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  Cosworth extracts 395 hp from the Subaru WRX STI

  25 May 2010 / 40 comments

  Cosworth has fettled with the Subaru WRX STI to produce promising results. The finely tuned machine designated the Subaru Cosworth STi CS400 has been improved in more ways than one. The selling point of this […]

   

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  07/08 Lamborghini Murcielago at risk of fuel leakage

  25 May 2010 / 34 comments

  Calling all Lamborghini Murcielago and Murcielago Roadster owners, your car may blow up! Well that may be an exaggeration, but the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in the US has announced recently that models […]

   

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  Volkswagen buying over 90 percent of Giugiaro?

  25 May 2010 / 11 comments

  According to Automotive News Europe sources, Volkswagen AG will officially announce their take over of Italdesign Giugiaro S.p.A on Tuesday (European time, not our time) as mentioned in previous articles. If things go through, Volkswagen […]

   

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  Lexus recalling LS460L and the LS460 in Malaysia

  25 May 2010 / 31 comments

  Toyota Motors recently issued a press statement regarding an issue with their VGRS steering system globally. We can now confirm that a few models in Malaysia has been affected by the problem, which include the […]

   

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  Peugeot RCZ Test Drive Report from Spain

  24 May 2010 / 148 comments

  Local brand handlers Nasim has done a brilliant job at providing us with very well specced and very well priced Peugeots that don’t require car buyers to fork out extra for a European alternative, something […]

   

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  UniChip Europe pumps up Toyota Hilux 3.0L’s power

  24 May 2010 / 6 comments

  If you think that your Toyota Hilux doesn’t have the grunt that you require, you will be pleased to know that Unichip Europe has introduced a new Uni-Q upgrade. The 3.0L Hilux which has been […]

   

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  Honda suspends Thai operations due to Red Shirt protests

  24 May 2010 / 34 comments

  Honda has suspended operations for a day at two of their factories in Thailand, due to the bloody turmoil created by the Red Shirt protests. One of them is a car manufacturing plant in Ayutthaya […]

   

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  Nido EV is Pininfarina’s version of the Proton EMAS

  24 May 2010 / 53 comments

  Possibly tired of drawing up Ferraris, Pininfarina tries their hand at the whole eco car thing and have released this electric car concept called Nido EV. A development of the similarly named 2004 concept, the […]

   

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  Hyundai i10 now comes with 1.25L Kappa engine!

  24 May 2010 / 94 comments

  The Hyundai i10 now has an additional variant in Malaysia equipped with the more modern and powerful twin cam 1.25 litre Kappa family engine, which supplements the 1.1 litre SOHC and does not replace it […]

   

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  New Audi A8 is a moving WiFi hotspot!

  24 May 2010 / 19 comments

  Audi is future proofing its new A8 limo by factory installing a WLAN hotspot for wireless internet connection as an option. Which means that passengers not only have business class comfort, but can conduct business […]

   

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  Feel like James Bond with Jaeger-LeCoultre’s transponder watch – it starts your Aston Martin DBS!

  24 May 2010 / 11 comments

  Gadgets, great cars and James Bond are inseparable. So when the franchise moved back to Aston Martin after flirting with a certain German brand, fantasies and imaginations started to centre around the beautiful DBS. Not […]

   

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  BMW X3 teaser shots revealed by official Dutch website

  24 May 2010 / 11 comments

  An official teaser has been released by BMW Netherlands for the new X3 which is expected to be showcased at the 2010 Paris Motor Show. What you do get is a glimpse of the bonnet […]

   

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  VW: Audi S1 on the way but no Polo R to avoid clash

  24 May 2010 / 8 comments

  Technical chief of the Volkswagen Polo GTI, Dr. Ernst Linder has confirmed that Audi will roll out the S1 next year, and because of that there won’t be a Polo R to avoid clashing. The […]

   

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  Don’t forget to catch Driven tonight at 10.30pm on 8TV!

  23 May 2010 / 0 comments

  Driven’s 7th episode will go on air later tonight at 10.30pm on 8TV where we will showcase a special on Klang Valley’s transportation system. Sharizan, Alis and Harvinder will each be given tasks to complete […]

   

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  Lotus Racing shifts focus and resources to 2011 car

  22 May 2010 / 49 comments

  The first round of aero upgrades introduced at the Spanish GP moved Lotus Racing slightly closer to the tail of the midfield pack, and another update for the T127 will be on board for the […]

   

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