Kia Sorento Pickup Truck Photoshop
The Kia Sorento is available locally with a Naza badge as the Naza Sorento. The mid-sized SUV is based on a ladder frame as opposed to a monocoque chassis, so this should …
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Kia cee’d to debut at the 2006 Paris Motor Show
I posted about the Kia ED previously, which was also shown as the cee'd concept at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year. Kia has announced that the production car based on …
Ford eliminates gas caps on future vehicles
Ford plans to implement the capless fuel filler intakes it first introduced in the production Ford GT supercar on all it's vehicles beginning with the 2008 Lincoln MKS, though details on exactly …
Miles ZX40 / Qingyuan Xinfu Happy Messenger
This little electric run-about started off as a Daihatsu Move, much like the Perodua Kenari we see on our local shores. Chinese automotive manufacturer FAW took it, and rebadged it for the …
2009 Chevrolet Camaro coming soon
Good news for fans of the Chevrolet Camaro Concept above, General Motors has given the green light for a production Chevrolet Camaro Sports Coupe based on the concept due for a 2009 …
Nissan Q2 sales drop 18%
Nissan distributor Edaran Tan Chong Motor Sdn Bhd experienced an 18% drop in sales figures for Q2 2006, selling only 5,496 units compared to 6,705 units in Q2 2005. Tan Chong attributed …
Mercedes Benz B200 Turbo Short Test Drive Review
To turbo or not to turbo? Apparently, this is a pertinent question resonating in the heads of decision makers and auto engineers alike at headquarters of some of the top German luxury …
Who’s your Dadi?
After that short speculation in my previous post, it's quite obvious the new car to be launched this Tuesday in Johor will be a Dadi SUV or pick-up truck with an LMG …
US road death rate down due to safer cars
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) of the United States has released a study that shows declining death rates for road accidents in the US are due to safer vehicles, not …
New national car this Tuesday?
UPDATE: The new cars launched are the LMG Tourer 7-seater SUV and the LMG Trekker double cab pick-up truck, both of which include Hydroxene water-petrol hybrid technology. The Star carried a newspaper …
Honda Hybrid goes “Moo”
Meet Clover, Honda's ambassador to the Fruitstock festival. Honda is using this 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid with a Heifer cow based paintjob to promote hybrid technology as well as educate the public …
BMW Space Functional Concept – possible BMW V5
Despite the challenges of making an MPV an "Ultimate Driving Machine", BMW is responding to market needs by developing an MPV which might be called the BMW V5. The project is called …
BMW 335d: 3-Series gets twin turbodiesel power
BMW adds two 335 badges to it's new E90/91/92 BMW 3-series arsenal in the form of the BMW 335i (read test drive report) and the BMW 335d. The twin-turbocharged diesel-powered BMW 335d …
EON closes down branches
Edaran Otomobil Nasional Bhd (EON) will be closing down 10 sales branches and 4 service centers from September 1 onwards, as part of its rationalisation exercise for greater efficiency. The sales branches …
New 2007 BMW X5 (E70)
This is BMW's new X5, the second in it's generation since it's release back in 1999. Like it's predecessor, BMW calls the new E70 a Sports Activity Vehicle or SAV rather than …
2007 Renault Laguna Artist’s Impression
These are artist impressions of the upcoming 2007 Renault Laguna. Nissan's large car platform is currently the FF-L platform. The new Renault Laguna will likely share this platform with the Nissan Altima/Nissan …
Chery and GM settlement over QQ
UK magazine AutoExpress carried photos of the Chery QQ crash test results yesterday. Clearly European consumers are a little worried about the influx of Chinese cars into their market soon in the …
More Proton Satria Neo Photoshops
More Proton Satria Neo-based photoshops by Theophilus Chin. Above is a sedan car based on the Proton Satria Neo, pretty much the same as before but this time in Iridescent White instead …
Lexus IS500 Preview
Nihon Car and Bike posted these scans from a Japanese magazine offering a look at how the Lexus IS500 looks like. The Lexus IS500 is Lexus' opponent for BMW's M3 and the …
Subaru takes a jab at Volkswagen’s Fast
It's time to be amused by the little fun car manufacturers overseas have poking and prodding each other thanks to their bitchy (in a good way) creative agencies. Do you remember that …
