Volkswagen Jetta 1.4 TSI – first drive impressions
Showing all your cards at one go is a bit of a double-edged sword. It’s undoubtedly great for effect, where the blanket covers significant acreage in one swipe, and it also allows …
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Volkswagen Passat 1.8 TSI – first drive impressions
Next up in the three vehicle VW spread is the Passat, the changeover from the Jetta taking place in Ipoh. Jumping in from the latter, the shift in presentation with the seventh-generation …
DRIVEN: Volkswagen Cross Touran 1.4 TSI – first drive
Finally, we come to the last of the Volkswagen trio - after the previous day spent going up in the Jetta and Passat, the return trip from Penang was made in the …
Honda CR-Z launched – RM115k OTR with insurance
Honda Malaysia earlier this evening launched the CR-Z, making Malaysia the first country in Southeast Asia to offer the three-door hybrid hatch to car enthusiasts. The third Honda hybrid to be introduced …
Nissan to build Infiniti vehicles in China as early as 2012, to also locate new global headquarters in Hong Kong
Nissan says it will begin manufacturing Infiniti-brand vehicles in China as early as next year, according to a report, and in doing so, it will become the first Japanese automaker to produce …
Ford Fiesta – a trio gets reworked for SEMA
Ford is set to join the SEMA fray with its own boarding party, with the Fiesta among the motley crew. The event will see three pimped up examples of the hatch, reworked …
Range Rover Evoque launched – RM353k to RM393k
Land Rover Malaysia has officially launched the Range Rover Evoque - the car arrives in three variant forms, these being a 2.0 litre petrol three-door Coupe as well as two five-door examples, …
Proton looking for clean sweep of 2011 APRC titles – Atkinson and McRae to fight it out for driver’s title in China
This weekend's China Rally will see Proton drivers Alister McRae and Chris Atkinson fighting it out for the Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) driver’s title. McRae currently leads the championship with 116 …
Subaru BRZ Concept STI to premiere in LA
Click to enlarge. Ahead of its eventual debut in Tokyo, Subaru's BRZ gets a final run-out in a Concept STI form. The STI-badged car will premiere at the Los Angeles Auto Show …
Ferrari introduces free 7-year maintenance programme
Ferrari has announced a new customer care service, where clients ordering a California, 458 Italia, FF or 458 Spider from the authorised dealership network will be entitled to a free seven-year scheduled …
Free parking for hybrid vehicles in PJ for three months
Three months of free parking in Petaling Jaya - that's the cheery news awaiting new hybrid vehicle owners. The Petaling Jaya City Council, or MBPJ, has announced the free parking initiative as …
Bentley gets a £3 million conditional grant allocation to support development of new powertrain applications
Over in the UK, Bentley has announced that it has received confirmation of a conditional grant allocation of £3 million from the UK's Department for Business Regional Growth Fund (RGF). It's the …
2012 Honda CR-V pops up on Honda Japan’s website
Click to enlarge. Last month, the 2012 Honda CR-V Concept was revealed, and now, the first images of the production fourth-generation CR-V have come about - Honda's Japanese website teases the new …
My Proton Makeover – next up, a 17-year-old Wira sedan!
The next recipient of the My Proton Makeover programme has been identified - Sashideran Radha Krishnan's 17-year-old Proton Wira, which he inherited from his father, will be given the reworking treatment by …
Chevrolet Cruze and Captiva – promotion on both vehicles until Dec 31 in the Chevrolet Centennial Celebration
In conjunction with the Chevrolet Centennial Celebration, Naza Quest has announced a promotion for the Cruze sedan and Captiva SUV, which runs from now until December 31. During the promo period, buyers …
Hyundai sells 2.95 million units worldwide through third quarter 2011 – sales up by 10% over same period in 2010
Hyundai Motor Company has reported that it has sold 2,949,914 units worldwide in the first nine months of the year, up 10.5% from the same period a year earlier. Of the total, …
Japanese investment in Indonesia soars in 2011
According to a report, Japanese direct investment in Indonesia has spiked in recent months, with the cumulative total for the first nine months of this year amounting to 1.16 billion US dollars …
Honda’s Thai plant may be out for up to six months
Honda's Thailand assembly plant in Ayutthaya, which was submerged when floodwaters inundated the factory on October 9, may be out of action for up to six months, according to reports. The automaker …
Toyota iQ-RS Evasive makes it a triple iQ shot at SEMA
Joining the Toyota iQ-MR from Tatsu and Jon Sibal's iQ RX at SEMA is the iQ-RS by Michael Chang. His iQ gets a complete Evasive Motorsports body kit, with carbon featuring for …
Toyota iQ goes the pimped-up route for SEMA
Toyota's iQ gets reintepreted for the upcoming SEMA show, with three examples - created for the show’s Tuner Challenge - getting the pumped up bodywork and pimped interior treatment. Two of the …
