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  Malaysians to take on new Ford Ranger in the “Global Ford Ranger Challenge” – winner drives the truck home!

  31 January 2012 / 6 comments

  Ford will officially kick off the “Global Ford Ranger Challenge” tomorrow (1 February), a unique, worldwide experiential marketing campaign leading up to the launch of the all-new Ford Ranger later this year. The campaign will […]

   

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  Reports: Lotus looking for £500m partner, Genii interested

  31 January 2012 / 72 comments

  Reports coming from the UK say that Group Lotus CEO Dany Bahar is looking for financial partners to buy over the sportscar maker from Proton. The Sunday Times news piece suggested that Bahar is not […]

   

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  BMW unveils first DTM 2012 livery featuring Castrol EDGE

  31 January 2012 / 8 comments

  Here’s what BMW’s 2012 DTM challenger looks like in full livery. This livery features the green of Castrol EDGE, Castrol’s flagship motor oil, and the blue of Aral Ultimate high-performance fuel. Other visible brands include […]

   

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  Fiat 500L 5-door hatch coming soon, 7-seater on the way!

  30 January 2012 / 12 comments

  Fiat’s reborn icon is about to grow in size. The popular retro styled 500 will get a five-door hatchback variant called 500L, L for large. Codenamed L-Zero, the supermini sized 500L will make its debut […]

   

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  MotoGP test at Sepang – free viewing from grandstand

  30 January 2012 / 8 comments

  Want to catch some MotoGP action for free? Sepang International Circuit will be opening its main grandstand for free viewing of the annual MotoGP pre-season test, to be held from tomorrow (31 January) till Thursday […]

   

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  F1: Lotus 2012 challenger to be called E20 – E for Enstone

  30 January 2012 / 7 comments

  Th Lotus F1 Team, formerly called Lotus Renault GP, has announced that its 2012 challenger will be named E20, a departure from the R tagged chassis names of the Renault team. Officially, the E20 name […]

   

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  Honda CR-Z “Label α” – burgundy coloured special edition

  30 January 2012 / 22 comments

  The Honda CR-Z has been rather well received in Malaysia. Launched in November last year, Honda Malaysia targeted to sell 100 units of the RM115k hybrid by the end of 2011, but has received over […]

   

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  Reports: Volkswagen thinking of F1, to supply engines first

  30 January 2012 / 9 comments

  This is not something we’ve heard of the first time, but Volkswagen is considering joining Formula 1, according to a report from Germany. Apparently, VW’s motor sport representative Wolfgang Durheimer told prominent business mag Wirtschaftswoche […]

   

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  On eBay: Barack Obama’s Chrysler 300C going for $1m

  27 January 2012 / 12 comments

  There’s only one reason for the presidential price tag on this 2005 Chrysler 300C – it was used by US President Barack Obama! Put up on eBay by one “cubfanatic23” for US$1,000,000, this 300C was […]

   

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  VIDEO: Toyota TS030 Hybrid LMP1 car driven on track

  27 January 2012 / 2 comments

  Earlier this week, we told you about Toyota’s return to endurance racing when the Japanese company unveiled its TS030 Hybrid challenger. Here’s a video of the hybrid racer seeing some track action at Paul Ricard […]

   

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  Caterham F1 unveils 2012 car – the Renault powered CT01

  27 January 2012 / 19 comments

  Caterham F1 Team, the rebranded Team Lotus owned by Tony Fernandes, has unveiled its 2012 challenger. The CT01, as it is called, comes with a “platypus-style” nose, which is unusual, but expected to find its […]

   

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  Acura ILX Concept previews a new entry level saloon

  26 January 2012 / 26 comments

  At the recent Detroit show, Honda’s luxury brand Acura teased us all with the NSX Concept, but another showcar is much closer to the showroom than the supercar, the ILX Concept. Billed as the precursor […]

   

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  Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3 – Stripped out race spec Godzilla

  26 January 2012 / 10 comments

  Click to enlarge image This mean racing machine you see here is the Nissan GT-R NISMO GT3, which conforms to FIA GT3 regulations. It has been developed by NISMO and JR Motorsports (JRM), the official […]

   

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  Mitsubishi to produce ASX in Indonesia starting this year

  26 January 2012 / 29 comments

  Mitsubishi Motors has announced it will start production and sales of the ASX (also known as Outlander Sport) in Indonesia. This will happen in the first half of MMC’s fiscal year 2012. FY 2011 for […]

   

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  Mitsubishi teases all-new vehicle ahead of Geneva debut

  25 January 2012 / 17 comments

  Click to enlarge image Detroit has passed and now it’s Geneva’s turn in the annual major motor show calendar, so expect to see teasers and online reveals before the wraps come off in Switzerland in […]

   

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