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  MG3 UK prices announced, range tops out at RM50k

  5 August 2013 / 29 comments

  Carmakers usually announce “from XXX” prices, with the lowest price possible sticker price to attract punters. That sum, as advertised, usually buys you the variant that is on the complete opposite side of the scale […]

   

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  Peugeot 508 now with Navteq Malaysian GPS maps

  4 August 2013 / 52 comments

  Good news for existing and potential Peugeot 508 owners – Malaysian maps are finally available for the Peugeot 508’s GPS feature. The maps are supplied by Nokia’s Navteq subsidiary. We’re told that the maps will […]

   

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  Lotus to hire more staff following £100 mil investment

  2 August 2013 / 65 comments

  Lotus has announced that it is set to create more than 100 new jobs in the company. The recruitment drive follows a £100 million (RM493 million) investment signed off for it by DRB-Hicom earlier in […]

   

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  Opel Australia to close shop after less than a year

  2 August 2013 / 15 comments

  It hasn’t been quite a year since Opel officially made its way into the Australian market, and now, the GM-brand has announced that it will cease operations and will commence winding down its network in […]

   

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  VIDEO: Demonstration of how the third-gen Toyota Prius Hybrid Synergy Drive system works

  2 August 2013 / 14 comments

  If you’re both a tech geek and a motorhead like I am, you’ll definitely appreciate this video, made by the Transmission Lab of Weber State University’s Automotive Technology Department. It’s a pretty long clip that […]

   

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  BMW i3 in detail – the world’s first mass-produced car to be made primarily of carbon-fibre

  2 August 2013 / 10 comments

  The revolutionary BMW i3 premium all-electric vehicle made its global debut just a few days ago, representing a new form of sustainable mobility. There’s a lot to get excited about here. BMW claims that this […]

   

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  MINI to start assembling in Thailand, Countryman first

  2 August 2013 / 10 comments

  Following the recent move to locally assemble the Mini Countryman in Malaysia, the BMW-owned brand has started CKD operations in Thailand, with first units hitting showrooms this month. Like here, the first Mini chosen to […]

   

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  AirAsia is KLIMS13 official airline, air tickets to be won

  2 August 2013 / 4 comments

  AirAsia has been appointed as the Official Airline of the upcoming Kuala Lumpur International Motor Show 2013. KLIMS13, organised by the Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA), will take place from November 15-24 at the Putra World […]

   

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  Proton Preve R3 bodykit due September – RM1,500

  2 August 2013 / 102 comments

  Click to enlarge A bit overdue, this. We finally have word on the official Proton Preve R3 bodykit, a whole year after the Preve R3 Concept was shown at the 2012 Malaysian Rally. Proton Preve […]

   

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  W212 Mercedes-Benz E-Class facelift Malaysian specs released – E200 and E250 Avantgarde

  2 August 2013 / 53 comments

  Price list and spec sheets for the Malaysian W212 Mercedes-Benz E-Class facelift are now available at Mercedes-Benz dealerships, with the price lists showing a August 1, 2013 effective date. As hinted by the facelifted E […]

   

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  SPYSHOTS: Facelifted Audi A8, inside and out

  2 August 2013 / 11 comments

  We have more spyshots of the facelifted third-gen Audi A8, courtesy of our European spies. While you’ve already seen the reworked front grille, revised front and rear bumpers, and new head and tail lamp graphics, […]

   

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  SPIED: 2013 Toyota Vios spotted on a trailer in M’sia

  2 August 2013 / 91 comments

  Click to enlarge Here we go again, boys! A pair of uncovered 2013 Toyota Vios models has been spotted on a transport trailer in Malaysia, as sent in by reader Jared Ling. It gives us […]

   

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  4th-gen Toyota Prius spied, but doesn’t tell us much!

  2 August 2013 / 17 comments

  All the camo in the world couldn’t hide the fact that this is the next-generation Toyota Prius. That’s how iconic the car’s shape is, a symbol of fuel efficiency and aerodynamics. But there must be […]

   

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  W205 Mercedes-Benz C-Class interior revealed!

  2 August 2013 / 20 comments

  It looks like the ‘floating tablet’ style COMAND display that you can find in the A-Class and B-Class is going to move up the Mercedes-Benz range, as we can see in this first photo of […]

   

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  Government to replace Proton Perdana Executive and Inspira official cars with Honda Accord 2.4 and 2.0

  1 August 2013 / 178 comments

  It has been confirmed that the Proton Perdana Executive and Proton Inspira in the official Government vehicle fleet is to be replaced by the Honda Accord (likely to be the current model and not the […]

   

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