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  Chevrolet Cruze team achieve podium finishes in WTCC

  27 May 2010 / 6 comments

  Chevrolet have added a fourth car in the World Touring Car Championship starting with the Monza leg. The usual Chevrolet Cruzes of Rob Huff, Alain Menu and Yvan Muller are still fielded while the new […]

   

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  Pirelli beats Michelin to be official Formula 1 tyre supplier?

  27 May 2010 / 8 comments

  According to Italian media sources, Pirelli is said to be Formula 1’s next sole tyre supplier when Bridgestone leaves the sport at the end of this season. The Italian tyremaker will be getting 1 million […]

   

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  Top 10 winners of the Double Barrel Hunt to be ‘chauffeured’ on track in a Lotus 2-Eleven!

  27 May 2010 / 0 comments

  Driven’s Double Barrel Hunt contest is currently in its seventh week and thus far 30 lucky winners have walked away with prizes such as BHPetrol fuel vouchers, Nokia E52s, V-KOOL and Ultra Glass Coating Neo […]

   

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  Mahindra aims to electrify India with purchase of REVA

  27 May 2010 / 18 comments

  Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd has announced the purchase of a majority stake in Bangalore based REVA Electric Car Co. Ltd. Mahindra now owns 55.2% stake in REVA, which will now be known as Mahindra REVA […]

   

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  Kia joins fuel cell race, expects 10,000 units sold by 2015

  27 May 2010 / 16 comments

  Kia is hoping to become one of the leading fuel cell electric vehicle makers by 2015. Time lines have been vague, as they only mentioned that sales will start somewhere between 2010 and 2012. But […]

   

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  Novitec remembers the Ferrari 612 Scaglietti, and tunes it!

  27 May 2010 / 6 comments

  The 612 Scaglietti is not a very popular member of the Ferrari family. More often than not, the big grand tourer is eclipsed by its prettier, sexier and nimbler sisters. Those shopping for a Ferrari […]

   

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  Proton to announce Volkswagen tie-up talks results in 1 to 2 weeks, posts profit for FY2009/10

  27 May 2010 / 192 comments

  When Proton first announced that it was not proceeding with a supposedly finalized tie-up with Volkswagen quite some time ago, to be honest I had abandoned hope in such a tie-up happening. But that feeling […]

   

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  Hulme CanAm is New Zealand’s first supercar

  27 May 2010 / 18 comments

  You are looking at the first Kiwi supercar, and the four-year old company is named after New Zealand’s only F1 World Champion, Denny Hulme. The Hulme CanAm is no ordinary supercar, because it comes with […]

   

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  KERS could make a 2011 return, Lotus not opting for it

  27 May 2010 / 5 comments

  Lotus have announced that they will not be using KERS in 2011 due to a number of reasons. KERS or kinetic energy recovery system is an application whereby the kinetic or moving energy produced by […]

   

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  US Grand Prix confirmed to be in Austin, Texas

  27 May 2010 / 6 comments

  The long rumoured American F1 track is now confirmed. The venue has finally been set for the US Formula 1 Grand Prix and it will be set in Austin, Texas. The FIA and Full Throttle […]

   

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  All new BMW 5-Series, Volvo XC60 and more on Driven this Sunday!

  27 May 2010 / 0 comments

  Watch Driven Season 1 Episode 8’s 30 second promo Driven’s eight episode will hit the airwaves this Sunday at 10.30pm on 8TV and the team will put the Volvo XC60 to the test and find […]

   

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  Kia Rondo EX and EXS gets 300 unit equipment boost

  26 May 2010 / 59 comments

  If you’re looking to buy a Kia Rondo (called the Naza Citra II Rondo here in Malaysia) sometime soon you’ll be pleased to know that both the Rondo EX and EXS will have their equipment […]

   

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  Electric cars may need artificial noise for safety

  26 May 2010 / 36 comments

  Electric and hybrid cars have been a staple alternative for eco-conscious motorist for some time, though there might be a chance you’d be involved in an accident more often than that of a standard car. […]

   

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  Italdesign-Giugiaro to work exclusively with VW?

  26 May 2010 / 39 comments

  The announcement that VW has taken up 90.1 percent stake in Italdesign will come as a sigh of relief to its workforce. VW has stated that there will be no redundancies among the 800-strong work […]

   

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  It’s official: Volkswagen’s Lamborghini buys 90.1 percent stake in Italdesign Giugiaro

  25 May 2010 / 59 comments

  It has finally been officially confirmed that Volkswagen Group and Italdesign Giugiaro S.p.A. (IDG) will be joining hands in a new era of motoring engineering and design. An official press release has been circulated about […]

   

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