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  Sebastien Loeb pens new deal to stay with Citroen till 2013

  18 August 2011 / 7 comments

  Sebastien Loeb, who has won the WRC title seven times running with Citroen, has just penned a new two-year deal that will keep him with the French team till 2013. After doing it all, the […]

   

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  US market Honda Fit Sport gets mild update in and out

  18 August 2011 / 24 comments

  The Honda Jazz, which is called Fit in North America (as with in Japan), gets a mild update for model year 2012. The Honda Fit Sport variant gets revised looks, there are interior upgrades for […]

   

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  Chinese brand Hawtai to partner Proton after Saab failure?

  17 August 2011 / 116 comments

  When Youngman recently bought a stake in troubled Swedish brand Saab, we raised the question on the former’s relationship with Proton. Youngman has been Proton’s partner for quite some time now – Proton provides models […]

   

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  New car brand to be born in Frankfurt – Eterniti Motors

  17 August 2011 / 9 comments

  Besides new models and concepts, next month’s Frankfurt show will also see the birth of a new automotive brand. Eterniti Motors (EM) is a London based company that aims to build bespoke luxury vehicles with […]

   

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  CKD Volvo S60 T4 and T5 launched – RM220k and RM255k

  16 August 2011 / 80 comments

  UPDATE: Live gallery from the event added Volvo Car Malaysia officially launched the locally assembled Volvo S60 this evening. The CKD S60 comes in two engine variants, a T5 and the new T4. When the […]

   

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  F30 BMW 3-Series: first clear aerial view of the car

  16 August 2011 / 39 comments

  At long last, we finally get a clear undisguised view of the upcoming F30 BMW 3-Series. These shots are courtesy of a F30Post forumer, who snapped the F30 from above while it was on a […]

   

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  Ferrari FF is here in Malaysia – 4WD, 4-seats, RM2.8 million

  16 August 2011 / 134 comments

  UPDATE: Big image gallery from the event added Naza Italia gave the media a preview of the Ferrari FF at their Petaling Jaya showroom this morning. The FF is the latest product wearing a Prancing […]

   

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  Honda’s 2.2 liter i-DTEC gets power and torque bump

  15 August 2011 / 59 comments

  Honda has unveiled the first details of its next generation 2.2 litre i-DTEC diesel engine, which so far hasn’t seen service outside of oil burner loving Europe. The 2.2 litre i-DTEC set to debut in […]

   

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  Land Rover Defender gets new 2.2 liter turbodiesel engine

  15 August 2011 / 9 comments

  While the iconic Land Rover Defender still looks very similiar to the Defenders of the past, its heart has been undergoing a few revisions over the years, with the most recent engine being a 2.4 […]

   

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  Kia Picanto 3-door launched to meet rising demand

  15 August 2011 / 62 comments

  The Kia Picanto – Kia’s smallest car – gets a three-door body, for the first time in its history, mainly to meet the demands of the European market which tends to like 3-door A-segment cars […]

   

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  Chevron seeks to expand Caltex network via enhanced retailer program, all systems go for B5 biodiesel launch

  15 August 2011 / 4 comments

  Chevron Malaysia Limited, the operator of retail brand Caltex, is seeking to expand Caltex’s footprint in Malaysia, and the company plans to draw in retailers via its revitalised Retailer Owned, Retailer Operated program, RORO in […]

   

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  Test Drive Kia on Tour 2011 roadshow heads to Penang

  15 August 2011 / 22 comments

  Naza Kia, the official distributor of Kia vehicles in Malaysia, will take its Test Drive Kia on Tour 2011 roadshow to Penang this week. The five-day event will be held from 17 to 21 Aug […]

   

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  New power steering gives good vibes to Team Lotus’ Trulli

  15 August 2011 / 5 comments

  Jarno Trulli’s performance this season for Team Lotus hasn’t been great. The Italian, who was “rested” to make way for Karun Chandhok at the German GP, but reclaimed his race seat at Hungary, has been […]

   

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  Infiniti JX Concept – teaser image number six released

  15 August 2011 / 5 comments

  Click to enlarge image Infiniti has released the sixth (and we presume final) teaser image of its upcoming JX Concept, which will be fully unveiled three days from now at the 2011 Pebble Beach Concours […]

   

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  Frankfurt preview: Production Toyota Prius Plug-in Hybrid

  15 August 2011 / 59 comments

  Toyota is finally ready to launch its Prius Plug-in Hybrid, which will make its debut in Frankfurt in production form. The user rechargeable Prius is Toyota’s first plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) to go on […]

   

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