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  2006-2007 South Korean production Chevrolet Captivas recalled for steering wheel issue

  22 March 2010 / 25 comments

  GM Daewoo has announced a recall of the Chevrolet Captiva and the Chevrolet Cruze – we’re talking about a total of nearly 60,000 units. Of that number, 45 957 are Captivas while 12,604 are Cruzes. […]

   

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  First Ferrari 458 Italia in US raises $530,000 for Haiti

  22 March 2010 / 18 comments

  Ferrari has raised $601,000 for relief efforts in Haiti by the CMMB (Catholic Medical Mission Board) and the William J. Clinton Foundation. At the star studded gala event, the first Ferrari 458 Italia to arrive […]

   

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  Nissan to open design studio in Beijing, China

  22 March 2010 / 11 comments

  With increasingly saturated domestic markets, the world’s major carmakers are flocking to developing markets such as China and India, where car ownership figures still have plenty of room to grow. It therefore makes sense to […]

   

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  Williams trying to lure Volkswagen into F1?

  22 March 2010 / 28 comments

  Is Williams trying to do a Brawn GP and sell the team to a manufacturer? Well, according to Autocar, which quotes German publication Bild, boss Frank Williams is dangling his F1 team in front of […]

   

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  No racing future for McLaren MP4-12C?

  22 March 2010 / 14 comments

  Looks every bit the race car, doesn’t it? But McLaren boss Ron Dennis has ruled out the company fielding a factory team to race its new MP4-12C supercar, according to Autosport. “We don’t have plans […]

   

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  Hyundai’s top US marketing man jumps to Nissan

  22 March 2010 / 7 comments

  Nissan North America has “captured” Hyundai America’s top marketing man. Joel Ewanick, who was vice president of marketing at the Korean company, is credited with the effective Hyundai Assurance Program, where Hyundai buys back cars […]

   

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  Chrysler’s new Pentastar V6 arrives… finally

  22 March 2010 / 3 comments

  As far as I know there have been three auto-related projects with the name ‘Phoenix’ so far. First and most important to us Malaysians is of course, Proton’s new engine range which will include a […]

   

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  Maserati GranCabrio company car for Alonso

  22 March 2010 / 31 comments

  Ferrari’s highest profile employee, two-time Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso, has chosen a Maserati GranCabrio as his company car. The Scuderia’s race winner at the season opening Bahrain GP “collected” his new car at the […]

   

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  Matt black MX-5 from Mazda France

  19 March 2010 / 71 comments

  Here’s what Mazda France came up with to celebrate 20 years of the MX-5 in the country – a matt black version of Mazda’s super successful roadster. To be paraded at the Lors du salon […]

   

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  McLaren MP4-12C gets approval from F1 champs

  19 March 2010 / 15 comments

  The Honda NSX is a legend, and owners can always boast that another legend, Formula 1 great Ayrton Senna, had a hand in the mid-engined sportscar’s development. Now, future owners of the McLaren MP4-12C can […]

   

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  Nissan Leaf production on-track, sales start this year

  19 March 2010 / 23 comments

  Every carmaker has an electric car “planned”, but most of these concepts are what they are – concepts – and few actually “walk the talk”. However, some of them mean business. Mitsubishi is a pioneer […]

   

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  VIDEO: Datuk Syed Zainal presents the Proton Persona Elegance facelift at the COE

  19 March 2010 / 104 comments

  Proton invited a few Persona Elegance pre-launch booking customers from East Malaysia to the launch of the new Persona Elegance at their COE headquarters by the KESAS highway yesterday. They were also here to visit […]

   

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  Wooden gear lever for Heico’s Volvo C70

  19 March 2010 / 25 comments

  Thonet, a furniture brand, showed off its first automotive part at the Geneva show: a gear shift lever. Done in cooperation with famous Volvo tuner Heico Sportiv and the Swedish carmaker itself, the launch took […]

   

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  BMW M Bike: Don’t worry, I’m still rear-wheel drive!

  19 March 2010 / 36 comments

  We’ve posted about smaller BMWs going front-wheel drive, but here’s a small BMW that keeps it true – it’s by the M division, lightweight and rear driven! This limited edition BMW M Bike features disc […]

   

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  Lexus opens 3S facility in Penang, JB is next in line

  19 March 2010 / 34 comments

  Lexus Malaysia has opened a new 3S facility in Penang, the brand’s second outlet after Mutiara Damansara. The RM1.5 million facility is situated at Jalan Sultan Ahmad Shah, Georgetown, and the showroom part occupies a […]

   

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