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Archive for January, 2006

Audi R8 Supercar Spyshots

Here’s the first ever on the road spyshots of the Audi R8 supercar which was previously known as the Audi Le Mans concept. The Audi R8 is said to be based on the Lamborghini Gallardo and will come in a normally aspirated V8 making 400 horsepower. as well as a twin turbocharged V10 [...]

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Ford: Only Fords in our car park please

Ford Motor Co just announced that from February 1st 2006 onwards, there will be no vehicles from makes other than those built by Ford or one of it’s subsidiaries allowed in it’s Ford Dearborn Tuck Plant in Michigan.

It’s not a company-wide policy, but only native to the Michigan plant. Opinions are split on [...]

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Lamborghini confirms plans to build SUV

The SUV craze. I don’t have to introduce this phenomenon to you anymore. Heh. Porsche’s Cayenne was a hit and Lamborghini has plans now to emulate the success with a luxury SUV of it’s own.

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The Road Angels

I’ve come across this pretty interesting service called the Road Angels so I thought I’d introduce them to you here, since all of you probably have cars and there’s a chance you’d get into a situation where you’ll need them.
Let’s say you’re in a car, driving somewhere, and you can’t drive for some reason. [...]

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McLaren F1 Car versus Mercedes Road Cars

Want to see how fast an F1 car is compared to road cars? This video pitches a West Mclaren Mercedes F1 car driven by David Coulthard against a Mercedes Benz E50 and a Mercedes Benz A160. The road cars are given a big head start. Can the F1 car catch up? Video is [...]

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Honda Civic Euro Video

This is Honda’s promotional footage for the Honda Civic Euro hatchback, which is of course available in Europe only unless you import one in. It has a different two-tiered dashboard design than the USDM and JDM Civics that we’ll be getting, and did I forget to mention it’s a hatchback? The USDM Civic [...]

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Handling Battle: Lotus Exige versus Apache Gunship

Jeremy Clarkson puts the Lotus Exige in a head-on handling bout against an Apache helicopter gunship. Trust Top Gear to always come up with outrageous but entertaining ways to test his sports cars. Jeremy Clarkson drives the Lotus Exige around the track, and the challenge is to out-maneuveur the Apache gunship which will [...]

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Proton to use Petronas E01 family engines?

Proton Holdings Bhd signed a memorandum of intent (MOI) with Petronas to develop larger-capacity engines and an environmentally friendly alternative fuel system. The MOI involves Proton and Petronas working together to explore the development of Petronas engines like the Petronas E01 for mass production and fitment into Proton cars. Proton intends to use the [...]

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Proton SRM Satria Replacement Model Video

You’ve been used to looking at spyshots, but this is the first ever spy video on this blog! Reader Aris Tee sent in this video of the Proton Satria Replacement Model that his brother captured a few weeks ago. No, the video isn’t the photo above, I just used it to spice up [...]

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2006 Honda Civic in Malaysia - Front Spyshot

A reader sent this in. The 2006 Honda Civic, this time with a frontal spyshot. Looking good. The square Honda badge’s outline is kind of visible through all the masking. Headlamps disguised. And it kind of looks like the wing mirrors are wrapped with tape too, so maybe we have signal indicators on [...]

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