The latest and most powerful pick-up truck to join the Malaysian pick-up segment has just arrived - the new 2007 Ford Ranger TDCi featuring the latest generation Duratorq 2.5 liter TDCi engine. More details on the truck as well as a video after the jump. Click here to read the rest of 2007 Ford Ranger TDCi launched in Malaysia
This is the First Automobile Works Haima H12 EV, an electric vehicle that looks suspiciously like the Mazda3 Sedan. It was shown at the 2007 Shanghai Auto Show, but no specs can be found anywhere on the net, typical of Chinese manufacturers. The Haima H12 is supposedly built on an older generation Mazda 323 platform, which should probably explain it’s resemblance to the current generation Mazda 3.
Another one of those crazy promotional stunts - a Spyker F1 car goes head to head against an F16 Fighter Jet. This little 1,000 meter drag race was held at the Volkel Air Force Base. In the F1 car’s driver’s seat is Spyker driver Christian Albers, while piloting the F16 is Captain Ralph Aarts. Click here to read the rest of Spyker F1 Car vs F16 Jet
Toyota has prepared this special Toyota Hilux Sport Concept for display at the 2007 Commercial Vehicle Show in the UK. It’s powered by a 3.0 liter D-4D turbodiesel equipped with a Toyota Motorsport upgrade which boosts power from 169 horsepower to 200 horsepower. The pick-up truck is further “blinged” with 22 inch wheels, a sporty-design truck top, chrome-finished grille and B-pillars, tinted windows and lights and a special-design front guard. Click here to read the rest of Toyota Hilux Sport Concept
This confirms my suspicions that the Peugeot 206 and Peugeot 207 must be the only car in the world with so many body shell configurations. This is the Peugeot 207 Van, which replaces the Peugeot 206 Van, naturally. It has three engine options, two HDi diesels, 1.4 litre 70 bhp and 1.6 litre 90 bhp and a 1.4 litre 75 bhp petrol engine. As a van, it provides a maximum load area of 1.1 m3 and a payload of 450 kg. This must be the most good looking van in the world.
The Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 is a track monster sporting a 6.5 liter V12 that like it’s namesake has 640 horsepower at 8,000rpm, and 660Nm of torque at 6,000rpm. All that power is put through all four wheels using an all-wheel drive system and a 6-speed manual gearbox, with an optional 6-speed e-gear automatic gearbox. Check out this recording of someone getting a taxi ride around the track in an LP640 belonging to Valentino Balboni, Lamborghini’s chief test driver. Click here to read the rest of Around the lap in a Lamborghini Murcielago LP640
You may have noticed a new banner on the right side of the sidebar from MyEG Services. Basically, MyEG is one of the Malaysian E-Government MSC Flagship Applications, and they provide motoring-related services among others.
It is connected to a few government departments such as JPJ, DBKL, PDRM, and the Department of Insolvency. Basically the Department of Insolvency handles cases like bankruptcy. Anyway, on to the motoring related services. You can check and pay your summons from JPJ, DBKL, and the PDRM, and the latest added feature is the ability to renew your CDL Driving License online for a period of up to 5 years. They can even remind you when your license is about to expire. Pretty convenient huh?
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Lexus Malaysia is now selling the very popular Lexus RX350 luxury SUV as the third model in it’s line-up, joining it’s GS and LS sedan brethren. It goes for RM382,934.50 on the road including a RM9,934.50 insurance for individual private registration, and RM383,683.23 including RM10,483.23 insurance for business private registration.
The new Lexus RX350 comes with a three year warranty, or the first 100,000km travelled, a pretty standard warranty package these days. It is powered by the 2GR-FE, a 3,456cc V6 Dual-VVTi engine making 272 horsepower at 6,200rpm and 342Nm of torque at 4,700rpm. This is mated to a 5-speed automatic transmission (4 forward + 1 forward overdrive). 0-100km/h acceleration takes 7.8 seconds.
Features include electric seats, power rear door, HID headlamps, a wide panoramic moonroof, and a wood grain and leather interior finishing available in a few variations. Safety features include VSC, Traction Control, EBD, ABS, and the works, as well as 7 airbags which include dual two-stage front airbags The Lexus RX350 sold by Lexus Malaysia is equipped with a Mark Levinson 11 speaker in-car entertainment system with a 6-CD in-dash changer, which Lexus says is “like having Bach perform the Toccata and Fugue in D minor in person”. Would definitely like to try having a listen to that.
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A reader sent in this link to a video on Youtube, upon checking it out I found that it’s a trailer for a locally produced movie on drifting! The movie is called Impak Maksima, and it features classic drift cars like the AE86, complete with Fast & Furious style glowing neon lights under the car! It also features Malaysian drift personality Tengku Djan and his Nissan-powered Proton Waja rear wheel drive. As usual, I’ve hosted it locally so you can enjoy faster viewing speeds. Video after jump! Click here to read the rest of Impak Maksima Trailer: local drift movie?
For a 1.6 liter Chinese-made sedan to keep up with a Ferrari F430 on the track could only mean there is some huge difference between driving ability of the two drivers biased to the driver of the Chery, but let’s just have a look at this video anyway.
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