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  Jaguar XJ75 Platinum shows off customisation potential

  16 August 2010 / 31 comments

  Jaguar is 75 this year, and as part of a year long anniversary celebration, Jaguar’s design team has created this XJ75 Platinum Concept, a one-off that was displayed at the Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance Concept […]

   

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  Valentino Rossi moves to Ducati, signs two-year deal

  16 August 2010 / 72 comments

  The rumours have been circulating for quite some time, but it’s now confirmed that the seven-time MotoGP champ has left Yamaha to join Ducati, signing a two-year deal with the Italian team. Rossi has been […]

   

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  Volkswagen to work with DRB-Hicom on CKD project!

  14 August 2010 / 229 comments

  Volkswagen has shown that its plans to assemble cars in Malaysia need not involve Proton or the national carmaker’s Tanjung Malim plant by inking a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with DRB-HICOM “to collaborate on the […]

   

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  Toyota, GM, BMW, Nissan affected in South African strikes

  13 August 2010 / 46 comments

  Automakers might have to scout for new “cheap labour” locations after South African auto workers joined their counterparts in China by launching a strike demanding for higher pay. Toyota, Nissan, GM and BMW were among […]

   

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  Freak Civic: Honda dreams to be two separate Toyotas!

  13 August 2010 / 74 comments

  Making a car look like something else is something. Making it look like TWO other cars is truly rare. This Thai Honda Civic spotted at a PTT petrol station mimics the Lexus IS at the […]

   

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  Infiniti Performance Line launched with 348 bhp G Coupe

  13 August 2010 / 16 comments

  Infiniti has introduced a performance vehicle collection called the Infiniti Performance Line (IPL) in the US. The first IPL car is the 2011 Infiniti Performance Line G Coupe. “IPL was conceived to create a new […]

   

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  Volvo Raya promo offers free equipment, low interest rates

  12 August 2010 / 12 comments

  Volvo Car Malaysia is having a Hari Raya promotion that offers customers low interest rates and free equipment. They are also giving 20% discount on accessories for new purchases. For the Volvo S80 and the […]

   

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  VW Vento “entry level premium sedan” launched in India

  12 August 2010 / 50 comments

  Volkswagen has launched the Vento in India, which is the sedan version of the current generation Polo. Billed as an “entry level premium sedan” the Vento is certainly priced quite “premium” from Rs 6.99 lakhs. […]

   

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  Youngest woman to climb Everest endorses Nissan Juke

  12 August 2010 / 39 comments

  Click to enlarge Carmakers looking for a famous face to endorse their cars normally fall back on movie stars or pop stars, but Nissan UK’s marketing tactic for its Juke is slightly different. 22-year-old Bonita […]

   

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  Mazda design: Nagare no more, yesterday once more?

  11 August 2010 / 22 comments

  Are you a fan of the current Mazda look, with its curvy shapes, smiling mouth and eye-catching jewelry? It all started with the Nagare concept shown at the 2007 LA Motor Show, where the carmaker […]

   

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  Virgin Racing on track to overhaul Lotus for 10th place?

  11 August 2010 / 5 comments

  Malaysia owned Lotus Racing is commonly described as the “best of the new teams” but fellow rookie team Virgin Racing hasn’t given up on snatching that title away. VR technical director Nick Wirth believes that […]

   

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  Revised spec Mitsubishi Grandis with extra equipment

  10 August 2010 / 68 comments

  Mitsubishi Motors Malaysia has revised the spec of its Grandis MPV, which now comes with a host of new luxury features. They include xenon headlamps with auto leveling, a 2-DIN (6.1-inch) LCD touch screen head […]

   

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  Suzuki Alto launched – 3 variants, RM44,888 to RM54,888

  10 August 2010 / 372 comments

  Suzuki Malaysia Automobile (SMA) has added a new model to its local range – the Alto, which is an A-segment rival to the Perodua Viva and Hyundai i10. This subcompact is imported CBU from Maruti […]

   

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  Tunku Hammam and Arrows Racing Team wins MMER ahead of Audi by just one lap! Petronas finishes third

  9 August 2010 / 16 comments

  Click to enlarge We talked about Petronas Syntium Team and the Audi works team before the race, but it was Malaysia’s top racing driver Tunku Hammam Tunku Sulong and his Arrows Racing Team that claimed […]

   

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  Hyundai i10 1.25 Kappa – Test Drive Review

  6 August 2010 / 283 comments

  The Hyundai i10 is one of those talented but overlooked cars in the market. When I first tested the car back in 2008, i was truly surprised at how sophisticated it drove compared to Perodua’s […]

   

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