kaca, halka rakaabku ay ugu dambeyntii doorbidayeen inay ku sii nagaadaan sagxadda hoose ee baska; kharashka ku baxaya hawlgalka basaska ayaa sidoo kale ka sarreeya sababtoo ah canshuurta gawaarida ee maxalliga ah ee lagu xisaabiyo tirada kuraasta ee gawaarida la canshuurayo. Dhismaha laba dabaq ee One Toong Fong waxaa gubay dabayaaqadii 1950-yadii fallaagada shuuciga ah
, halka labada dabaq ee hadhay ay ugu dambeyntii la joojiyay isticmaalka badhtamihii 1960-meeyadii da'da awgeed. Bedelka GTC, Sri Jaya, wuxuu tijaabiyay dib u soo celinta basaska laba dabaq ah 1989 isagoo kireysanaya 102-kursi oo Leyland Olympian ah oo lagu soo ururiyey Singapore si loogu isticmaalo gudaha Kuala Lumpur muddo 6 bilood ah, laakiin wuxuu ogaaday in xaaladaha waddooyinka ay dhibaato ku ahaayeen sidii hore oo kale wuxuuna joojiyay isticmaalka baska tijaabada kadib.