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  Proton Perdana Replacement Model Artist’s Impression based on Mitsubishi Galant

  6 February 2008 / 73 comments

  Click to enlarge I was thinking the other day about how the Proton Perdana V6 and the Proton Arena are pretty much the only Proton cars from the old generation still on sale now, with […]

   

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  Fiat happy about Tata’s Jaguar/Land Rover buy

  5 February 2008 / 17 comments

  Tata is inching very closely to acquiring Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford Motor Company, and everyone is already assuming the two companies are in Tata’s hands, in a deal that analysts have pegged at […]

   

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  Former Shell boss calls for guzzler ban

  5 February 2008 / 24 comments

  Sir Mark Moody-Stuart was formerly chairman of oil company Shell. I am not sure where he is working at now, or whether he is retired, but he has been getting press coverage lately because of […]

   

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  Renault to start using double clutch transmissions

  5 February 2008 / 14 comments

  Renault is the latest car manufacturer to join the dual clutch transmission club, however no launch date, no specs and pretty much nothing else was revealed. All that was revealed to motoring publications by Renault’s […]

   

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  Volvo fined 200,000 Euros for alleged failed brakes

  5 February 2008 / 13 comments

  The French court fined Swedish carmaker Volvo a sum of 200,000 Euros because allegedly the faulty brakes of a Volvo 850 TDI caused an accident which claimed two lives and injured one. The accident happened […]

   

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  Lexus studying possibility of compact SUV

  5 February 2008 / 8 comments

  Toyota is currently evaluating the possibility of a small Lexus SUV-like vehicle, despite earlier stands that a compact vehicle would diminish the Lexus brand and overlap with Toyota-badged vehicles. “A small Lexus SUV could be […]

   

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  Proton Waja CPS 1.6 now in showrooms!

  4 February 2008 / 154 comments

  Click to enlarge I have just returned from a Proton Edar showroom in the neighbourhood and snapped photos of the new Proton Waja CPS to share with you. The showroom I visited only had the […]

   

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  BMW: “Don’t trust advertising. Only trust yourself.”

  4 February 2008 / 13 comments

  BMW recently saw the switch from Jung von Matt (which left the BMW account for Mercedes-Benz) to Media Audience Beratung, and MAB’s first ad campaign for BMW carries the tagline: “Don’t trust advertising. Only trust […]

   

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  Bosch to start turbocharger business with Mahle

  4 February 2008 / 4 comments

  With the trend of engines moving towards smaller displacement engines with forced induction, we are looking at more companies entering the turbocharger business currently dominated by Garrett (Honeywell), Borgwarner, and IHI, of whom in total […]

   

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  Nissan Latio 1.6 and 1.8 Short Test Drive Experience

  4 February 2008 / 47 comments

  Click to enlarge The new Nissan Latio has arrived on our local shores a few months ago, and has redefined the B-class economy sedan segment somewhat. We are very used to the baseline Japanese models […]

   

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  Facelifted 2009 Mitsubishi Eclipse at Chicago 08

  4 February 2008 / 27 comments

  The facelifted Mitsubishi Galant will be joined at the 2008 Chicago Auto Show by its sportier sibling the fourth generation Mitsubishi Eclipse which also receives a mid-life facelift. The new facelift features a new front […]

   

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  VIDEO: Proton Saga TVC: “Cabin Space”

  3 February 2008 / 34 comments

  This the final video of a new set of 3 30 second TV commericals which are focused on the new Proton Saga’s features. This video features Dr. Kenny Lee again, using the Proton Saga to […]

   

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  VIDEO: Proton Saga TVC: “Boot Space”

  3 February 2008 / 30 comments

  This the second of a new set of 3 TV Commericals which are focused on the new Proton Saga’s features and they are about 30 seconds each. This video features David Arumugam of the Alleycats […]

   

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  VIDEO: Proton Saga TVC: “Acceleration”

  3 February 2008 / 41 comments

  We’ve previously seen the set of 3 TV commercials promoting the new Proton Saga which were about 1 minute long each featuring local personalities such as Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor our Malaysian Angkawasan, David Arumugam […]

   

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  First image of Suzuki Equator pick-up truck released

  2 February 2008 / 14 comments

  Click to enlarge Suzuki has released an official front three quarter photo of the new Suzuki Equator pick-up truck, a badge reengineered version of the US market mid-sized second generation Nissan Frontier, built on the […]

   

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