It’s official: LRX concept to go into production as a compact Range Rover
It's more of a public secret by now but today Land Rover has officially come out to say that a small Land Rover based on the LRX concept will be built! After …
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Honda’s very own Segway: the U3-X
Both Honda and Toyota seem to be quite interested in producing Segway-like personal mobility devices for human usage. Toyota has the i-REAL, and this latest gadget from Honda is called the U3-X. …
Ford rehashes old Fiesta as Ford Figo
The Fiesta is now in its 6th generation but the 5th has been rehashed for India as the "new" Ford Figo. Its name means "cool" in Italian. The Figo will be built …
CPT’s VTES electric supercharger shows impressive results in a Volkswagen Passat!
For the longest time we've known the most common method of forced induction to be either supercharging or turbocharging. Supercharging uses a compressor that's powered by the engine crank while a turbocharger …
Camry down-under: Toyota Aurion facelifted too!
For fans of the new facelifted Toyota Camry, here are some new shots of the car from its Australian launch where it is called the Toyota Aurion. I don't think any of …
Volkswagen Golf R and Scirocco R on a track
Can't decide between a Scirocco R or a Mk6 Golf R? This promo video featuring both the cars won't help you make that decision - both look equally good painted in the …
FIA delivers its crash-gate scandal verdict!
Renault has somehow managed to get away with only a small smack on the wrist from the FIA over the whole crash-gate scandal. They've been handed a 2 year "suspended disqualification". This …
Tony Fernandes to take the helm of Malaysian-backed Lotus F1 Team only temporarily
Tony Fernandes announced to Reuters that his position as the Team Principal of the new Malaysian-backed Team Lotus will not be permanent. Obviously he had something to do with initiating the project …
Crashgate: Renault’s fate announced very soon
Indy-gate, Crash-gate, lie-gate, spy-gate. Anyone watching F1 should be familiar with these terms. But have you ever wondered why the suffix gate is tagged onto all of these scandalous events? It isn't …
VIDEO: Official Lamborghini Reventón Roadster film
Lamborghini produced this short film for the unveiling of the limited edition Reventon Roadster at the Frankfurt show in 2009. How limited is limited you ask? Only twenty, and cars that can …
Audi sets up e-tron game in Playstation Home
Audi will be using the Playstation Home "gaming social media" service as part of its Audi e-tron concept's marketing campaign. I'm not sure if motoring and gaming go together so I think …
Alister McRae takes driver’s seat in Neo S2000
Apparently Karamjit Singh will be replaced by Scotsman Alister McRae at the next round of the APRC scheduled to take place in early October in Indonesia. The McRae name is synonymous with …
Perodua MPV teased in Hari Raya print ads
Click for enlarged image This may look like just another Hari Raya greeting from Perodua at first but for those who are follow the auto industry closely and are expecting something to …
Honda CR-V facelift unveiled in Japan
Though we've already seen the new CR-V in full after the European and US offices released details and pix of the car earlier, our CR-V is very likely to have more in …
New updates to hybrid Lexus GS450h
Lexus has facelifted the GS 450h. No, it's not yet another update to the GS line as we've already seen that early last year but more of a cosmetic update to further …
Brabus Ultimate High Voltage Concept: “tuned up” electric smart fortwo
The Brabus Ultimate High Voltage Concept is basically a Brabusified electric smart fortwo, and despite the word concept in its name its actually supposed to be very close to production, though the …
Chrysler to use Fiat engines, ends GEMA alliance
The GEMA alliance has ended this month. GEMA stands for Global Engine Manufacturing Alliance, and was a joint venture between Mitsubishi, Chrysler and Hyundai-Kia to develop a family of 4-cylinder engines. There …
Hyundai Sonata YF gets world unveiling in Korea!
The new Sonata YF has been unveiled in Korea and I must say the specs list looks very good indeed. The cost of development to Hyundai was 400 billion won (RM1.15 billion) …
Hamann Largo – Fiat 500 with 348Nm torque!
Can you imagine 265 horsepower and 348Nm of torque in a small Fiat 500? Hamann has managed to do it, but unfortunately the base car is the 500 Abarth so you won't …
VIDEO: More sights and sounds of the 458 Italia
I can definitely ignore how bad the new 458 Italia looks after this video... plenty of engines screaming and tyres screeching. Two Ferrari 458 Italias battle it out on a track. It …