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  Toyota A-BAT Concept pickup truck

  8 January 2008 / 23 comments

  Toyota’s A-BAT Concept (Advanced Breakthrough Aero Truck) could preview the upcoming rumoured Scion light pickup truck in the US market. It was developed by the TMS Advanced Product Strategy group and Calty, Toyota’s North American-based, […]

   

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  Honda Civic Type R Modulo Kit

  7 January 2008 / 42 comments

  Believe it or not, this overly busy looking ricey design is a kit from Modulo! Set to debut at the 2007 Tokyo Auto Salon, Honda has stripped the Civic Type-R Modulo down even more, with […]

   

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  New Knight Rider Movie 30 second spot

  7 January 2008 / 32 comments

  In a world of product placements where Bumblebee ends up as a concept Chevrolet Camaro instead of a Volkswagen Beetle, it’s no surprise that the new Knight Rider movie will star a Ford Mustang Shelby […]

   

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  Ford’s turbocharged direct injection EcoBoost

  7 January 2008 / 7 comments

  The brand name TwinForce has been dropped for a new name called EcoBoost, which encompasses a far wider range of engines than just the twin turbocharged V6 we knew as the TwinForce. (click image to […]

   

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  Proton BLM Step-by-Step Build Up Teaser

  6 January 2008 / 170 comments

  Click to enlarge I was at the entrance of Cineleisure Mutiara Damansara this evening to watch Proton’s step by step build up teaser for the new Proton Saga replacement model, codenamed the Proton BLM. It […]

   

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  Naza Sutera now on sale in Singapore

  6 January 2008 / 43 comments

  Dato’ SM Shalahuddin SM Amin, President of Naza Group of Companies and Mr John Ng, MD of Nascar Pte Ltd at the launch of the new Naza Sutera in Singapore on 5 January 2008 The […]

   

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  Volkswagen looking at Thailand for ASEAN plant?

  5 January 2008 / 63 comments

  According to German publication Auto Motor und Sport, Volkswagen is seriously considering a factory in Thailand with at least a 100,000 units capacity. Total investment would be about 614 million Euros (RM3 billion), and the […]

   

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  New BIN5 urea injection turbodiesel from BMW

  5 January 2008 / 4 comments

  BMW has a new version of their award winning 3.0 litre twin turbodiesel engine equipped with a technology they call BMW BluePerformance. This particular version is emissions-legal for all 50 US states (BIN5, including California), […]

   

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  Proton BLM Pre-Launch Teaser Campaign

  5 January 2008 / 62 comments

  Click the above thumbnails to enlarge I am sure all of you will remember the Persona pre-launch campaign where Proton placed Proton Personas in shopping malls, hidden in boxes with peekholes for you to peek […]

   

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  Bangkok Post interview with Proton’s Thai distributor

  4 January 2008 / 48 comments

  The Bangkok Post has an interesting interview with Thawatchai Jungsanguanpornsuk, who is the managing director of Phranakorn Auto Sales, the Phra Nakorn Automobile Group company which handles the Proton brand in Thailand. He talks about […]

   

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  Is this the upcoming Mazda RX-9?

  4 January 2008 / 41 comments

  These are supposed to be leaked product images of the upcoming successor to the Mazda RX series of rotary coupes – the Mazda RX-9. Under the hood will be the new RENESIS 16X, a 1.6 […]

   

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  Oil reaches intraday high price of US$100 a barrel

  4 January 2008 / 30 comments

  Time to change our lifestyle – oil has reached for the first time in the history of oil prices an astronomical price of US$100 per barrel, on the 3rd of January 2008. This is still […]

   

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  MUGEN kit for Honda Inspire (JDM US Accord)

  4 January 2008 / 19 comments

  Honda tuning company Mugen has released this Mugen bodykit for the Honda Inspire, which consists of front and rear bumpers, side skirts, grille and a rear deck spoiler. Non-aesthetic improvements include Mugen suspension, brakes as […]

   

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  Honda Inspire Modulo Touring Concept

  3 January 2008 / 19 comments

  Click to enlarge The Honda Inspire Modulo Touring Concept was showcased at the 2008 Tokyo Auto Salon. Nothing much is known about the concept right now – it’s mostly aesthetics I guess. The bodykit features […]

   

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  Ford Focus ST and Fiesta ST get upgrade kits

  3 January 2008 / 9 comments

  Ford Europe has two performance upgrade kits for two of their hot hatches, the Ford Fiesta ST and the Ford Focus ST. The 2.0 litre Duratec in the Ford Fiesta ST gets its power upgraded […]

   

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