2007 Honda CR-V Spyshots
Do you remember the scan from a Japanese magazine showing how the future 2007 Honda Jazz would look like? The same magazine also showed how the 2007 Honda CR-V would look like …
June 2006
Lotus Cars for the next 5 years
Lotus CEO Mike Kimberley reveals some of Lotus Cars' future plans in an interview with Autocar. Kimberley says Lotus is aiming to increase it's annual production to 8,000 units in the next …
2007/2008 Alfa Romeo 149 Artist Impression
Alfa Romeo is preparing it's new 149 hatchback to be launched by the year 2007 or 2008. Above is an artist impression by Italian magazine Quattroruote, apparently based on spy photos leaked …
BMW’s CLS fighter
German car magazine AutoBild reports that BMW is developing a four-door sedan model to go against the Mercedes Benz CLS Coupe and the upcoming Audi A7. The artist's impression doesn't seem to …
2008 Audi A5 Artist’s Impression
This is AutoBild's artist's impression of the upcoming Audi A5 due to be launched in 2008. The Audi A5 will be based on the Audi A4, and like it's namesake will be …
2007 BMW 1-series Cabriolet Spy Video
BMW has been testing their new BMW 1-Series soft top cabriolet over at the Nurburgring track in Germany. The small cabriolet is based on the BMW CS1 Concept (picture above) shown back …
Audi R8 Nurburgring Spy Video
AutoExpress has this nice spy video of the Audi R8 making test rounds around the infamous Nurburgring track in Germany. I'm sure all of you will enjoy the sounds of the R8's …
What is an anti-lag or misfiring system?
I'm sure some of you have heard of anti-lag systems or sometimes known as misfiring systems, thanks to anime like Initial D. You might have noticed that most of the cars have …
Proton to expand Indonesian operations
Proton will be bringing in new models like the Gen2, Satria Neo, Savvy and Waja into the Indonesian car market in January 2007. It currently sells the Proton Wira there, which are …
Perodua to boost exports mid-2007
Perodua aims to increase export activity beginning mid-2007 with it's Indonesian exports spearheading the export drive. Originally, the Perodua Myvi was to be exported to other ASEAN countries in the second half …
Perdana Replacement Model in April 2007
Utusan Malaysia reports that Proton will introduce a new model developed together with Mitsubishi Motors Corporation in April 2007. MMC president Osamu Masuko says that Proton and MMC are in the final …
VW phases out automatics; makes way for DSG
The Volkswagen Group intends to phase out the use of traditional automatic gearboxes in their product range entirely, replacing them with it's advanced Direct Shift Gearbox, or DSG. It will begin the …
Luckiest Biker Ever Crash Video
A video of an accident between a Toyota Yaris and a very lucky motorcyclist. Apparently the motorcyclist had a green light while the lady in the Toyota Yaris had a red light. …
2006 Ford Escape Facelift launched in Japan
Ford Malaysia seems to be on an aggresive marketing campaign for the Ford Escape, perhaps in preparation to clear off it's existing CBU stock for this. Ford has launched a new facelifted …
New sporty Nissan for Malaysians in Q1 2007
Edaran Tan Chong Motor Sdn Bhd plans to unveil a sports concept car aimed at the younger buyer market segment in the first quarter of 2007. The car is said to be …
Thailand and Malaysia negotiation on tariffs
Previously I blogged about Thailand's refusal to lower import taxes on vehicles from Malaysia down to an AFTA agreed rate of 5%. It wants to maintain it's 20% current rate as it …
Mazda MX-5 Miata Power Retractable Hard Top
Mazda will be unveiling it's hard top roof Mazda MX-5 at the 2006 British International Motor Show. The Motor Show will be held from the 18th of July 2006 to the 30th …
2006 Honda Civic Test Drive – Part 3
I had the opportunity to test drive the 2006 Honda Civic 1.8S and the 2006 Honda Civic 2.0S on a nice Saturday morning thanks to Jeremy and Shannon from the New Straits …
Proton Satria Neo Handling Demonstration
These videos demonstrating the handling capabilities of the Proton Satria Neo are thanks to "Wajakuat" who originally hosted them on Youtube. I've put them on my server for faster loading speeds. There …
Proton Satria Neo Track Gallery
Here are some photos of the Satria Neo on the Sepang International Circuit track. We took the Satria Neo for a few spins around a half-track and it was a pretty enjoyable …
