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  Proton Persona Elegance facelift – full details!

  18 March 2010 / 1,855 comments

  We just got back from the launch of the facelifted Proton Persona, which is officially called the Proton Persona Elegance. Available in three trim levels – Base Line, Medium Line and High Line – the […]

   

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  New Suzuki Swift cabin spied, UK sales to start in Q3

  18 March 2010 / 51 comments

  This is the dashboard of the new Suzuki Swift, which was caught on camera and published by Italian website alvolante.it. According to reports, the new Swift will be launched in UK sometime in the third […]

   

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  Front wheel drive BMWs confirmed by CEO

  17 March 2010 / 34 comments

  BMW’s Dr Norbert Reithofer unveiled today what we were sort of expecting for quite some time now. It is the finishing touch in completely rewriting the rules of what one expects a BMW should be. […]

   

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  Volkswagen’s R is now a separate full-fledged performance division

  17 March 2010 / 23 comments

  Mercedes-Benz has AMG, BMW has its M and now Volkswagen’s R joins these famous names as a proper, full-fledged performance division. From now on, Volkswagen R GmbH will be responsible for sporty, performance versions of […]

   

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  Peugeot to introduce new “hors-série” sub-brand for more upmarket models

  17 March 2010 / 16 comments

  Following the footsteps of its quirky sister brand Citroen, Peugeot will be launching a new sub-brand that will be used on more upmarket models with higher profit margins, similiar to Citroen’s DS sub-brand. The new […]

   

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  Petrobras to sponsor Lotus Racing?

  17 March 2010 / 72 comments

  Brazilian news agencies have started reporting that a deal has been sealed between Lotus Racing’s F1 team and Brazilian oil company Petrobras. A nice match in terms of aesthetics at least since both Lotus and […]

   

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  Bugatti 16C Galibier Concept – beautiful in black

  17 March 2010 / 43 comments

  Remember Bugatti’s 16C Galibier concept? Unveiled at last year’s Frankfurt show to a very select audience, the “four-door Veyron” remains a concept for now, but new images have surfaced showing the Galibier in black, looking […]

   

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  Supercharged Ferrari California by Novitec Rosso

  17 March 2010 / 17 comments

  The Ferrari California does very well for an “entry-level” model, with its front-mid mounted 460 bhp/485 Nm 4.3-litre V8 paired to a 7-speed dual clutch gearbox for 0-100 km/h in four seconds and a top […]

   

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  Honda Odyssey is the latest to be recalled, JDM variant sold in Malaysia not involved

  17 March 2010 / 29 comments

  Honda will recall about 344,000 Odysseys and 68,000 Elements in the US from 2007 and 2008 model years to fix the “vehicle stability assist modulator” after receiving customer complaints about “brake pedals that feel ‘soft’ […]

   

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  200 km/h rollercoaster at Ferrari World theme park!

  17 March 2010 / 69 comments

  Abu Dhabi is slowly but surely catching up with its showy sister emirate Dubai. It’s already a Formula 1 host, and later this year we’ll see the world’s largest indoor theme park and the first […]

   

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  Lexus LFA to compete in Nürburgring 24 Hours

  16 March 2010 / 28 comments

  The Lexus LFA is heading back to Nürburgring this May, the place where it clocked plenty of testing miles in pre-production form. This time, the mission is to challenge for glory in the famed 24 […]

   

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  Toyota fights fire with facts in runaway Prius case

  16 March 2010 / 69 comments

  Toyotas running away from their owners are occuring at a frequent rate these days, but are all cases genuine or is there something sinister behind the allegations? Could it be like the scandals facing celebrities, […]

   

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  ABT breeds a more dangerous R8 Spyder

  16 March 2010 / 10 comments

  The Audi R8 Spyder may be very stylish, but it’s no mere poser – the open top variant of Ironman’s machine comes only in V10 form with 525 bhp and 530Nm, good for 0-100 km/h […]

   

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  GM Advanced Design boss moves to Renault

  16 March 2010 / 9 comments

  GM Europe’s Director of Advanced Design, Anthony Lo, will move to become Vice President of Exterior Design at Renault. In France, he will work under recently appointed Design Director Laurens van den Acker, who replaced […]

   

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  Stock clearance promo: Buy Hummer, free shotgun!

  16 March 2010 / 51 comments

  Well, this sounds quite disturbing, to me at least. As we all know, Hummer’s proposed sale to China’s Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machines failed, and GM is in the process of winding down the brand’s […]

   

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