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  Nissan Navara to roll off Mitsubishi’s Thai plant from 2012

  13 July 2011 / 13 comments

  Nissan and Mitsubishi have announced that the current generation Nissan Navara one-tonne pickup truck will be manufactured at Mitsubishi Motors’ Laem Chabang plant in Chonburi, Thailand. This means that both the Navara and rival Mitsubishi […]

   

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  Audi A5 range facelifted with changes under the skin

  13 July 2011 / 33 comments

  The Audi A5 range has been given a refresh, four years after the four rings impressed us with a graceful, beautifully proportioned Walter de’ Silva coupe. Audi has since added soft top Cabriolet and four-door […]

   

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  Mercedes GP Petronas happy with new exhaust system

  13 July 2011 / 6 comments

  Mercedes GP Petronas gave its new exhaust system a debut at last weekend’s British GP, and not only is the team happy with the better performance it brings, they’re expecting a stronger showing for the […]

   

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  Volvo develops three range extender electric vehicle technical concepts based on C30 and V60

  13 July 2011 / 7 comments

  Volvo has been dabbling with electric cars for quite some time now, but now they’re further developing the idea with the addition of combustion engines to serve as range extenders for their electric vehicles, increasing […]

   

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  BMW “check my machine” music video for F20 1-Series

  13 July 2011 / 0 comments

  BMW has made quite a name for itself when it comes to video, after all their The Hire series is well established as the benchmark for videos of its kind – product marketing that’s actually […]

   

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  New Toyota Hilux facelift set for unveiling this month!

  13 July 2011 / 63 comments

  Click to view enlarged image We’re probably due to see the entire Toyota IMV range facelifted at the Indonesian International Motor Show later this month, but here’s a preview for you – the first product […]

   

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  VW buys 55.9% stake in MAN, aims for Daimler’s top spot

  12 July 2011 / 27 comments

  Volkswagen wants to be the world’s largest carmaker by 2015, selling 10 million cars in the process. But it now looks like the German company has similar ambitions in the truck market. Last week saw […]

   

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  Frankfurt: Diesel electric hybrid Peugeot 508 RXH

  12 July 2011 / 32 comments

  The Peugeot 508 range is set to grow, joined by this Audi Allroad style wagon called the 508 RXH, previewed here ahead of a Frankfurt debut. Peugeot gave the 508 saloon and wagon world debuts […]

   

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  SsangYong rolls out updated Chairman W limousine

  12 July 2011 / 20 comments

  South Korean carmaker SsangYong, now owned by India’s Mahindra, has introduced the updated Chairman W luxury saloon. First introduced in 2008, the W is a longer and more luxurious version of the original Chairman, which […]

   

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  APRC: Proton heads to New Zealand in mid winter

  11 July 2011 / 39 comments

  The FIA Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) will move to New Zealand this weekend (15-17 July) where the International Rally of Whangarei will take place in the middle of a Kiwi winter. We’re into the […]

   

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  Dual personality: Renault Frendzy Concept for Frankfurt

  11 July 2011 / 2 comments

  Renault’s recent concept cars tell a story. After the notion of ‘love at first sight’ expressed by Paris 2010’s stunning DeZir, discovering the world with Captur (Geneva 2011) and starting a family with R-Space, here […]

   

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  Webber ignored team orders, in for “private talk” with boss

  11 July 2011 / 12 comments

  In yesterday’s British GP, the two Red Bulls were beaten by Fernando Alonso, with championship leader Seb Vettel in second and Mark Webber in third. The Aussie tried challenging his teammate for position right till […]

   

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  British GP: Alonso wins for Ferrari ahead of the Red Bulls

  10 July 2011 / 18 comments

  Fernando Alonso has won the British GP. The double world champ got Ferrari on the top step of the podium for the first time this season after a great drive, finishing ahead of Sebastian Vettel […]

   

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  Perodua Myvi Jet and Perodua Myvi Sport Silver special editions launched for the UK market

  9 July 2011 / 97 comments

  Thought you saw the last of the last generation Myvi on this blog? Nope! It’s still on sale in the UK, and in fact from the image above you can see that the UK market […]

   

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  Aston Martin V12 Zagato confirmed for limited production

  8 July 2011 / 10 comments

  We first saw it in May as an “endurance racer concept” at the Villa D’Este Concours. Then Aston actually took it racing at the 53rd ADAC ACAS H&R-Cup VLN race at the Nürburgring. Now, the […]

   

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