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  VIDEO: Design chief explains Subaru WRX Concept

  8 April 2013 / 22 comments

  The delectable Subaru WRX Concept, which recently surfaced at the 2013 New York International Auto Show, gets detailed in this video by design department GM Osamu Namba. You might very well agree though, that you […]

   

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  Inokom rolls out the 10,000th Lorimas AU26 truck

  8 April 2013 / 12 comments

  Inokom held a ceremony last week to mark the rollout of the 10,000th unit of the Lorimas AU26 from the company’s plant in Kulim. The Inokom-badged 1.5-tonne truck is the first Hyundai light-duty truck to […]

   

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  Nissan Juke n-tec – gadget-laden design-led UK model

  8 April 2013 / 17 comments

  Nissan lucked in to a winner with the bizarrely styled Juke crossover when it coincided with the recent hipster phenomenon. Weird is now cool and by extension, so is the Juke. Now, UK’s cool kids […]

   

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  MINI niche spreads too thin, axe waiting for some?

  8 April 2013 / 16 comments

  It looks like MINI’s fast paced range expansion is about to be shot down, with a high-ranking MINI USA executive telling Edmunds that some of the niche variants won’t be up for renewal come the […]

   

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  Lexus planning compact hybrid SUV to fight BMW X1

  8 April 2013 / 3 comments

  Lexus is readying a BMW X1 rival. Automotive News reports that Toyota’s luxury brand plans to show a production-ready premium compact SUV to rival the X1 and Audi’s Q3 (pictured above) at next year’s Geneva […]

   

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  VIDEO: Porsche 917 in Le Mans 1971 – records broken

  8 April 2013 / 2 comments

  Porsche is returning to the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2014 with a new LMP1 sports prototype that’s widely believed to be an endurance race-prepped version of the upcoming 918 halo car – already […]

   

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  BMW to create sub-brand in China, exports possible

  8 April 2013 / 21 comments

  Having a sub-brand in China selling cheaper and/or older models isn’t something new, but it still came as a surprise when we came across reports saying that BMW is going down that route with Chinese […]

   

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  Porsche 911 RSR – new race car based on the 991

  5 April 2013 / 9 comments

  Porsche has developed a new GT race car for the World Endurance Championship (WEC) and the Le Mans 24 Hours. And since the new 911 RSR honours a special anniversary, from a bird’s eye perspective, […]

   

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  Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk7 – orders begin in Europe

  5 April 2013 / 116 comments

  The order books have opened for the Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk7 in Europe, and with that, more details about the car have also come about. As is already known, the car is available from the […]

   

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  Detroit Electric SP:01 unveiled, Shanghai debut

  5 April 2013 / 16 comments

  Ah, nearly five years on, Detroit Electric is back, this time with a car that it’s taken the wraps off ahead of its official debut in Shanghai. The SP:01 is a two-seat all-electric sports car, […]

   

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  Chevrolet Spin launched in Thailand – 7-seater MPV

  5 April 2013 / 20 comments

  The Chevrolet Spin MPV was launched in Thailand last month. The Spin, a budget B-segment MPV that takes on Toyota’s Avanza and Suzuki’s Ertiga in Asean, is imported from Indonesia. Designed by General Motors do […]

   

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  Hyundai Santa Fe – third-gen surfaces on oto.my

  5 April 2013 / 69 comments

  An ad has popped up on oto.my for the yet-to-launch third-gen Hyundai Santa Fe. An estimated price of RM190k is listed for the 2.2 litre four-pot CRDi-powered variant, which has 197 PS and 436 Nm […]

   

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  BMW Concept X4 to debut at Auto Shanghai 2013

  5 April 2013 / 6 comments

  Yup, the BMW X6 Sport Activity Coupe will soon be getting a little brother, and BMW’s Auto Shanghai 2013 concept car world debut will be a close to production preview of the upcoming BMW X4. […]

   

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  VIDEO: Stock Nissan GT-R exceeds 290 km/h on ice

  5 April 2013 / 25 comments

  A factory-standard Nissan GT-R has achieved a top speed of 294.8 km/h on the frozen Lake Baikal, taking the production car speed record on natural ice in Russia. Located in the south of the Siberian […]

   

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  First look at BMW X4 Concept, set for Shanghai debut

  5 April 2013 / 23 comments

  This set of five photos is a first look at BMW’s Auto Shanghai 2013 debutant, the BMW X4 Concept. It’s essentially a Sport Activity Coupe to accompany the BMW X3, much like the BMW X6 […]

   

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