Porsche patents dual-clutch gearbox design
Porsche has filed patents indicate the company is developing a new seven-speed DSG gearbox for use in it's sports cars range. The Volkswagen Group's Direct Shift Gearbox or DSG is a manual …
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Research Octane Number: What is RON95?
You might have seen numbers like RON97 and RON92 at your neighborhood petrol station. Fuel with a RON97 rating is more expensive, RM1.92 per litre at time of writing with the lower …
Twin engine turbocharged Hyundai Coupe
If you've watched The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, you would remember this scene where someone said he wouldn't want his machai to be seen going around in a Hyundai. Well, …
Nissan Livina Geniss
LATEST UPDATE: Nissan Grand Livina 1.6 and 1.8 launched in Malaysia Nissan Motors has unveiled the Nissan Livina Geniss, a seven-seater MPV part of Nissan's new global car line-up. It was displayed …
R3 Waja and R3 GEN2 Updates
Here are more details on the upcoming R3 Limited Special Edition Vehicles (LSEV) based on the Proton Waja and Proton GEN2, due to be launched in August. For one, the specifications posted …
Tesla Roadster – Electric Plug-in Sports Car
Tesla Motors is a Silicon Valley start-up founded by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning which set out to to one thing - to design a sports car that would go as fast …
Proton Savvy Sedan Photoshop
It is common these days for car makers to develop sedans out of hatchback bodies. You have the Honda City based on the Honda Jazz, the Nissan Tiida Sedan based on the …
Jeep Compass Bobblehead Ads
Chrysler Group's Jeep has launched a marketing campaign featuring bobbleheads to market the 2007 Jeep Compass crossover to it's target market of the 22 to 30-year-old urban crowd. Jeep hopes to attract …
2008 Volkswagen Tiguan Artist’s Impression
AutoBild has an artist's impression of the Volkswagen Tiguan compact SUV, expected to arrive as a 2008 model. The compact SUV is based on the Volkswagen Concept A shown in February this …
BMW Dynamic Driving Simulator
BMW has developed the Dynamic Driving Simulator, an enhanced driving simulation system to allow them to test their cars at it's development center in Munich without actually bringing the prototype out on …
R3 Waja and Gen2 coming up?
A little bird told me that Proton's Race Rally Research division will be launching new R3 special edition variants of the Proton Waja and the Proton GEN2 very soon. While these will …
SEAT Leon Cupra boasts 240 horses
Spanish marque SEAT, a unit of Volkswagen Group has launched their most powerful production car yet, the SEAT Leon Cupra. The SEAT Leon Cupra was developed with the knowledge SEAT gained during …
Mazda MX-5 Roadster Coupe Video
I previously blogged about Mazda introducing an automatic hard top version of it's MX-5. Check out this promotional video of the Mazda MX-5 Roadster Coupe, a hard top convertible version of the …
Volvo C30 Production Photos
Volvo's C30 production car was not expected to be unveiled until the 2006 Paris Motor Show in September, but photos of the production version of the car has surfaced on the internet. …
Barabus 1005 hp supercar
Barabus Sports Cars Ltd is displaying it's 1005 horsepower sports car at the British Motor Show. While the company name seems to look like a strange typo of the Mercedes tuner Brabus, …
Nissan invests in Southeast Asian market
Nissan is investing in auto parts export facilities in Indonesia and Thailand, with the Thai plant set to become Nissan's largest parts export base outside of Japan. The Thai plant is expected …
DRB-HICOM says no official proposal from GM
There were reports of General Motors doing a due diligence audit last week on local Chevrolet distributor Hicomobil as a precursor to GM potentially acquiring a 51% equity stake by October. However …
Mercedes Benz R-Class wins Red Dot Award
Mercedes Benz gained a design accolade earlier this month when it's Mercedes Benz R-Class won the best of the best Red Dot Design Award, one of the most prestigious awards of it's …
Chery announces Chery QQ6 (S21)
Chery has released information on their latest compact car, the Chery QQ6 known internally as the S21. The Chery QQ6 is a small notchback said to be inspired by the design of …
BMW 335i Driving Experience
BMW's latest 3-series coupe, the E92 was chosen as a platform for BMW to introduce to us their latest engine, the award-winning twin-turbocharged N54 3.0 litre straight-six. Although I have not test …
