Torque Developments supercharger kits for FN Type R
The Honda Civic Type R, whether in JDM or Euro spec, is famous for its howling, rev hungry i-VTEC engine, which makes trips to the redline so addictive. But when faced with …
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Great Wall C30 Teng Yi set to be GWM’s global car
Great Wall Motor's freshly launched C30 Teng Yi is set to be the company's first global car, which means that the company will look seriously at export markets for the car instead …
Driven reviews the Panamera and puts different transportation to the test!
Watch Driven Season 1 Episode 7’s 30 second promo This Sunday Driven will showcase the Panamera and find out if Porsche has done it right with its first 4-door Gran Turismo. In …
Toyota pays record $16.4 million fine over recall issue
Toyota has paid a record $16.4 million fine to settle allegations by US regulators the company was too slow to recall vehicles with defective accelerator pedals. It was claimed that Toyota hid …
Cayenne gets 200 bhp boost and 911 eyes from Russians
Old or new, we've never been big fans of the Cayenne's looks. Now, look what Topcar has done to the second-gen yet to be launched Cayenne. The Russian tuning firm has developed …
Aston Martin One-77 – ten units sold to one customer!
Ultimate luxury and class comes with a price tag. A price tag of 1.2 million pounds to be exact. The item it's attached to is none other than the gorgeous Aston Martin …
Lontra Blade Supercharger to be tested in Ford prototype
The Blade Supercharger by British company Lontra is a variable mass flow positive displacement compressor that can be used for both petrol and diesel engines. It is said to be able to …
Team BMW wins the 2010 Nürburgring 24 hours race
Team BMW Motorsport has won the 2010 24-hour race at the Nürburgring, five years after its last victory at the endurance classic. The No.25 BMW M3 GT2 driven by Jörg Müller (DE), …
Formula 1 too elitist, too little fan interaction for Toyota
Toyota will not be returning to Formula 1, saying that the pinnacle of motor racing is out of touch with its customer base. The Japanese automaker pulled out of F1 last year …
Hybrid Jaguars leaping out in two years time, XJ is first
Jaguar plans to introduce hybrid variants of the XJ, XF and the XK, expected to hit the market by 2013-2014. This comes after sister company Land Rover announced similar plans starting with …
Volkswagen’s SEAT has 5 years to turn around its losses!
Not all Volkswagen Group marques are doing as well - SEAT operating losses hit almost 340 million Euros last year. Volkswagen only has three unprofitable units - SEAT, Bentley, and Volkswagen commercial …
Honda Civic to live past five years, new model in 2011?
It has been five years since the current Honda Civic made its debut. So based on the standard 5 year product plan, a new model should be unveiled later this year. Not …
Perodua ramps up Alza production, cuts short waiting time
Perodua has announced that the waiting period for the Alza has been reduced from 2 months to 3 weeks. Managing director Aminar Rashid Salleh said that this was made possible by increasing …
GM makes first quarterly profit in three years
Finally the words Americans want to hear - General Motors is now profitable! GM has posted its first quarterly profit in 3 years; the last time that happened was in the second …
Chinese man builds $3000 “Lamborghini” from scratch
You can't buy most cars with $3000 especially not a Lamborghini, but Chen Jen Miao, a 25 year-old mechanic from China proves critics wrong. Well, its not the same Lamborghini as those …
PEKEMA wants RM10,000 fee for Open APs reduced
As of January 2010, Open AP holders have had to pay RM10,000 for each Open AP that they receive. It was free before this, at least on paper. And Pekema (Association of …
Suzuki Swift Plug-In Hybrid to use Sanyo batteries
Suzuki plans to use Sanyo as its battery supplier for an upcoming plug-in hybrid version of the Suzuki Swift. 60 test units of the plug-in hybrid equipped with the Sanyo batteries will …
Toyota is back in the black, streamlining effort continues
Toyota will further streamline and become more efficient by moving production to emerging markets and away from mature markets such as North America and Japan. Exchange rates are one of the problems …
Chevrolet Captiva – 5 year warranty and 2 year free service
Naza is now offering a 5 year (or 175,000km) extended warranty program and a 2 year free service (or 40,000km) package for any Chevrolet Captiva sold between April until June this year. …
Lumma Design is quick to work on the new Cayenne
The second-generation Porsche Cayenne is not even on sale yet, but German tuner Lumma Design has already started working on it. The styling package, named CLR 550 GT, includes a new front …