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  The new BMW ActiveHybrid X6 xDrive50i: world’s most powerful hybrid!

  14 August 2009 / 25 comments

  The BMW ActiveHybrid X6 is truly mind-boggling. It’s an SUV, but the sloping roofline and two seats at the back kind of limit its utility and storage space. And it’s a hybrid which people usually […]

   

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  New BMW ActiveHybrid 7 hybrid luxo-barge to face-off the S400 BlueHybrid

  13 August 2009 / 9 comments

  BMW now has a competitor for the S400 BlueHybrid – the new BMW ActiveHybrid 7. The ActiveHybrid 7 (available in both F01 and F02 longwheelbase bodies, with the long wheelbase called the BMW ActiveHybrid 7L) […]

   

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  Accord Crosstour to arrive early next month!

  13 August 2009 / 3 comments

  Honda USA has put up a teaser on their website of the new Accord Crosstour (they’re officially spelling it that way without the capital T in tour) together with a countdown timer that indicates the […]

   

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  Proton R3 Malaysia Rally Team with Neo S2000 and Karamjit/Jagdev officially launched!

  13 August 2009 / 82 comments

  Click for enlarged image Proton officially launched its new Proton R3 Malaysia Rally Team yesterday. The team will run one of those new Proton Satria Neo Super 2000 rally cars and it will be piloted […]

   

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  Initial details on BMW ActiveHybrid 7 and BMW X6 ActiveHybrid unveiled!

  13 August 2009 / 8 comments

  Some initial details and low-res photos of the upcoming hybrid versions of the 7-Series and X6 scheduled for public debut at the Frankfurt show this year have appeared on the internet. Both vehicles will be […]

   

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  VIDEO: New footage of the W212 E-Class Estate

  13 August 2009 / 1 comment

  Here’s some new footage of the new Mercedes-Benz E-Class Estate for those who are wagon lovers and admire Stuttgart’s pretty good-looking execution of the wagon bodytype on the new W212 E-Class. You get to see […]

   

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  New video on the Ferrari 458 Italia

  12 August 2009 / 9 comments

  Ferrari has released a new video on the Ferrari 458 Italia and the video gives us a new view angle on the 458 Italia that I don’t think we’ve seen before. It’s a view of […]

   

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  Ford Ranger XL gets facelift too with price bump

  12 August 2009 / 16 comments

  The Ranger XL now gets the same facelift as the Ranger XLT and RM3k bump in price to RM72,888 and RM76,388 in the Peninsular and East Malaysia respectively, up from the previous prices of RM69,888 […]

   

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  Jaguar XFR launched with RM888,888 pricetag

  12 August 2009 / 47 comments

  The Jaguar XFR is now here in Malaysia, featuring the new AJ-V8 Gen III (AJ133) engine that produces 510 PS and 625Nm of torque. Jaguar did alot of shouting when the XFR was first released, […]

   

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  How do differentials work: old-school video

  12 August 2009 / 45 comments

  The rear axles of a rear wheel drive or all-wheel drive car have come a really long way, with the latest systems featuring advanced torque vectoring systems such as the Vector-Drive system BMW uses (they […]

   

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  GM’s Bare Necessity Car Concept – a perfect trade-off between creature comforts and efficiency?

  12 August 2009 / 14 comments

  This is GM’s “Bare Necessity” Car concept, which was the result of them asking themselves: what are people willing to trade off for efficiency’s sake? And this is what they think is the car with […]

   

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  Jamie Green takes the E 63 AMG to the track

  12 August 2009 / 9 comments

  For some reason, Mercedes-Benz had a great mix of ingredients – a video team, DTM driver Jamie Green and the new Mercedes-Benz E 63 AMG, but the end result was a video that was quite […]

   

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  VIDEO: first TVC produced for the BMW X1

  12 August 2009 / 8 comments

  BMW has released the first TV commercial for the new BMW X1 SUV and from the looks of it they are clearly positioned it as an active lifestyle vehicle for you to go on major […]

   

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  The new BMW 7-Series High Security

  12 August 2009 / 21 comments

  The car you see above is a special high-security version of the BMW 7-Series, essentially Munich’s competitor for the Mercedes-Benz Guard cars. Available in either 760Li High Security or 750Li High Security form, they are […]

   

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  Schumacher’s neck injury stops his F1 return

  11 August 2009 / 50 comments

  F1 fans who are eagerly anticipating the temporary return of Michael Schumacher to F1 will probably let out a sigh of disappointment after you read this piece of news – Schumi will not be driving […]

   

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