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  We ride with Alister McRae in the Proton Satria Neo Super 2000 rally car! (with VIDEO)

  16 December 2009 / 84 comments

  When I heard that Proton will have a taxi ride session to let the media experience its Satria Neo Super 2000 rally car, and with Alister McRae behind the wheel, I knew that I had […]

   

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  MINI Beachcomber Concept is set for production!

  16 December 2009 / 27 comments

  Here’s the latest evolution of MINI’s small SUV – the Beachcomber Concept that is clearly inspired by the 1960s Mini Moke with its “panelless” body. Throw in some metal and the Beachcomber should be quite […]

   

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  Volkswagen starts Polo production in India

  16 December 2009 / 37 comments

  Volkswagen has started production of the B-segment Polo hatchback at its 110,000 capacity Chakan plant in Pune. Early cars will have 50 per cent local parts and VW targets 80 per cent localisation in the […]

   

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  Toyota introduces plug-in Prius in Japan

  16 December 2009 / 9 comments

  Toyota has introduced the Prius Plug-in Hybrid in Japan. As its name suggests, this is the plug-in version of the third-generation Prius. Other than the ability to recharge via an external source, the Prius Plug-in […]

   

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  Gallery: Lotus F1 drivers in Malaysia

  15 December 2009 / 68 comments

  I just got back from Proton’s Centre of Excellence (COE) in Shah Alam, where newly named Lotus F1 drivers Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen paid a short visit to. They came, had a closed door […]

   

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  Lotus Cars to buy into F1 team in the future

  15 December 2009 / 44 comments

  As reported in our earlier post, the new Lotus F1 team which announced its driver line-up yesterday has not much to do with Lotus Cars the manufacturer. The F1 team is actually managed by Litespeed, […]

   

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  New range topping BMW Z4 sDrive35is gets serious

  15 December 2009 / 18 comments

  The BMW Z4 will soon get a new range topping variant. Previewed ahead of the 2010 Detroit show where it will make its world debut, the Z4 sDrive35is will not be the “new Z4 M” […]

   

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  Brabus GLK V12 – world’s fastest SUV at 322.3 km/h

  14 December 2009 / 34 comments

  We can always depend on Brabus to come up with speed record breaking machines, and now is the turn of the SUV. The famed Mercedes-Benz tuner has dumped a bi-turbo V12 into the not very […]

   

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  Lotus F1 reveals driver line-up – it’s Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen!

  14 December 2009 / 131 comments

  After the long wait, Team Lotus F1 (or 1Malaysia F1 Team, as many Malaysians know it as) has finally announced its official driver lineup: Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen will race for the Malaysian backed […]

   

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  Perodua Alza 1.5L Manual Test Drive Review

  14 December 2009 / 448 comments

  The Perodua Alza is surely one of the most anticipated cars of recent times. In fact, this blog has been spreading the news of the Perodua MPV since early 2008, and we’ve been teased by […]

   

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  Honda to campaign new NSX in Super GT series

  14 December 2009 / 21 comments

  It was sad news when former Honda CEO Takeo Fukui announced the cancellation of the Honda NSX project last year – had development went on we might now have an Acura badged Lexus LFA rival […]

   

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  Aussie made Camry Hybrid to go on sale next year

  12 December 2009 / 25 comments

  Toyota has announced that it will begin producing the Camry Hybrid next year, with sales starting in February 2010. The Camry Hybrid will be Australia’s first locally built hybrid, and it will have a production […]

   

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  Kia posts big growth in China – Forte selling well

  12 December 2009 / 61 comments

  Kia has announced that it sold 152,826 vehicles globally in November, which is 53.2 per cent more than what was achieved in the same month last year. Total sales for the first eleven months of […]

   

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  Gallardo 560-4 morphs into Edo Competition LP600/4

  11 December 2009 / 10 comments

  Many tuners claim to improve on perfection, but this tweaked Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 looks rather credible. Tuned by German based Edo Competition, who is no stranger to tinkering with Italian exotica, it now bears some […]

   

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  Learning how to drift – a novice’s perspective

  11 December 2009 / 15 comments

  To be honest, I haven’t had much interest in drifting as a form of motorsports. Sure, cars going sideways and doing burnouts and donuts are all cool and fun, but I just somehow didn’t really […]

   

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