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Another eye-opener at the recent R3 Street Shootout at Batu Kawan, Penang. Tengku Djan participated in the Drift session and emerged champion in a Proton Waja.

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Autoworld reports on the R3 Street Shootout at Batu Kawan, Penang. The highlight of the day for the average Malaysian car enthusiast would be the shoot-out between the Proton Savvy and the Perodua Myvi in the “Pre-viagra” leg of the competition.

Modified Perodua Myvi

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Subaru’s flagship K-car is the Subaru R1, a mini 2×2 weighing only 798kg. It’s powered by a 660cc 16-valve AVCS engine makes 54hp. This car was definitely not designed to go fast. It’s basically a two-door version of the Subaru R2, with a shorter body and wheelbase.

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John Oxley of Wheels24, a South African car portal was in Malaysia recently for a visit to the Proton Tanjung Malim factory and to test drive the Proton Gen2 which will debut in South Africa soon.

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For those that are wondering where on earth your Perodua Myvi is, this latest move by Perodua should be able to get your eager hands on your brand new car’s steering wheel faster.

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Even as the Mitsubishi Evolution IX reached the shores of Malaysia, Mitsubishi already has the Evolution X in the works and plans to unveil a concept version at the Frankfurt Motorshow next month.

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Updated at 1:01PM 21/8/2005

Malaysia’s Meteorological Services Department warns that the haze might return on Monday due to the predicted change in wind direction.

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The Proton Gen2 has landed in South Africa. It will be distributed by Pearl Automotive, a subsidiary of Imperial’s Associated Motor Holdings group. Pearl Automotive also imports Lotus sports cars and Bentley luxury cars.

Source: Wheels24.co.za

An edited version of my blog post The Korean Advantage is in MalaysiaKini as a letter. Check it out if you want to, the MalaysiaKini editors have edited it to be much lighter and clearer.

Lotus has just revealed to the press their new Lotus Circuit Car prototype. The Lotus Circuit Car is based on the same aluminium chassis that the Lotus Elise has and weighs 650kg. It is a single seater by default, with a second seat being optional. The entire car was designed and built in eleven weeks.

Pushing that 650kg worth of engineering around will be a Toyota 1.8 intercooled supercharged VVTL-i engine. This 2ZZ-GE engine has a Roots-type Eaton M62 blower that blows through an intercooler to boost power output to 243hp at 8000rpm and max torque of 236Nm at 7000rpm. An N/A version is also available making 190hp at 8000rpm and 181Nm torque at 7000rpm.

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