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More news from our neighbours – sales of Japanese brands have dominated Indonesia’s automotive market this year, Indonesia’s Antara news agency reported. Based on Indonesian Automotive Industry Association (Gaikindo) data, Toyota takes the top spot with sales […]
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Toyota Crown – 14th-gen S210 makes its debut
Christmas may be a time of rest for many, but not Toyota. The automaker, set to regain the top spot in 2012, took the festive occasion to introduce its all-new Crown luxury sedan for the […]
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Indonesian govt to establish low-cost green car policy
The Indonesian government will put in place a regulation on the production of low-cost green cars (LCGC) after an automotive manufacturer there invested heavily in green cars, according to a report published by the Antara news […]
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Ford Fiesta Van – facelift goes the cargo route
Ford has announced that the new Fiesta Van will enter the European market in January next year. It’s definitely not the first – Fiesta vans have been around for a bit, and this one is […]
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Mercedes-Benz CLA breaks cover ahead of debut
Pictures of the new Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class have leaked online ahead of its expected Detroit motor show debut next month. We’re not sure if they’re official press shots, but if they’re anything to go by, the baby […]
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Next-gen Corvette C7 drawings leaked ahead of debut
We know that the seventh-generation Corvette will debut at the 2013 Detroit show next month, but have no idea what the C7 will look like. Till now, because a set of leaked drawings of the […]
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2013 Toyota Avalon to offer Qi wireless charging
Buyers of the 2013 Toyota Avalon can do away with car chargers and their spaghetti of wires, because the full-size sedan is the first car in the world to be made available with Qi wireless […]
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Thai monthly vehicle exports top 100k for the first time
Earlier this week, we read that Thai car production hit the highest point (256,581 units in November) since it began there in 1961, and it turns out that last month also saw monthly vehicle exports […]
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DRIVEN: The new MINI Paceman in Mallorca, Spain
Where MINI is concerned, variety is clearly the spice of life. Since the distinctive Hatch’s introduction over a decade ago, Cabrio, Clubman, Countryman, Coupe and Roadster bodystyles have been added to result in a model […]
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Q&A with Rainer Zietlow, Guinness World Record Drive Holder from Melbourne to St Petersburg
Remember Rainer Zietlow and his Challenge4 team? Much like the three wise men who travelled afar, Zietlow, Marius Biela and Vladimir Gagarin drove a Volkswagen Touareg V6 TDI from Melbourne, Australia to St Petersburg, Russia […]
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Thai car production in November highest in 51 years
The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) has revealed that a record 256,581 automobiles were produced in the country last month – the highest since car production began in 1961, reports the Thai News Agency. This represents a […]
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Toyota to regain No 1 spot in 2012, with 9.7 mil units
Reports indicate that Toyota is set to regain the world No. 1 automaker ranking for 2012, after having dropped down to third place in 2011, a slide brought about by severe production disruptions that occurred […]
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Team Hanis Zalikha brings some blogger power to the Petronas Switch for XTRA Road Challenge! [AD]
We’ve featured three teams in the Petronas Switch for XTRA Road Challenge so far – Team Awal, Team Scha Alyahya and Team FBI – so let’s now take a look at the final one in […]
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Hyundai previews Connectivity Concept, due in 2015
Automakers are definitely putting a lot of emphasis on in-car connectivity these days, and the latest to join the party is Hyundai, which recently previewed the first prototype of its Connectivity Concept. The technology study, […]
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Qoros GQ3 – first images of the C-segment sedan
This is the car that young Chinese brand Qoros will debut at the Geneva motor show in March. Called the Qoros GQ3, it’s the first in a line of all-new models designed and developed by an […]