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  Daihatsu joins the Takata airbag recall list – Honda says it will announce affected vehicles regionally

  15 May 2015 / 11 comments

  The current round of Takata airbag recalls continues – now Daihatsu is in on it. The mini-car automaker has said it is recalling 260,000 vehicles pertaining to the issue, but states that all of its […]

   

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  AD: Get up close and personal with the BMW i8, BMW X6 and BMW 2 Series Active Tourer at Ingress Auto

  15 May 2015 / 0 comments

  Yep, you read that right! Head over to Ingress Auto this weekend – May 15 and 16 at the Damansara Showroom, May 17 at the Puchong Showroom) – and you can get up close and […]

   

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  Toyota Avensis facelift boasts BMW-derived diesels

  15 May 2015 / 11 comments

  While it’s not exactly a brand-spanking new car by now, further information regarding the 2016 Toyota Avensis facelift have been divulged by the brand. The Euro-market D-segment sedan (wagon pictured below), which premiered at the […]

   

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  New Toyota Vios TRD Sportivo introduced in Thailand

  15 May 2015 / 43 comments

  Toyota has introduced the Toyota Vios TRD Sportivo in Thailand. Priced at 694,000 baht (RM73,985), the new TRD Sportivo is the middle variant of the Thai Vios range, sitting below the top S and G, […]

   

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  Jaguar XE-R V8 in the works, to take on the BMW M3

  15 May 2015 / 2 comments

  Reports indicate that a high-performance version of the Jaguar XE is in the works. The Jaguar XE-R is slated to take on the established big boys, namely the BMW M3, Mercedes-AMG C 63 and Audi […]

   

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  SPYSHOTS: 2015 Renault Kayou – a cut-price Dacia?

  15 May 2015 / 5 comments

  Spotted earlier in India as a prototype, additional shots of the 2015 Renault Kayou (codenamed Renault XBA) have surfaced again – this time showing a mule on the roads of Europe. The entry-level hatch was […]

   

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  Volkswagen Golf GTE Sport concept hits Worthersee

  15 May 2015 / 4 comments

  Ah, the GTI meet in Wörthersee, Austria – the annual festival for the German hot hatch faithful is also where the usually uptight Volkswagen Group lets its hair down by showing its most outrageous concept […]

   

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  New Pantai Expressway – road closure from May 15-16

  15 May 2015 / 2 comments

  Portions of the E10 New Pantai Expressway (NPE), specifically from KM 0.6 to KM 1.8 in both directions, from May 15 at (beginning from 10pm) to May 16 (ending at 5am). The cause for the […]

   

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  DRIVEN: Kia Cerato Koup – annyeong haseyo, turbo!

  14 May 2015 / 55 comments

  What do you look for in a car? Posed to an enthusiast, the largely intangible “driver appeal” will rank high, while there are some of us who chant the “manual or nothing” mantra. We may […]

   

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  Ford Mondeo Vignale to debut in Europe – 200 flagship FordStores to open, Vignale Lounge to be introduced

  14 May 2015 / 8 comments

  The new Ford Mondeo Vignale, which was revealed last month and is now in the midst of its international media drive in Rome, won’t just sashay in style into showrooms across Europe when it makes […]

   

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  KL MRT Line 2 details to be exhibited to the public

  14 May 2015 / 12 comments

  Further details regarding the KL Mass Rapid Transit system, specifically Line 2, will be exhibited to the general public starting from tomorrow (May 15). Information on said line, also referred to as the Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya […]

   

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  Ford to extend turbodiesel deal with Peugeot, Citroen

  14 May 2015 / 3 comments

  Ford is set to extend its turbodiesel engine joint venture with PSA Peugeot Citroën – a deal that has been in place since 1998 – beyond the current deadline of 2017, according to Automotive News. […]

   

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  Honda recalls 4.9 mil cars over faulty Takata airbags

  14 May 2015 / 10 comments

  Following the recall made by Toyota and Nissan just a day ago, Honda looks set to pile on the figures as the Japanese carmaker has issued another round of recall for a total of 4.89 […]

   

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  Audi R8 V10 – pricing announced, order books open

  14 May 2015 / 11 comments

  An update on the new Audi R8 – following its reveal in February and show debut in Geneva, Ingolstadt has announced that the order books have opened in Europe for the second-gen sports car, which […]

   

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  Renault’s Alpine sports car inches ever closer to production – will rival Porsche Boxster, Audi TT

  14 May 2015 / 9 comments

  It’s been a long time coming, this one – Renault’s Alpine-badged sports car was first mooted way back in 2012 with the project seemingly see-sawing between success and failure. In November that year, it was […]

   

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