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  Skoda postpones ASEAN plans, prefer to wait it out

  23 March 2009 / 18 comments

  Volkswagen’s Skoda marque had planned to enter the ASEAN market sometime soon but has postponed its plans and instead plans to play a waiting game to see through the current crisis. Skoda chairman Reinhard Jung […]

   

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  Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk6 – full details unveiled!

  23 March 2009 / 45 comments

  Volkswagen has unveiled the production version of the Mk6 Volkswagen Golf GTI and some journalists have already managed to have a go at it at the international driving presentation in Saint-Tropez, France. This blog has […]

   

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  BYD M6: Estima inspired Chinese MPV

  23 March 2009 / 86 comments

  BYD cars have always been curiously similiar to Toyotas, for example the BYD F3 is clearly inspired from the previous generation Corolla Altis and it is sometimes referred to as the poor man’s Corolla Hybrid, […]

   

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  Dongfeng Aeolus Fengshen based on old ZX

  23 March 2009 / 25 comments

  Dongfeng does Kia, Nissan, PSA Peugeot Citroen and Honda in China, but they have been recently focusing on developing their own brand as well. This is the Dongfeng Aeolus Fengshen sedan, and if you’re wondering […]

   

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  BMW 1-Series Line-up Digital Plastic Surgery

  23 March 2009 / 29 comments

  Click to enlarge In this latest generation of BMW cars, we are seeing many of the “experimentation” in design removed to revert to something a little more conservative. One obvious example is the difference between […]

   

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  Naza Italia 4S Centre for Ferrari and Maserati

  23 March 2009 / 14 comments

  Click to enlarge Naza Italia Sdn Bhd, sole distributor and importer for Ferrari & Maserati will be opening the largest lifestyle centre for both these marques on 31 March 2009 in Petaling Jaya. It consists […]

   

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  Mitsubishi Motors to restructure European business

  23 March 2009 / 9 comments

  Mitsubishi has proposed a new business model for its business in Europe, with both product offering and management structure changes to reflect the new way it is taking forward. They want to switch from a […]

   

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  W212 E63 AMG set for New York debut

  23 March 2009 / 18 comments

  There’s one very easy way to tell the real stuff from the aesthetic replicas when it comes to AMG and M cars. Just check out those huge brakes in the photo above! The W212’s E63 […]

   

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  Lamborghini axes its 4-door Estoque?

  22 March 2009 / 16 comments

  Rumor has it that Italian sports car maker has decided to discontinue its plans to produce the Estoque, which is 4-door super sedan project, and we not sure if its a permanent shut down or […]

   

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  RON95 petrol and Euro 2M grade diesel all set for Sept 1st 2009 introduction in Malaysia

  21 March 2009 / 61 comments

  Datuk Shahrir Samad has announced that RON95 petrol and Euro 2M diesel fuel will be available in Malaysia from September 1st 2009.

   

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  E89 BMW Z4 M scrapped – no business case!

  21 March 2009 / 8 comments

  BMW has axed the BMW Z4 M because according to them, there is no business case in such a product in this time and age, thanks to the economic downturn and the lack of interest […]

   

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  New F1 points system to be deferred to 2010?

  21 March 2009 / 12 comments

  Surprise, surprise, the flip flop disease has infected the FIA too. It announced that the new points system that bestows the driver championship to the driver with the most wins rather than points will likely […]

   

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  BMW and Vogue team up for F01 BMW 7-Series

  21 March 2009 / 4 comments

  BMW collaborated with Vogue magazine to create a new special edition BMW 7-Series Individual. It was a project between BMW design chief Adrian van Hooydonk and Vogue Italia editor Franca Sozzani.

   

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  Production BMW 5-Series GT previewed in video!

  21 March 2009 / 28 comments

  It started off as what seemed to be a fairly usual video that BMW would make about its concept cars. It revolves around an interview with the 5-Series GT’s project leader, Hans-Jurgen Branz. But there […]

   

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  New footage of the 2010 BMW Z4 released!

  21 March 2009 / 8 comments

  BMW has released some new footage of the new BMW Z4, adding to the 5 videos that were released during the E89 Z4’s launch. This new one features lots of engine and exhaust sound bytes, […]

   

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