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  Thule roof racks and roof boxes in Malaysia now available from Proton Parts Centre

  10 January 2009 / 36 comments

  Proton subsidiary Proton Parts Centre Sdn Bhd is now a corporate distributor for Thule products. Proton Parts Centre now has the right to distribute Thule products like roof racks and roof boxes through dealers in Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Singapore and other export markets which Proton has a presence in.

   

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  New Honda Insight hybrid details revealed early in Belgian official Honda magazine

  9 January 2009 / 18 comments

  The Honda Insight will be powered by an Euro 5-compliant 1.3 liter (1,339cc) i-DSI i-VTEC engine that has 8 valves (2 per cylinder), Dual & Sequential Ignition (2 spark plugs per cylinder), and variable valve timing that produces 88 horsepower at 5,800rpm and 123Nm of torque at 4,600rpm.

   

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  Cheaper RON95 fuel to be introduced mid-2009

  9 January 2009 / 41 comments

  It’s right in the middle of the month now, and some of you might be wondering what happened to any fuel price revisions that typically happens at the starting of a month, and whether there […]

   

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  Supercharged Lotus Evora with 350hp in the works

  9 January 2009 / 20 comments

  Thanks to Lotus, we now know Toyota’s 3.5 litre V6 can be forced inducted to a nice 350hp and 400Nm of torque without any modifications, as a source in Lotus discovered during the development of […]

   

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  Volvo FH16 is the most powerful truck in the world!

  9 January 2009 / 18 comments

  The most powerful truck in the world as of today is the new Volvo FH16, which thanks to its D16G engine, puts out a massive 700 horsepower and 3,150Nm of torque!

   

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  New Nissan GT-R SpecV promises to be quicker

  8 January 2009 / 20 comments

  Well, the eagerly awaited Nissan GT-R SpecV has finally been revealed by Nissan, but details are sparse about how much more powerful it is other than a stronger torque band.

   

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  Volvo S80 to get new 205hp Volvo D5 twin-turbocharged diesel engine

  8 January 2009 / 8 comments

  Click for enlarged image Volvo is the latest car manufacturer with a new high-powered twin turbodiesel engine that has good power, loads of torque and at the same time, low emissions and good fuel economy. […]

   

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  BMW 116i now powered by 2.0L N46 Valvetronic

  8 January 2009 / 6 comments

  BMW has phased out its N45 inline-4 engine family, currently used in the BMW 116i. The N45 is a rather basic engine compared to the rest of the BMW line-up, it doesn’t even have Valvetronic, […]

   

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  E36 BMW 3-Series Coupe with Honda S2000 engine

  8 January 2009 / 29 comments

  Here’s something a little different from the many E36s here in Malaysia who have Nissan inline-6 turbo engines under their hoods. A Japanese dude decided to plonk in a F20 engine from the Honda S2000 […]

   

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  LEAKED: 2010 Mercedes-Benz E-Class (W212) brochures with detailed specification sheets!

  8 January 2009 / 36 comments

  A brochure of the new W212 2010 Mercedes-Benz E-Class has been scanned and let loose onto the internet, so here’s a preview of the next generation de-facto communiting choice for businessmen in Malaysia. Styling-wise, this […]

   

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  The Suzuki Kizashi sedan is not dead (yet?)

  7 January 2009 / 14 comments

  The media blitz about Suzuki canceling its D-segment Suzuki Kizashi earlier this week was fueled by Japanese business daily The Nikkei. Now it appears that the show will go on, and the Kizashi will go […]

   

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  Honda cars at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2009

  7 January 2009 / 5 comments

  Honda will be showing a couple of cars at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2009 tuner event starting this weekend, and the display cars will include two new Modulo concept cars – the Honda Sports Modulo […]

   

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  Production Honda Insight Hybrid images leaked ahead of Geneva 2009 debut

  7 January 2009 / 21 comments

  Here we go again, low-res product photos of soon to be unveiled products always get leaked out a week or two before their official proper unveiling date, and this time it’s the new 2nd generation […]

   

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  Jan 1 2009: 242 summonses issued for rear seatbelt rule offenders

  6 January 2009 / 36 comments

  Has anyone been stopped or noticeably been checked out by the cops yet for rear seat belt usage (or more appropriately, lack of)? I haven’t but on the first day of the new year alone, […]

   

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  Ford Ranger Thunder production truck based on Ford Ranger Max concept

  6 January 2009 / 18 comments

  A new Ford Ranger Thunder has been sighted in Thailand, and is what appears to be a production version of the Ford Ranger Max concept shown at the Thai Motor Expo 2008.

   

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