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  SPYSHOTS: Ford Escort winter testing in Europe

  2 April 2014 / 8 comments

  Spies have manage to photograph the Ford Escort undergoing winter testing in Europe. The budget sedan was previewed in concept form in Shanghai last year. While the Escort has only been announced for the Chinese […]

   

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  AD: Sprint away in a brand new Audi A4 with an enhanced package worth RM16,000 and 4 years warranty at the Audi BSC Roadshow this week!

  2 April 2014 / 0 comments

  Thinking to replace your current set of wheels with something premium from Ingolstatd, Germany? The perfect time for that has just arrived thanks to the Audi BSC Roadshow happening this week at the Bangsar Shopping […]

   

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  2014 Great Wall Haval H6 SUV set for June launch

  2 April 2014 / 31 comments

  UPDATE: It seems that the particular Great Wall H6 that local distributor Green Oranges will be introducing is the Great Wall-badged Hover H6, which is also known as the Haval H6 in selected markets, but […]

   

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  Volkswagen may set up plant in Thailand – report

  2 April 2014 / 52 comments

  Volkswagen AG has applied to set up its first assembly plant in Thailand, reports Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the matter. The German carmaker is seeking to participate in a government programme that offers tax […]

   

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  Original MINI Accessories revealed for the F56 Hatch

  2 April 2014 / 2 comments

  Before any of you ask, no, this isn’t another one of our April Fools’ jokes. We’re done with that now. Until next year, that is. What you see here is real (yup, even the sunglasses-wearing […]

   

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  Opel Astra Copacabana – in time for World Cup fever

  1 April 2014 / 10 comments

  MINI isn’t the only one trying to cash in on the football fever in the run up to the FIFA World Cup in Brazil in June – Opel has just released its own special edition […]

   

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  Paw-werful driving in a 180 PS Volkswagen Amarok

  1 April 2014 / 7 comments

  Here’s a dogged tale, then. Over in the UK, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) has partnered with Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles to teach rescue dogs to drive. Over the past […]

   

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  BMW Force Injection Booster: low-speed exhilaration

  1 April 2014 / 10 comments

  Finding your daily commute dry and boring? Stuck driving at low speeds when all you want to do is tear up the roads at 300 km/h? From today – April 1 – you can order […]

   

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  Citroen C4 Cactus Arsenal Edition – 11 units only!

  1 April 2014 / 6 comments

  Now that Arsenal has self-ejected itself out of the title race, here’s something to momentarily put a smile back on your face, fellow long-suffering Gooner. Citroen will produce a special Arsenal edition of the forthcoming […]

   

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  BMW ZZZ Series Cot – The Ultimate Sleeping Machine

  1 April 2014 / 18 comments

  Here’s an interesting one from BMW New Zealand – the BMW ZZZ Series Cot. It’s being touted as The Ultimate Sleeping Machine, fusing advanced technology and German engineering so that your baby will sleep better […]

   

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  Volvo rolls out updates for 2015 models, adds new Inscription package for the XC60, V70, XC70 and S80

  1 April 2014 / 15 comments

  Volvo Car Group has announced a series of upgrades for all its model year 2015 (USA naming convention; to track annual updates) lineup. To start with, a new luxury-focussed Inscription package is now offered on […]

   

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  Three automakers have applied for EEV incentives

  1 April 2014 / 50 comments

  According to a news report published by The Sun, three automakers have applied for the incentives that have been set in place for locally-assembled energy efficient vehicles (EEV) under the revised National Automotive Policy (NAP […]

   

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  Daihatsu Ayla seen again – Perodua Viva replacement?

  1 April 2014 / 79 comments

  The debadged Daihatsu Ayla/Toyota Agya has been spotted again, wearing the same trade plate as before. These spyshots were kindly sent in by reader Din Adun – now we know what the car looks like […]

   

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  2015 Honda Fit Kit – build your supermini by hand

  1 April 2014 / 14 comments

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8GLIJ_HQJ8 Have you always wanted to build your own fully-functioning car? No, not a Caterham, but a proper, fully-featured family hatchback? Well, Honda – in the US at least – has you covered from today, […]

   

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  Hyundai to run three i20 WRC cars at Rally de Portugal

  1 April 2014 / 8 comments

  Fresh from scoring its maiden podium last month at Rally Mexico, the Hyundai Shell World Rally Team is gearing up for the fourth round of this year’s FIA World Rally Championship calendar, Rally de Portugal, […]

   

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