Paul Tan's Automotive Industry News
   

Archive for April, 2006

HMS V12 Dragster Bike

I previously posted about a car powered by a motorcycle engine, so what about motorcycles powered by car engines? I am sure you remember the Dodge Tomahawk powered by the Dodge Viper’s V10 engine. The German boys over at HMS Sportsbikes have built a monster dragster bike powered by a BMW V12 engine.

Click to read the complete story

Comments (28)

Best Motoring - 2 liter VTEC Challenge

Best Motoring pitches the 2 liter VTEC superstar Honda S2000 against two other Hondas with similiar displacements. Going up against it is a Honda Accord Euro R with a 2.2 liter H22A engine, and a Honda Civic EK9 powered by a hybrid engine which combines a B20 2.0 liter block from a Honda Stepwagon [...]

Click to read the complete story

Comments (7)

Smartuki - Smart ForTwo with Suzuki GSXR1000 superbike engine

Peter Bee, a Smart car enthusiast wanted somemore power out of his little Smart ForTwo. The original Mitsubishi engine in the Smart ForTwo made about 60hp, and through some tweaking he managed to get this up to 100hp. But it wasn’t enough for him.
He approached Z Cars, a kit car company specialising in [...]

Click to read the complete story

Comments (32)

BMW 3 Series Coupe - BMW 335i

After the launch of the new E90 BMW 3-series (and E91 BMW 3-series station wagon) which has been on Malaysian roads for quite some time now, BMW has finally revealed the 2-door version of the E90 sedan, the E92 BMW 3-Series Coupe. Along with the new bodyshape, BMW also launches it’s first twin-turbo petrol [...]

Click to read the complete story

Comments (20)

Syed Zainal: 100 days in the hot seat

It’s been a little over 100 days since Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohamed Tahir, a former Perodua executive was appointed as the Managing Director of Proton Holdings Bhd after a long search for a new chief executive to replace Tengku Mahaleel whose contract was not renewed.

Click to read the complete story

Comments (44)

Proton and Lotus plan new low-end Lotus

Proton is making plans to manufacture low-end Lotus cars in Malaysia in late 2007 or 2008, and both Lotus and Proton management have agreed with this plan.
The companies are currently identifying the specifications for the car, the pltform to work with and the target market. Lotus cars are priced between RM300,000 to RM400,000, but [...]

Click to read the complete story

Comments (52)

Volkswagen DSG (Direct Shift Gearbox)

Volkswagen’s Direct Shift Gearbox (DSG) is the world’s first dual-clutch automated manual gearbox in a production car. This provides the driver the ease-of-drive of a car equipped with an automatic transmission, but the efficiency and flexibility of a manual transmission.

Click to read the complete story

Comments (30)

Naza Sutera Sports Concept

Naza’s R&D Team has developed this special Sports Concept version of the Naza Sutera. From what I can see from this photo sent in by reader Xefron, it’s clad in some nice black paint as well as a sporty bodykit which includes a rear roof spoiler.
I personally do not like hatchbacks roofs that [...]

Click to read the complete story

Comments (58)

2006 Naza Sutera 1.1 Manual

[ UPDATE: The Naza Sutera is now known as the Naza Forza. Click the link for a test drive report. ]
Naza has launched it’s new car, the Naza Sutera on Saturday, 22nd April 2006. It’s launch coincides with the launch of Naza’s new RM1.3 billion in Bertam, Kepala Batas. The Naza Sutera is a [...]

Click to read the complete story

Comments (165)

Naza Sutera (Naza NX-01) to be launched tomorrow

Naza will be launching it’s new Naza Sutera (Naza NX-01) tomorrow in Bertam, Penang. The Naza Sutera will be Naza’s first foray into the national mini car market, currently dominated by the Proton Savvy and the Perodua Myvi. Naza also sells the Kia Picanto but that’s not really the same price range and it [...]

Click to read the complete story

Comments (56)

« Previous entries

Page 1 of 6123456»