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  Grab, Hyundai introduce GrabCar Elektrik in Indonesia

  29 January 2020 / 3 comments

  Earlier this week, ride-sharing provider Grab – in partnership with Korean automaker Hyundai – officially introduced its GrabCar Electric service in Indonesia. The initial fleet consists of 50 Hyundai Ioniq Electric EVs, with the pilot […]

   

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  2020 Seat Leon debuts – MQB Evo hatchback, estate; 1.4 litre TSI petrol plug-in hybrid with 60 km EV range

  29 January 2020 / 9 comments

  Seat has unveiled the latest, fourth-generation Leon, an all-new model that is based on the latest iteration of the Volkswagen Group’s MQB platform dubbed MQB Evo, which underpins the eighth-generation Golf that was launched in […]

   

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  Gov’t to impose heavier penalties and punishment for reckless driving and drink driving offences – Loke

  29 January 2020 / 46 comments

  The government will introduce heavier penalties for offences related to reckless driving and driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. According to transport minister Anthony Loke, the road transport act is set to be […]

   

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  Renault officially appoints Luca de Meo as new CEO

  29 January 2020 / 2 comments

  It’s official – former Seat boss Luca de Meo has just assumed the role of CEO for Renault, just over a month since rumours first hit the streets. According to AutoExpress, the 52-year old Italian […]

   

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  GALLERY: 2020 Honda City 1.0L Turbo RS in Thailand

  29 January 2020 / 42 comments

  To say that the 2020 Honda City has garnered much fanfare would be quite understating it, seeing as it was one of the hottest launch stories of 2019, at least as non-national models go. Its […]

   

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  2020 Bentley Ice Race Continental GT breaks cover – 635 PS, 900 Nm, 0-100 km/h in 3.7s; to race on ice!

  29 January 2020 / 2 comments

  Bentley Motorsport has unveiled a special Continental GT in preparation of the 2020 GP Ice Race in Zell am See, Austria, one powered by the range-topping 6.0 litre W12 engine. It makes 635 PS and […]

   

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  2019 Harley-Davidson US sales drop by 8.5% in Q4 – Euro market H-Ds from Thailand to bypass 25% tariff

  29 January 2020 / 0 comments

  Despite an expanding US economy, sales of Harley-Davidson (H-D) for 2019 reached its lowest point in the past 16 years. A fourth quarter report by H-D showed its income from motorcycle sales in the US […]

   

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  Thailand to make gasohol E20 the core petrol this year

  29 January 2020 / 11 comments

  Thailand has announced that it is aiming to become the first country in Asia to use ethanol as a core fuel. The country’s energy ministry plans to promote gasohol E20 as the fundamental petrol, beginning […]

   

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  Ford settles dual-clutch transmission lawsuit, could pay up to US$100 mil to Focus and Fiesta owners

  29 January 2020 / 50 comments

  Ford has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit in the United States with nearly two million owners – and former owners – of Focus and Fiesta vehicles equipped with its troubled DPS6 PowerShift dual-clutch transmission, […]

   

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  Maserati Ghibli PHEV heads to Beijing motor show; Quattroporte and Levante to be facelifted this year

  29 January 2020 / 1 comment

  Maserati is set to bring a hybrid version of the Ghibli to the Beijing Motor Show in April, which will also be the Italian marque’s first electrified model, Automotive News Europe reports. This is expected […]

   

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  Bugatti W16 engine still has life in it – to last till 2030?

  29 January 2020 / 1 comment

  In a time where downsizing is the norm, Bugatti’s venerated 8.0 litre W16 quad-turbo engine is perhaps the last of its kind. According to Bugatti boss Stephan Winkelmann, the W16 engine still has some life […]

   

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  FULL REVIEW: 2020 Perodua Bezza facelift in Malaysia

  29 January 2020 / 90 comments

  The Perodua Bezza may just be over three years old, but during the time, over 184,000 units of the A-segment sedan have been sold, which is a testament to its popularity. For 2020, it gets […]

   

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  Renault, Nissan to revive joint R&D projects – report

  28 January 2020 / 8 comments

  Renault engineering chief Gilles Le Borgne is due to meet his counterpart at Nissan, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi in Japan this week as the French and Japanese brands aim to revive joint projects crucial to the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi […]

   

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  SPYSHOTS: Aurus Komendant – Russian luxury SUV

  28 January 2020 / 3 comments

  It looks like Russian luxury car brand Aurus is preparing for a new model, an SUV based on its Senat limousine – spy photographers caught a camouflaged example of the new vehicle on public roads […]

   

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  China’s Great Wall buys GM India plant for USD300 mil

  28 January 2020 / 5 comments

  Ending General Motors’ (GM) involvement in car manufacturing in India is the sale of its plant in Talegaon in Maharashtra state to China’s Great Wall Motor. The deal, said to be worth between USD 250 […]

   

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