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  Takanobu Ito: Honda to revive NSX replacement plans

  9 February 2011 / 13 comments

  The Honda NSX deserves a successor, but plans for one were scrapped along with Honda’s Formula 1 involvement back in 2008. It was the power of the accountant, not dreams, that was stronger during that […]

   

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  U.S. Dept of Transport: Toyota e-throttles not defective

  9 February 2011 / 15 comments

  It’s sweet vindication for Toyota after the U.S. Department of Transportation said that electric systems and electromagnetic interference played no role in unintended acceleration cases. Reports of runaway cars and the subsequent persecution led the […]

   

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  Force India launch the VJM04 – next target is the podium

  9 February 2011 / 0 comments

  The Force India F1 Team finished 2010 sitting nice in seventh place in the Constructors’ championship with 68 points, nine top ten starts and 15 points scoring finishes, its best-ever season in Formula 1. And […]

   

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  Scuderia Toro Rosso targets eighth place with new STR6

  2 February 2011 / 5 comments

  Red Bull owned Scuderia Toro Rosso was also present at the Valencia pitlane to launch their 2011 STR6 alongside big brother Red Bull Racing. The Italy based outfit’s lineup for this season is unchanged with […]

   

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  What is a diesel MINI Cooper S? The Cooper SD of course!

  2 February 2011 / 6 comments

  Click to enlarge The MINI family has the Cooper S, the performance petrol version. The diesel MINI, which we don’t get here in Malaysia, is the Cooper D. So naturally, the performance diesel variant will […]

   

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  Mercedes GP Petronas debuts the new look MGP W02

  2 February 2011 / 20 comments

  Click to enlarge Mercedes GP Petronas has joined its rivals by launching their 2011 challenger at Valencia, where the Silver Arrows hit the track for the first time this year. The MGP W02, as previewed […]

   

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  Champions Red Bull launch the RB7, now with KERS

  1 February 2011 / 6 comments

  Red Bull Racing, holders of the Formula 1 Constructors’ title as well as the Drivers’ title with Sebastian Vettel, has launched its track weapon for the 2011 season, just 11 weeks after Vettel sealed a […]

   

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  Lotus Renault R31 launched in Valencia, 92% of car is new

  1 February 2011 / 53 comments

  Lotus Renault GP’s 2011 challenger has been unveiled at Valencia, where F1 teams are having their first test session of the year from now till 3rd Feb. Drivers Robert Kubica and Vitaly Petrov pulled the […]

   

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  Volvo S60 to be launched in March – CBU T6 for RM350k

  1 February 2011 / 66 comments

  As we’ve told you before, the all new Volvo S60 is coming to town, and now we know that it will be officially launched next month (March 2011). Typical for Volvo Car Malaysia, new models […]

   

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  Sauber C30 – more sponsors, better reliability, KERS

  1 February 2011 / 9 comments

  Click to enlarge Sauber has launched its 2011 car with sponsor logos (last year’s car was plain) and aims for predictability and reliability (which was also lacking in 2010). The C30 will be driven by […]

   

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  Bruno Senna joins Lotus Renault GP’s reserve driver list

  1 February 2011 / 6 comments

  The names ‘Senna’ and ‘Lotus’ are together again, although you won’t see the famous pairing challenging for race wins. It’s not Ayrton and not a Lotus chassis, but the late great’s nephew Bruno has joined […]

   

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  Team Lotus eyeing 50 points this season, wants to challenge Lotus-Renault by the end of 2011

  31 January 2011 / 53 comments

  Team Lotus, or “Tony’s Lotus” as the team is sometimes referred to in reference to the AirAsia boss, has launched its new T128 challenger for the 2011 Formula 1 season. And the reigning “best new […]

   

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  Toyota leads Indonesia vehicle sales with 37% market share, best selling Avanza still going strong

  31 January 2011 / 17 comments

  South East Asia is Toyota territory. The world’s largest carmaker is almost like a “national carmaker” in Thailand and Indonesia, and is the top selling foreign brand in Malaysia, behind national carmakers Perodua and Proton. […]

   

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  Mercedes GP Petronas releases rendering of MGP W02

  31 January 2011 / 10 comments

  The Mercedes GP team, which is of course sponsored by Malaysia’s Petronas, has released the first image of its 2011 car. This rendering is of the MGP W02 that will be driven by Michael Schumacher […]

   

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  Selespeed retired, Alfa MiTo first to get dual-clutch TCT

  29 January 2011 / 19 comments

  Designed to offer the best of both manual and automatic worlds, the Selespeed robotized manual transmission by Alfa Romeo wasn’t as perfect as it could have been. The Magneti Marelli developed gearbox, which made its […]

   

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