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  Nasim offering one year’s free insurance and road tax

  3 October 2012 / 32 comments

  Throughout the month of October, Nasim Sdn Bhd is giving Peugeot buyers free insurance and road tax for one year. The deal applies to all new Peugeot models except the RCZ, with savings of RM2,000-6,000 […]

   

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  Toyota Motorsport breaks own EV lap record at the Nürburgring – EV P002 achieves 7 mins 22.329 secs

  3 October 2012 / 4 comments

  Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG) has set a lap time of Germany’s Nürburgring in 7 minutes 22.329 seconds, over 25 seconds quicker than its previous record run set in August 2011. Once again, Jochen Krumbach piloted TMG’s EV […]

   

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  Hyundai Genesis Coupe by Cosworth is SEMA-bound

  3 October 2012 / 36 comments

  SEMA’s always one for the tuning specials, and in many instances the show has provided motor manufacturers with inspiration for their future models and ideas of the potential of their existing vehicles. This year’s show […]

   

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  Nissan 370Z facelift surfaces in Paris, gets LED DRLs

  2 October 2012 / 5 comments

  This is the Euro-facelift Nissan 370Z currently on display in Paris, and if you feel like playing a game of spot-the-difference to liven up a dreary weekday, put pictures of this and the pre-facelift 370Z side-by-side, […]

   

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  RM30.2bn car excise duty collected from 2007 to 2011

  2 October 2012 / 202 comments

  PM Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has told the Dewan Rakyat that a total of RM30.2 billion was collected in car excise duty between 2007 and 2011, Bernama reports. RM4.7 billion was collected in 2007; in […]

   

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  Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Electric Drive shown in Paris: world’s most powerful production EV

  1 October 2012 / 16 comments

  Some time ago, we reported of an electric-powered Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG being given the go-ahead for production. The numbers we had were 526 hp and 880 Nm of torque, which were enough to leave us stunned. […]

   

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  GM, Ford collaborating on fuel-efficient 9- and 10-speed transmissions – GM for FWD, Ford for RWD

  1 October 2012 / 16 comments

  There was a time when we thought seven gears was overkill; now we have Audi, BMW and Lexus offering eight-speeders. And it’s not going to stop there, for now General Motors and Ford are jointly […]

   

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  Suzuki S-Cross crossover concept detailed in Paris

  28 September 2012 / 6 comments

  You’ve seen teaser pictures Suzuki released of its S-Cross concept, and here it is now in its detailed entirety. Uncovered at the Paris motor show, it hints at a future C-segment crossover from the company, which […]

   

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  McLaren P1 shown in Paris: F1 successor gets 600 PS per tonne, 600 kg downforce, drag reduction system

  28 September 2012 / 5 comments

  Finally, the wraps have come off what is pretty much the sequel to the legendary McLaren F1 hypercar of the 1990s: the McLaren P1. It’s still a design study at this stage and has no […]

   

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  Volkswagen Golf GTI Concept unveiled in Paris

  27 September 2012 / 28 comments

  Yes, we now come to the all-important GTI version of the Mk7 Volkswagen Golf, which has been shown at the Paris motor show in concept form. This is basically what the production model will look […]

   

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  SPIED: Hyundai Veloster spotted at JPJ car park!

  27 September 2012 / 98 comments

  We’ve already had news that the Hyundai Veloster will be making its way to Malaysia (the launch was expected in the first quarter of this year), but here it is in a JPJ car park […]

   

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  Volkswagen Golf BlueMotion shows in Paris

  27 September 2012 / 5 comments

  You’re looking at the parsimonious member of the new-gen Golf family, and the most economical Golf to date. It’s been unveiled in Paris, and as with all of Volkswagen’s fuel-efficient models of recent years, it’s […]

   

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  Budget 2013: BMW Malaysia hopes for more support in clean diesel technology, tax exemptions to take vehicle efficiency and emissions as main criteria

  26 September 2012 / 37 comments

  This Friday, September 28 will see the National Budget 2013 tabled by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. Bernama has reported that the upcoming Budget allocation is expected to increase by 10-20%, or up to RM300 […]

   

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  Mercedes GP F1 driver Nico Rosberg refuels lucky customers’ cars at Petronas’ 1,001st station

  26 September 2012 / 15 comments

  It’s not every day you get to meet a Formula One driver, let alone have your car refuelled by one! Nico Rosberg was in town for the pre-launch of Petronas’ 1,001st station yesterday, located in Wangsa […]

   

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  Audi shows new engine with electric turbocharger

  25 September 2012 / 27 comments

  Audi offers its solution to the decades-old problem of turbo lag with a new engine that features electrically-driven turbocharging. It’s based on the 3.0 litre BiTDI V6 (yes, the diesel that can sing), which has two […]

   

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