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Volkswagen Passat Coupe

Volkswagen will be developing a five-door coupe form factor version of it’s Volkswagen Passat to take on the Mercedes Benz CLS coupe.


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Looking for a Mazda RX-7 FC

A friend of mine is looking for a Mazda RX-7 FC. If you happen to know of any on sale, leave a comment or contact me via the contact form. Preferably 1989, with power steering, ABS with a turbocharged 13B. Thank you in advance.

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Proton Satria Replacement Model Turbo

I know many of you will be excited to see this as there has been no SRM spyshot updates in a long time. These Proton Satria Replacement Model spy photos were captured by spy auto photographer Hans G. Lehmann in England going through test rounds. It’s covered with black tape. And with one look, you can see it’s turbocharged!

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Nissan helps South Asia quake victims

Nissan has pledged 10 million yen to victims in Pakistan of the South Asia quake. The money has been donated to the Japan Platform, a Non-profit Organisation that provides emergency relief in natural disaster and refugee situations. - Source

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New Nissan Sentra facelift in Malaysia

UPDATE: Nissan Sylphy coming in Q2 2008 - Edaran Tan Chong Motor has announced that the new Nissan Sylphy will be available in Q2 2008. Click for more details.

Nissan strikes back with it’s new Sentra which was quietly launched today. It took me pretty much by suprise. I had seen the new Sentra a week or two back when a blog reader Dr. Chai sent a picture to me. Didn’t blog it as there was only one picture. I saw the advertisement in The Star today and I went OMG! New Sentra!

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Volkswagen Golf Speed Special Edition

This is a special edition of the Volkswagen Golf called the Volkswagen Golf Speed. Only 100 units will be built, and the car will only be available in two special Lamborghini colours called Giallo Midas and in Arancio Borealis. To the rest of us, that’s orange and yellow.

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Honda Malaysia to focus on CKD units

Honda Malaysia Sdn Bhd wants to focus on selling CKD cars instead of CBU cars due to the government’s moves to re-examine the CBU import values.

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Proton, EON denies stake plans

Proton and EON’s board have sent statements to Bursa Malaysia that their directors and major shareholders were not aware of any decision of Proton wanting to buy DRB-Hicom’s stake in EON.

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New Honda City facelift launch

The new Honda City was unveiled today (11/10/2005) after a marketing campaign to build up hype for it for the past month or so. This new facelift is known as the Honda City ZX in Thailand.

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Top Gear Crash Test Comparison

Top Gear shows you the differences between a 5 star crash test car, a 4 star crash test car and a 3 star crash test car. The cars involved is the Toyota Avensis, Ford Fiesta and Proton Impian (UK-spec Proton Waja) respectively.

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