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  General Motors cuts Facebook ads but adds content

  17 May 2012 / 1 comment

  Do paid advertisements on Facebook work? General Motors says no. The American car company is getting ready to stop advertising on Facebook, just when the social media giant is getting ready to sell shares in […]

   

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  MINI John Cooper Works GP: only 2,000 units worldwide

  16 May 2012 / 8 comments

  It’s the fastest MINI ever built, and production is to be limited to just 2,000 examples – the new John Cooper Works GP, which made its debut at the MINI United festival earlier in the […]

   

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  Toyota Wish facelift for 2012 on sale in Japan

  16 May 2012 / 72 comments

  The Estima is not the only Toyota MPV to be given a minor facelift this year – the popular Toyota Wish also gets updated for 2012, bringing subtle improvements such as better interior textures, trim […]

   

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  Toyota establishes Learning Center in Indonesia

  16 May 2012 / 4 comments

  Toyota’s expansion in Indonesia continues with the establishment of a Learning Center in the country, with an aim of systematically transferring vehicle-manufacturing know-how to its Indonesian operations. Located within Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia’s (TMMIN) Karawang […]

   

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  Mazda CX-5 launched – 2.0 SkyActiv-G, RM155k to RM165k

  16 May 2012 / 220 comments

  The covers have just been officially drawn away from the Mazda CX-5 here in Penang. Now, we’ve already seen the brochure, as well as the price that Bermaz Motor is asking for one. As a […]

   

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  AD: Citibank Home Loans Debt Consolidation lets you live debt-free faster while saving you time and money

  16 May 2012 / 25 comments

  Albert Einstein once said that one of the most powerful forces in the universe is ‘compound interest.’ If the mad-haired scientist was still alive today, he might think the same about ‘debt consolidation’. But what […]

   

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  CONFIRMED: Peugeot 408 to be finally launched next week

  15 May 2012 / 76 comments

  Nasim Sdn Bhd has announced that it will finally launch the Peugeot 408 next week. This doesn’t come as a surprise, as groups of unmasked units of 408 were caught on camera last week. From […]

   

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  Hyundai i30, besieged by primates, goes ape for 10 hours

  15 May 2012 / 81 comments

  You’ve met Gorilla Glass. Now, meet Baboon Car. Yes, it was definitely a case of monkeying around when the clever folk at Hyundai UK decided to put the new i30 up to a very different […]

   

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  Chevrolet Trax – small SUV to join the fold in Paris

  15 May 2012 / 4 comments

  Click to enlarge. Chevrolet is set to add a new small sport utility vehicle to its model lineup later this year. Called the Trax, the SUV will make its debut at the Paris Motor Show […]

   

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  Mazda to set up production facility in Vladivostok, Russia

  15 May 2012 / 9 comments

  Mazda recently announced that it had signed an agreement with OJSC Sollers to establish a joint venture manufacturing company in Russia. Sollers is one of the leading automotive companies in Russia. The JV company will […]

   

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  Proton Prevé Turbo CVT and IAFM Manual tested

  15 May 2012 / 480 comments

  I’ve had a go at the Proton Prevé, finally. After hearing so much about it from my colleagues (raves and rants, but more of the former) who attended the preview drive, and seeing the latest […]

   

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  Toyota Estima MPV gets a new facelift for 2012

  15 May 2012 / 56 comments

  The Toyota Estima has been given a facelift for 2012, about three years after the last update which saw Toyota giving it a minor revision to the shape of the headlamps. For the 2012 facelift, […]

   

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  Twenty lucky winners strike gold in Caltex contest

  15 May 2012 / 0 comments

  More contest winners. Twenty lucky folks have struck gold in Peraduan KeEMASan dengan Caltex organised by the fuel brand. Caltex gave away a total of RM280,000 in Maybank Gold Investment Accounts to the winners of […]

   

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  BHPetrol gave away tons of prizes to April’s winners

  14 May 2012 / 0 comments

  BHP have recently presented prizes to the first month of winners of the BHPetrol-Celcom-HTC contest. In total, there were four winners for the month of April, one for each week. The lucky contestants that won […]

   

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  Jazeman Jaafar wins his first British F3 race at Pau

  14 May 2012 / 14 comments

  Jazeman Jaafar has finally won his first British F3 International Series race, taking the honours at the Grand Prix de Pau in France, which ran over the weekend. A second place finish on Sunday means […]

   

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