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  FT licence plates likely to get an alphabet suffix

  3 March 2011 / 113 comments

  Been wondering what the next set of alphabets will be on a licence plate once the current three alphabet sequence runs out, like in the case of Federal Territory plates, which is already running well […]

   

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  Tata Pixel: Four seater Nano based concept for Europe

  3 March 2011 / 27 comments

  It’s based on the world’s cheapest car, but the Pixel concept Tata showed at Geneva looked anything but cheap. The Nano based city car concept looks like it could have been from any Japanese carmaker; […]

   

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  Naza Kia launches the Forte Koup and Forte 6-Speed sedan

  3 March 2011 / 333 comments

  It’s pretty much shaping up to be bumper Kia model year, with no less than six model introductions for 2011. First up to arrive was the new Sorento SUV, and now Naza Kia Malaysia has […]

   

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  Lotus Evora Enduro GT Concept in Lotus-Renault colours

  3 March 2011 / 22 comments

  Besides the stripped out Elise Club Racer, Lotus also unveiled the Evora Enduro GT concept car in Geneva. The Evora Enduro is, as its name suggests, designed for endurance racing, and is based on the […]

   

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  SsangYong SUT 1 Concept – Actyon Sports gets new face

  3 March 2011 / 23 comments

  Anyone remember the SsangYong Actyon Sports? I do, mainly because of its strange looks in a very traditional truck segment, and its 2.0-litre diesel engine with the figures of a 2.5. That same strange looking […]

   

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  GALLERY: Live images of the Suzuki S-Concept at Geneva

  3 March 2011 / 12 comments

  Yesterday we showed you the Suzuki S-Concept that was unveiled at the Geneva show. It previews the upcoming Swift Sport based on the new Swift that was launched mid 2010. Here are some live images […]

   

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  Renault R-Space: Putting sexy and romance into an MPV

  2 March 2011 / 9 comments

  First we saw the sexy DeZir coupe, then the Captur crossover, now we’re looking at R-Space, which sees Renault’s fresh design language applied on a compact MPV. Led by former Mazda Nagare man Laurens van […]

   

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  Subaru Boxer Sports Car Architecture shows off new Subaru/Toyota sports car underpinings

  2 March 2011 / 0 comments

  Subaru finally exhibits their new Boxer Sports Car at the Geneva 2011 show, except it isn’t really a car they’re showing off, more of the architecture/platform underneath, which explains why their concept is called the […]

   

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  Saab PhoeniX Concept shows off ‘aeromotional’ design

  2 March 2011 / 11 comments

  My first visit to a top international motor show was Paris 2006, which will be remembered as the debut venue of the Audi R8 and concepts like the VW Iroc, which has morphed into today’s […]

   

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  Traffic summons discount deadline extended to March 10!

  2 March 2011 / 92 comments

  Were you part of Monday’s massive queues to pay traffic summons at the 50% discounted rate? The reason police stations, post offices and MyEG saw so much traffic was because from 1 March onwards, those […]

   

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  Mazda3 CKD launched – starts from RM99k for 1.6 sedan

  2 March 2011 / 211 comments

  With the introduction of the locally-assembled Mazda3, things are certainly looking up for the Malaysian consumer. The car is available in four variant forms, in 1.6 and 2.0 litre sedan and hatchback guise. As expected, […]

   

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  Suzuki S-Concept previews upcoming Swift Sport

  2 March 2011 / 15 comments

  This is the Suzuki S-Concept that was unveiled at Geneva. It doesn’t take a genius to predict that it’s a preview of the upcoming Swift Sport, the hot version of Suzuki’s latest supermini that was […]

   

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  Škoda unveils new logo and VisionD Concept at Geneva

  2 March 2011 / 15 comments

  Some bring concept cars, others bring new models, but Škoda has brought a new logo to Geneva. To be used globally on all models from 2012, the new logo is a more modern looking and […]

   

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  Toyota Yaris HSD brings full hybrid tech to the B-segment

  2 March 2011 / 30 comments

  Toyota is dead serious about spreading its hybrid message across the world, even in Europe where diesels reign supreme. Their tool is this, a hybrid version of its latest Yaris. Brought to Geneva as the […]

   

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  Proton signs MoU with Nissan Motor Co Ltd on collaboration and platform/powertrain licensing

  1 March 2011 / 127 comments

  Proton has announced to Bursa Malaysia that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Nissan Motor Co Ltd of Japan to conduct feasibility studies on specific areas of cooperation between the two parties, […]

   

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