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Honda will only be officially launching its new Fit Shuttle in Japan in March, but the company has already set about featuring information about the vehicle for the domestic market via a dedicated web page. […]
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Suzuki to premiere Swift S-Concept in Geneva
Suzuki is set to premiere its Swift S-Concept at next month’s Geneva Motor Show. No details have been announced, save that the concept is based on the new Swift hatchback, and that it will feature […]
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Dodge Charger SRT8: Evo nose, 6.4 litres of HEMI muscle
If the Evo reincarnated as a muscle car, this would be it, the 2012 Dodge Charger SRT8. To be unveiled at the Chicago Auto Show, this 2012 model year hot Charger gets a blackened snout […]
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Takanobu Ito: Honda to revive NSX replacement plans
The Honda NSX deserves a successor, but plans for one were scrapped along with Honda’s Formula 1 involvement back in 2008. It was the power of the accountant, not dreams, that was stronger during that […]
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Jazeman Jaafar to continue in British F3 series with Carlin
Petronas-backed Malaysian driver Jazeman Jaafar will stay with championship winning team Carlin in 2011, returning to the Cooper Tires British F3 International Series for a second season of competition. The 18-year-old had a strong rookie […]
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Cutting back on green subsidies topples the Prius
Well, it had to end at some point. Figures of Japanese car sales released late last week saw the Toyota Prius being toppled from the monthly No 1 spot as Japan’s best-selling car, a position […]
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Toyota Highlander and Subaru Tribeca to share platform?
The sharing, caring world grows ever so bigger, which makes sense in this day and age. Reports are rife that Toyota and Subaru is working towards using the same platform for their next-generation Highlander and […]
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U.S. Dept of Transport: Toyota e-throttles not defective
It’s sweet vindication for Toyota after the U.S. Department of Transportation said that electric systems and electromagnetic interference played no role in unintended acceleration cases. Reports of runaway cars and the subsequent persecution led the […]
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Force India launch the VJM04 – next target is the podium
The Force India F1 Team finished 2010 sitting nice in seventh place in the Constructors’ championship with 68 points, nine top ten starts and 15 points scoring finishes, its best-ever season in Formula 1. And […]
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Hispania shows off its 2011 Formula 1 machine – the F111
Spain’s Hispania Racing has officially unveiled its 2011 contender. Called the F111, it now looks way better than its dull-looking predecessor. Hollywood concept designer Daniel Simon was responsible for the livery of the new car, […]
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Q&A with Team Lotus’ Malaysian engineering personnel
Ever since Malaysia first ventured into Formula 1, via Petronas’ sponsorship of the Sauber Formula 1 team back in 1995, many wondered if there would be a personnel tie-up that would see Malaysians work for […]
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The Proton R3 Satria Neo – by enthusiasts, for enthusiasts
Click to enlarge Proton has introduced an upped performance variant of its Satria Neo, called the R3 Satria Neo. There’s quite a bit of kit strapped on to this limited production run hot hatch, which […]
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Ssangyong SUT 1 – more Actyon Sports to thrill you
If it looks familiar, it’s because it is – Ssangyong’s latest concept, called the SUT 1, is a reworking of its Actyon Sports, all dressed up and ready to go. To Geneva, in this case. […]
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Pakatan to table “radical solution” to reduce car taxes
Do you know that hire-purchase loans allegedly account for about RM118 billion total worth of Malaysian household debt? This was revealed by PKR deputy president Azmin Ali at a press conference today, and PKR estimates […]
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Citroën E-3POD Antistatic: in between bike and car
Click to enlarge This here is Heikki Juvonen’s E-3POD Antistatic, a single-seat concept that bagged the top prize in a Citroën sponsored project in the UK called the Double Challenge. The project, jointly sponsored by […]