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  Chevrolet Volt named as the North American Car of The Year – Ford Explorer takes the truck title

  11 January 2011 / 4 comments

  At the NAIAS, the Chevrolet Volt and Ford Explorer have been named as the 2011 North American Car and Truck of the Year respectively by a panel of 49 US and Canadian auto journalists. The […]

   

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  Detroit 2011: Ford unveils Vertrek Concept SUV

  11 January 2011 / 7 comments

  Ford has debuted its new Vertrek Concept SUV at the NAIAS – the four-seater design shows the direction the company is looking to take as it works to move forward from the Escape and Kuga […]

   

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  Ford Fiesta gets five-star safety rating in China NCAP

  10 January 2011 / 23 comments

  Not that it matters an iota to Ford Fiesta fans and owners, but here’s more proof that the car is – besides being fun to drive – one safe bag of tricks. The car has […]

   

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  Proton in talks with Hindustan Motors for Indian contract manufacturing deal – annoucement expected in February?

  10 January 2011 / 32 comments

  More news has emerged about Proton’s anticipated move into the Indian market – the company is said to be in talks with Hindustan Motors, India’s oldest automaker, to sign a contract manufacturing deal in which […]

   

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  Cadillac to debut CTS-V Coupe race car in Detroit

  7 January 2011 / 21 comments

  Cadillac will be unveiling its new CTS-V Coupe race car – which is set to take part in the Sports Car Club of America World Challenge GT racing series this season – in Detroit at […]

   

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  Suzuki to build its first small car engine in 16 years

  7 January 2011 / 29 comments

  According to reports, Suzuki is planning to build its first new small car engine in 16 years. The planned block is a 660cc unit, which is expected to deliver a fuel economy figure of 27 […]

   

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  Go topless! – Peugeot 308 CC launched in Malaysia

  6 January 2011 / 98 comments

  Nasim kicked off the 2011 new car launch calendar today with the market introduction of its Peugeot 308 CC, the first of four new models the company is planning to unveil here this year. As […]

   

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  Porsche 918 Spyder coupe set to debut in Detroit

  6 January 2011 / 11 comments

  Porsche is set to lift the wraps off a coupe version of its 918 Spyder next week at the Detroit show. The 918 Spyder hybrid, which made its debut last year as a concept in […]

   

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  Hyundai Veloster Coupe – opening doors to a new take

  6 January 2011 / 11 comments

  Click to enlarge It does get convoluted with doors, sometimes, what with two-, three-, four- and five-doors to contend with, mentally speaking. You can imagine a coupe or hatch for the first two designations, a […]

   

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  Detroit Electric e63 spotted in Subang – is something up?

  5 January 2011 / 109 comments

  After a serious bout of activity and publicity a couple of years ago, news from Detroit Electric, which was aiming to produce electric vehicles based on Proton’s Persona and GEN2 models, has pretty much gone […]

   

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  Mercury rolls into the history books after 71 years

  5 January 2011 / 13 comments

  Ford’s Mercury sub-brand has finally joined Pontiac on the list of Detroit brand names consigned to the automotive history books – the last Mercury, a Grand Marquis, rolled off the production line at the Ford […]

   

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  Proton to complete strategic blueprint for India by Q1

  4 January 2011 / 54 comments

  According to news reports, Proton says it is hoping to conclude defining the strategies needed for its business expansion into India’s automotive market by the first quarter of this year. Currently, Proton has identified the […]

   

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  Mazda3 MPS spotted in JPJ Putrajaya!

  4 January 2011 / 100 comments

  Things are certainly looking good for those into their performance hatches, especially in manual transmission form. By the looks of it, the Mazda3 MPS – also known as the Mazdaspeed3 – should soon join the […]

   

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  Volkswagen to finally unveil New Midsize Sedan in Detroit

  4 January 2011 / 20 comments

  It’s been a while coming, ever since news came about in 2009 that Volkswagen would be introducing its New Midsize Sedan bound for the US market, but it looks like Wolfsburg is finally debuting the […]

   

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  Great Wall enters a Haval SUV in 2011 Dakar Rally

  3 January 2011 / 21 comments

  Nothing like getting those competition miles under the belt for better street cred, and in the case of Chinese automaker Great Wall, the company has decided that nothing less than going the Dakar Rally route […]

   

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