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  Mercedes-Benz Malaysia: Stories That Drive You, Drive Us

  24 May 2011 / 0 comments

  In conjunction with its 125 years of innovation, Mercedes-Benz is having a Facebook photo memory competition called Stories That Drive You, Drive Us where participants have a chance of winning a 3 day, 2 night […]

   

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  Peugeot month-long extended hours service campaign

  24 May 2011 / 4 comments

  Good news for Peugeot owners, on the servicing front, that is. Nasim is set to introduce a month-long extended hours service campaign from May 27 until June 26 – this will see selected Peugeot service […]

   

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  Toyota Vios 1.5G Limited – new RM89k variant soon

  24 May 2011 / 229 comments

  Something new on the cards with the Toyota Vios, by the looks of it. UMW Toyota’s website teases a new variant called the G Limited, which when it arrives will bring the local Vios model […]

   

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  SafetyRec iPhone app – helping drivers drive better

  24 May 2011 / 7 comments

  In Japan, the Nikkei reports that Datatec Co, a company that develops delivery truck driving-log recorders, is starting a new Internet-based service in July called SafetyRec, which scores a person’s driving skills based on data […]

   

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  BMW 5-Series GT flops in America, CEO regrets using it as a replacement for the 5-Series wagon

  24 May 2011 / 29 comments

  The 5-Series Gran Turismo is one of the more divisive cars in the BMW range, and the controversy is in the looks, or more specifically, that rear end. Making its debut in the US in […]

   

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  Infiniti and Red Bull Racing considering road car project

  24 May 2011 / 7 comments

  Nissan’s luxury brand Infiniti is the latest and most prominent sponsor of Red Bull Racing, and it is wasting no time in milking the potential. Infiniti has plans to collaborate with the F1 champions on […]

   

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  Aston Martin V12 Zagato endurance racer concept debuts

  23 May 2011 / 26 comments

  Click to enlarge Aston Martin’s newest collaboration with Zagato, the V12 Zagato endurance racer concept, was unveiled over the weekend at the Villa D’Este Concours in Lake Como, Italy, primarily as a basis to gauge […]

   

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  20 years on, Mazda’s winning 787B returns to Le Mans

  23 May 2011 / 15 comments

  Click to enlarge This year marks the 20th anniversary of Mazda’s victory in the world’s most famous endurance race, the 24-Hours of Le Mans. In 1991, Mazda became the first, and till now, only Japanese […]

   

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  UMW Toyota’s production recovers, now back to two shifts

  23 May 2011 / 22 comments

  UMW Toyota Motor has announced that vehicle production at its Assembly Services Sdn Bhd (ASSB) plant will resume back to two-shift operations from today (23 May) as parts supply from Japan has stabilised after the […]

   

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  Range Rover Evoque to arrive in the fourth quarter this year, ‘Salam Kuala Lumpur’ campaign launched today

  23 May 2011 / 23 comments

  We’re in Pavilion KL now, where Land Rover Malaysia has kick started the pre-launch marketing campaign for the new Range Rover Evoque. To be launched here in the fourth quarter of this year, Land Rover’s […]

   

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  Team Proton R3 dominates Round 2 of the MSS

  23 May 2011 / 36 comments

  It was a successful weekend for Team Proton R3 at Sepang, with its two entries finishing first and second in the two races in Round 2 of the Malaysian Super Series (MSS). Faidzil Alang and […]

   

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  B5 biodiesel programme to start with Putrajaya

  23 May 2011 / 35 comments

  The implementation of the B5 biodiesel programme in the country is set to begin in June, with Putrajaya starting off things, according to Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Tan Sri Bernard Dompok. It’s all going […]

   

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  Team Lotus: Up and down, but pretty pleased overall

  23 May 2011 / 14 comments

  It was quite a rollercoaster Spanish GP for Team Lotus. Saturday was a high, when Kovalainen entered Q2 and qualified 15th, but it didn’t quite pay off in the end, although they had quite a […]

   

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  Vettel holds off Hamilton to win the Spanish GP, Button 3rd

  22 May 2011 / 10 comments

  Championship leader Sebastian Vettel has held off Lewis Hamilton to win the Spanish GP. The McLaren man gave everything he had and put up a great challenge but Vettel kept a cool head to claim […]

   

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  Peugeot 508 to be launched in September 2011?

  22 May 2011 / 56 comments

  Is Peugeot launching the new Peugeot 508 in September this year? This classifieds ad looking for female models on local forum LYN seems to indicate so. The date of the launch specified is from the […]

   

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