Toyota to develop solar-powered car?
Toyota is apparently working on an electric vehicle that uses solar panels installed on the vehicle to recharge itself, according to Japanese business daily The Nikkei. It is of course just one …
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Pininfarina to stop contract assembly business
Pininfarina will stop doing contract manufacturing for automakers after its current manufacturing contracts expire in end-2011. It currently builds the Alfa Romeo Brera and the Ford Focus coupe-cabriolet, but volumes have been …
Man to be charged for speeding 200km/h in a 60km/h zone, thanks to YouTube evidence!
Be very very careful what you upload onto YouTube! A random search on the popular video sharing site will easily reveal many "topspeed" tests recorded by amateur videographers, to show off or …
B7 A4-based SEAT Exeo gets priced in the UK
Volkswagen Group automaker SEAT has put a price on its new SEAT Exeo sedan in the UK, which will come in 7 variants with 3 engines, two diesels and one petrol. The …
Fisker Karma S Sunset Convertible Concept set for Detroit 2009 unveiling
Fisker will be displaying a concept convertible version of their Fisker Karma at the Detroit 2009 show this month. The concept car will be called the Fisker Karma S Sunset and it …
Ssangyong may face liquidation without aid!
The pretty decent-looking Ssangyong C200 Concept may not see the light of day if things go the way they are The first manufacturer to hit the dust in this depressing economy could …
Chrysler kicks itself in the nuts with wasteful “Thank You” full-page ad campaign
Click for enlarged version So you've just got US$4 billion in bailout money. What do you do? Do you immediately get to trying to turn your company around, cut costs, boost sales, …
USDM Honda Odyssey to get a nosejob for 2010?
Vince Burlapp managed to procure this shot of what appears to be yet another facelift for the US-market Honda Odyssey. The Yanks don't get the sleek low-rider Odyssey that Japan and the …
E89 BMW Z4 Roadster Prototype Development
BMW Web TV brings us a video featuring Timo Gobel, head of development for the new E89 BMW Z4 Roadster, and other members of the Z4's development team. We get to see …
BMW’s screaming S54B32 inline-6 laid to rest
The last application of the venerable S54B22 in a BMW car was the BMW Z4 M, which featured the motor in a slightly detuned form as compared to the one that made …
Hyundai Sonata NFC “Ling Xiang”: redesigned Sonata NF for the Chinese market
Hyundai, or rather BeiJing Hyundai has created this new look for the Sonata based on Chinese tastes and preferences, which seems right now to be in tune to a wackier version of …
JDM Honda Insight Hybrid brochures leaked in a YouTube video?
A Youtube video seems to have surfaced on the internet with stills of a Japanese market Honda Insight brochure, revealing to us abit more of the production hybrid vehicle that Honda will …
Seatbelt fine of RM300 from 1st January 2009
From the new year onwards, all passengers in a car whether sitting in the front or back have to buckle up or face a RM300 fine. This only applies if the passenger …
Jaguar’s new 3.0L V6 to power Jaguar XF S
Jaguar has upped the power and displacement for its flagship AJ-series turbodiesel from a 2.7 litre V6 producing 207hp and 433Nm of torque up to a new 3.0 litre V6 making 272hp …
Ex-MD Dato Nadzmi is Proton’s new chairman
Dato Nadzmi Mohd Salleh is back in Proton as the group Chairman of the company, effective from the 1st of January 2009. He previously held the managing director position from 1993 to …
F10 BMW 5-Series bumper design revealed!
Click for enlarge image An image of the next generation F10 BMW 5-Series has popped up onto the internet, and fans of the 5 will be glad to know that the kidney …
New Hyundai i20 (Getz) to be built in India
Hyundai has launched the new Hyundai i20 in India. India will be a production base for the new i20, and i20s from Hyundai's plant in Chennai is already being exported to locations …
New Subaru DEX: rebadged Daihatsu Materia
Subaru takes its new badge engineering agreement with Toyota/Daihatsu further with the new Subaru Dex, which is essentially a Daihatsu Materia with Subaru badges and grill slapped on. Under the hood is …
Can human fat from liposuction power a car?
Times are so bad in the US that a plastic surgeon has resorted to using the fat that he sucked out of his patients via liposuction to create "diesel" to fuel his …
Toyota Passo Sette 7-seater MPV: full details!
Toyota's latest compact 7-seater MPV has been unveiled in Japan on Christmas day, so let's check out the full details of the new compact people carrier that will make its way onto …
