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  Nissan to open design studio in Beijing, China

  22 March 2010 / 11 comments

  With increasingly saturated domestic markets, the world’s major carmakers are flocking to developing markets such as China and India, where car ownership figures still have plenty of room to grow. It therefore makes sense to […]

   

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  Hyundai’s top US marketing man jumps to Nissan

  22 March 2010 / 7 comments

  Nissan North America has “captured” Hyundai America’s top marketing man. Joel Ewanick, who was vice president of marketing at the Korean company, is credited with the effective Hyundai Assurance Program, where Hyundai buys back cars […]

   

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  Chrysler’s new Pentastar V6 arrives… finally

  22 March 2010 / 3 comments

  As far as I know there have been three auto-related projects with the name ‘Phoenix’ so far. First and most important to us Malaysians is of course, Proton’s new engine range which will include a […]

   

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  Front wheel drive BMWs confirmed by CEO

  17 March 2010 / 34 comments

  BMW’s Dr Norbert Reithofer unveiled today what we were sort of expecting for quite some time now. It is the finishing touch in completely rewriting the rules of what one expects a BMW should be. […]

   

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  Volkswagen’s R is now a separate full-fledged performance division

  17 March 2010 / 23 comments

  Mercedes-Benz has AMG, BMW has its M and now Volkswagen’s R joins these famous names as a proper, full-fledged performance division. From now on, Volkswagen R GmbH will be responsible for sporty, performance versions of […]

   

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  Peugeot to introduce new “hors-série” sub-brand for more upmarket models

  17 March 2010 / 16 comments

  Following the footsteps of its quirky sister brand Citroen, Peugeot will be launching a new sub-brand that will be used on more upmarket models with higher profit margins, similiar to Citroen’s DS sub-brand. The new […]

   

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  Supercharged Ferrari California by Novitec Rosso

  17 March 2010 / 17 comments

  The Ferrari California does very well for an “entry-level” model, with its front-mid mounted 460 bhp/485 Nm 4.3-litre V8 paired to a 7-speed dual clutch gearbox for 0-100 km/h in four seconds and a top […]

   

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  ABT breeds a more dangerous R8 Spyder

  16 March 2010 / 10 comments

  The Audi R8 Spyder may be very stylish, but it’s no mere poser – the open top variant of Ironman’s machine comes only in V10 form with 525 bhp and 530Nm, good for 0-100 km/h […]

   

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  GM Advanced Design boss moves to Renault

  16 March 2010 / 9 comments

  GM Europe’s Director of Advanced Design, Anthony Lo, will move to become Vice President of Exterior Design at Renault. In France, he will work under recently appointed Design Director Laurens van den Acker, who replaced […]

   

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  Stock clearance promo: Buy Hummer, free shotgun!

  16 March 2010 / 51 comments

  Well, this sounds quite disturbing, to me at least. As we all know, Hummer’s proposed sale to China’s Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy Industrial Machines failed, and GM is in the process of winding down the brand’s […]

   

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  Nissan starts March production in Thailand

  15 March 2010 / 41 comments

  Nissan Motor Thailand (NMT) has announced that the new Nissan March will be the first model offered for sale under Thailand’s “eco-car” program, created to encourage the development of energy-efficient vehicles. Still fresh from its […]

   

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  New Kia Optima official images released!

  15 March 2010 / 128 comments

  These are the first official images of the new Kia Optima (Magentis in some markets) that will make its world premiere at the New York International Auto Show on April 1st. The Korean carmaker previously […]

   

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  F11 BMW 5-Series Touring – first looks

  14 March 2010 / 34 comments

  BMW has unveiled the wagon version of the new 5-Series, and it’s called the BMW 5-Series Touring, which I find amusing because the “Touring” seems to have a larger storage area than the “GRAND Touring” […]

   

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  Peugeot Hoggar reminds us of the Proton Arena!

  13 March 2010 / 64 comments

  Remember Proton’s Wira based Arena “pick-up truck”? I still see some pasar malam traders putting the Arena to good use and it has carved out a niche for itself in Australia, where it’s called Jumbuck. […]

   

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  US customers “come back” to Toyota in March

  12 March 2010 / 42 comments

  Toyota has built up a well earned reputation for quality and reliability over the years, and while the current recalls and safety issues it’s facing might have dented the rep, there remains many happy and […]

   

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