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  Lotus Integrated Exhaust Manifold

  14 March 2007 / 17 comments

  Lotus Engineering displayed their Integrated Exhaust Manifold technology at the 2007 Geneva International Motor Show. Basically, it is an exhaust manifold integrated into the cylinder head. A demonstration of this was shown as a cylinder […]

   

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  Hammond’s Car Crash

  13 March 2007 / 18 comments

  For those not in the loop, Richard Hammond of Top Gear fame recently got into an accident while filming some footage for Top Gear. He was driving, or should I say piloting a dragster-style jet-powered […]

   

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  Seat Altea Freetrack Prototype

  13 March 2007 / 19 comments

  Click to enlarge. Volkswagen’s Cross virus has infected the SEAT brand – introducing the Seat Altea Freetrack Prototype based on the Seat Altea XL. To improve approach and departure angles, the Freetrack stands 185mm higher […]

   

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  Subaru’s 4-year plan: turbodiesel boxers!

  13 March 2007 / 8 comments

  Not much details of Subaru’s new turbodiesel boxer engine were revealed at the Geneva 2007 Motor Show, causing an outcry from Subaru fans who expected to get the juicy details on the specifications, any new […]

   

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  Volkswagen to adopt Audi’s MLP platform strategy

  13 March 2007 / 7 comments

  Volkswagen, one of the few car companies that manages to maximize the amount of vehicles it can produce from a single platform will now further enhance it’s ability with Audi’s modular MLP platform. The first […]

   

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  New 2008 Volvo XC70 revealed

  13 March 2007 / 22 comments

  This is Volvo’s new XC70, the latest edition of it’s popular off-roading capable 4WD version of it’s V70 wagon. This time following Volvo’s new design language, the XC70 takes on a much more sculpted and […]

   

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  Italdesign Giugiaro VAD.HO concept

  13 March 2007 / 9 comments

  Sighted at Geneva: a sporty, sleek yet unconventional car that looks like a supercar and is powered by a hybrid V12 engine. The name of Giugiaro’s VAD.HO concept is a clever play on words. It’s […]

   

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  Study S2000: Skoda’s Super 2000 Rally Fabia

  12 March 2007 / 20 comments

  Skoda’s Study S2000 is a concept for a future Super 2000 Rally entry, fully complying with Super 2000 rally regulations – this means a 2.0 litre normally aspirated engine as well as a rollcage. Power […]

   

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  Updated price list for BMW in Malaysia

  12 March 2007 / 46 comments

  BMW Malaysia Sdn Bhd has released a new pricelift for all BMW vehicles sold in Malaysia. The beautiful BMW M5 is now cheaper at “only” RM888,000, a very prosperous number, which you would have to […]

   

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  Prodrive(‘s chairman) buys Aston Martin

  12 March 2007 / 15 comments

  And Aston Martin goes to… Prodrive! The bid for Aston Martin was won by a consortium of private investors headed by David Richards who heads Prodrive, a British automotive company that tunes cars and manages […]

   

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  Not a buyer’s market anymore?

  12 March 2007 / 35 comments

  Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) president Datuk Aishah Ahmad says all the offers and promotions that have been offered by automotive companies here in Malaysia could soon be over, with sales from March onwards expected to […]

   

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  Honda Small Hybrid Sports Concept

  12 March 2007 / 7 comments

  Japanese car manufacturers seems to have decided Geneva is the place to showcase the possible successors to their flagship hybrid models. Toyota showed the Hybrid X. Now we take a look at Honda, who showed […]

   

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  Bentley Brooklands Coupe: only 550 units!

  11 March 2007 / 11 comments

  This is the world’s most exclusive coupe. Only 550 units will be built. Not exactly the most beautiful thing around, however that Bentley Badge on it carries an ultra-premium. This is the Bentley Brooklands Coupe, […]

   

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  Najib: APs issued for cars stuck at port

  11 March 2007 / 33 comments

  The government has shed some light on why new APs were issued when previously it was decided that APs for tune-up cars shall not be issued. Apparently, these APs are for cars already brought into […]

   

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  Suzuki SX4 unveiled

  11 March 2007 / 13 comments

  Suzuki has unveiled the Suzuki SX4 Sedan at the 2007 Geneva Motor Show, with it’s American debut set to be at the New York Auto Show in April. Based on the Suxuki SX4 hatch which […]

   

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