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  BMW HP2 Megamoto now in UK showrooms

  16 July 2007 / 7 comments

  The second product from BMW Motorrad’s ‘High Performance line has hit the showrooms this month in the UK – the BMW HP2 Megamoto. It is designed a street-legal twin-cylinder Supermoto, powered by a tuned version […]

   

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  China’s first independently-developed hydrogen engine by ChangAn

  16 July 2007 / 20 comments

  Of the many Chinese car manufacturers, some of the Malaysian public would have been introduced to the ChangAn brand already because of the ChangAn MPV that has been spotted going around the Klang Valley on […]

   

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  Gordon Murray Design T25

  16 July 2007 / 13 comments

  If you don’t know Gordon Murray by his iconic supercar the McLaren F1, you would have known him as one of the columnists in magazine Evo which you can pick up locally as Malaysian Evo. […]

   

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  Gran Turismo 5 for the Playstation 3

  16 July 2007 / 48 comments

  Here are some photos and a video of the upcoming Gran Turismo 5 videogame. Be warned, I will not be responsible for the sudden urge to go out and buy a Playstation 3 just so […]

   

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  Production Kia Soul sighted

  16 July 2007 / 4 comments

  A production version of the funky Kia Soul has been spotted on a trailer somewhere in Europe. Kia previously announced that it would launch the Kia Soul in 2008 as a 2009 model. If you […]

   

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  Youngman to sell Proton GEN2 badged as Europestar in China

  13 July 2007 / 118 comments

  Proton has secured a deal to supply fully built-up (CBU) Proton GEN2 cars to Youngman Automobile Group Ltd Co. to be sold in China. The agreement was signed between Proton Managing Director Dato’ Syed Zainal […]

   

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  Facelifted 2007 Isuzu D-MAX launched in Malaysia

  13 July 2007 / 51 comments

  Isuzu Malaysia has revealed the latest facelift of it’s Isuzu D-MAX double cab pick-up truck, which has a few improvements in terms of the 3.0 litre engine which now has more power and 19% more […]

   

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  New SEAT Ibiza FR 1.8 20V T

  12 July 2007 / 28 comments

  The latest Ibiza to join SEAT’s range of B-segment hatches is the SEAT Ibiza FR 1.8 20V T, which is powered by a 150 PS turbocharged 20 valve petrol engine. This is only one half […]

   

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  New alternative transmission technologies

  12 July 2007 / 9 comments

  Most of you have heard of all of the mainstream gearbox types – the classic manual, the slushbox torque converter automatic, the automated manual with a computer controlled clutch, the dual clutch automated manual, and […]

   

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  E92 BMW M3 V8 – first drive impressions

  12 July 2007 / 11 comments

  BMW is currently having it’s press test drive in Spain this month, unfortunately you won’t be reading a first hand impression on this blog. No worries though, as I’ve heard there are selected Malaysian journalists […]

   

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  Next generation A-Class might share MINI platform

  12 July 2007 / 9 comments

  Autobild magazine reports what is the opposite of a previous statement by DaimlerChrysler saying there are no plans for any further JV development with BMW other than the current hybrid drivetrain cooperation. It seems that […]

   

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  The Sultan of Brunei’s Mercedes-Benz S73 T AMG

  12 July 2007 / 73 comments

  Now this is some serious madness. Everyone knows the Sultan of Brunei is mad about cars, but there’s just something about being THIS mad and having the kind of money he has that will result […]

   

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  Facelifted BMW 1-Series 3-door and 5-door on sale

  12 July 2007 / 19 comments

  The new facelifted BMW 1-Series is now in Malaysia in both forms – 5-door and 3-door! Previously only the 5-door was available, and the 3-door was only just recently launched earlier this year. The 1-Series […]

   

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  Top Gear Caterham Challenge

  11 July 2007 / 11 comments

  Top Gear has an interesting challenge here, it’s the trio against The Stig in a race to see who actually manages to start th race. What we have here is The Stig driving from Caterham’s […]

   

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  Volkswagen sneak preview of new engine projects

  11 July 2007 / 8 comments

  Volkswagen currently has a few futuristic engine projects running concurrently – one is a diesel engine that uses some petrol engine properties and another is a petrol engine that uses some diesel engine properties. It […]

   

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