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  Honda Malaysia, MIROS collaborate for ASEAN NCAP

  7 November 2012 / 51 comments

  Honda Malaysia recently provided a new Honda City for the Malaysian Institute of Road Safety Research (MIROS) to run the ASEAN New Car Assessment Programme (ASEAN NCAP) crash test. The first crash test was carried out at […]

   

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  Vauxhall Insignia VXR SuperSport: 270 km/h for £30k

  7 November 2012 / 8 comments

  Replacing the Insignia VXR as Vauxhall’s performance model in the large family car segment is the £29,995 Insignia VXR SuperSport, a car that the Luton-based firm says is the fastest and most powerful in Britain […]

   

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  Nine speeds enough for transmissions, says ZF boss

  7 November 2012 / 69 comments

  The nine-speed transmission might be where the race to add gears ends, ZF Friedrichshafen CEO Stefan Sommer said, according to a report by Automotive News Europe. He deemed nine speeds the “natural limit” because surpassing that […]

   

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  VW Amarok 2.0 BiTDI BlueMotion: now 180 PS 420Nm

  6 November 2012 / 37 comments

  The Volkswagen Amarok has received a power upgrade – the 163 PS 2.0 litre BiTDI model’s engine now outputs 180 PS, and now drives the wheels through an 8-speed automatic transmission. The new 8-speed automatic […]

   

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  New Maserati Quattroporte – all new model unveiled!

  6 November 2012 / 26 comments

  Here are first pix of the all-new Maserati Quattroporte, set to be launched in 2013. It’s the first of three models in a growth plan that’s targeted to take Maserati’s annual sales up to 50,000 […]

   

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  UK Black Edition for Audi A6, Avant and A7 Sportback

  6 November 2012 / 6 comments

  Audi in the UK is offering “Black Edition” specs for the Audi A6 Saloon, A6 Avant and A7 Sportback models. The main Black Edition distinguishing feature are the rotor-design alloys with a dark titanium finish. […]

   

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  Naza Kia upgrades Setapak outlet to 4S facility

  6 November 2012 / 17 comments

  Naza Kia Malaysia’s outlet in Setapak has been relaunched as a 4S (sales, service, spare parts and spray paint) facility. The company has invested RM4 million to equip the outlet with new body and paint facilities, a new […]

   

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  AES gaffe – speedster caught, only it’s the wrong car!

  6 November 2012 / 128 comments

  The camera never lies, so it goes, and it didn’t, in this case. Only thing is, they got the wrong car. Eh, what? According to news reports, an AES (Automated Enforcement System) camera recently caught […]

   

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  BMW 116d achieves 2.7l/100km at RAC challenge

  6 November 2012 / 10 comments

  A BMW 116d EfficientDynamics five-door hatch broke the 100 mpg barrier when it achieved 2.7 litres per 100 km over the 102 km Brighton to London route at the recently concluded 2012 RAC Future Car […]

   

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  Seat Ibiza Cupra – the VW Polo GTI’s Spanish sister

  6 November 2012 / 9 comments

  Seat has pulled the wraps of its Ibiza Cupra, the hot version of its B-segment hatchback. The Ibiza is a Volkswagen Group sibling of the VW Polo and this fourth-generation car was given a mid-life […]

   

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  Nissan Sentra Coupe by Theophilus Chin

  6 November 2012 / 10 comments

  Here’s another “proposal” by talented automotive manipulator Theophilus Chin, depicting a Nissan Sentra Coupe. The new Sylphy, which launch we exclusively covered in Bangkok, is called the Sentra in USA, and Theo is doing this […]

   

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  DRIVEN: Nissan Almera 1.5 CVTC, to Melaka and back

  5 November 2012 / 225 comments

  The big news in the local motoring scene last week was the launch of the Nissan Almera and its RM66,800 starting price. When that was announced at the event last Tuesday, a series of gasps […]

   

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  oto.my car classifieds gets new Retina-ready look

  5 November 2012 / 13 comments

  We’ve just flipped the switch on the new oto.my car classifieds, which apart from featuring a new layout as well as new functionality, is now Malaysia’s first Retina-Ready automobile classifieds. Buyers and sellers at oto.my […]

   

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  Renault revives Alpine brand, teams up with Malaysian owned Caterham Group to build sports cars

  5 November 2012 / 31 comments

  UPDATE: According to The Malaysian Insider, Tony Fernandes says the JV will eventually produce city cars and a crossover SUV. The first product, codenamed CT02, is expected to roll out in 2015 and for Malaysia, […]

   

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  Subaru WRX and STI ‘Halloween Editions’ for SEMA

  5 November 2012 / 10 comments

  Subaru of America revealed the 2013 Subaru WRX and WRX STI Special Editions at the 2012 SEMA Show in Vegas. Just in time for Halloween, the Special Edition WRX and WRX STI models feature an […]

   

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