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  Prices for Volkswagen Passat CC and Scirocco officially unveiled; both cars in showrooms

  30 October 2009 / 131 comments

  Two new Volkswagen cars have been added to the Volkswagen Malaysia range – the Passat CC and the Scirocco. The Passat CC is available at the showroom today, while the Scirocco is said to be […]

   

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  First sketch of production Mitsubishi Compact Crossover based on the Concept-cX

  30 October 2009 / 18 comments

  Click for enlarged image Mitsubishi has released a sketch of a new “Compact Crossover” based on the Mitsubishi Concept-cX concept car that it displayed two years ago. Mitsubishi claims it will be a game changer […]

   

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  Group Lotus hires new Director of Motorsport

  28 October 2009 / 13 comments

  Group Lotus’s new motorsports ambitions will be spearheaded by its newly appointed Director of Motorsport Claudio Berro, who will report directly to CEO Dany Bahar. Both Berro and his boss Bahar are ex-Ferrari men. Berro […]

   

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  Suzuki SX4 hatch updated with more power

  28 October 2009 / 31 comments

  The Suzuki SX4 Sport Crossover (that’s the hatchback version, not the sedan) has been updated with new specifications in Malaysia. On the outside, the model adds auto-retractable side mirrors with intergrated signal indicators, new design […]

   

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  Renault Fluence: more hi-res photos released

  27 October 2009 / 27 comments

  Renault has given its new Renault Fluence the tagline “Travel Upgraded”. When you talk about cars designed for emerging economies, thanks to the Dacia Logan all that one can think of is an excessively plain […]

   

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  Honda rethinks its future product offerings

  26 October 2009 / 28 comments

  Future automobile products are planned a few years in advance and with the volatile world markets these days the job of a product engineering team as well as a product planner is getting harder and […]

   

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  Lotus Engineering’s new Versatile Vehicle Architecture – a technical presentation

  26 October 2009 / 34 comments

  Lotus Engineering is currently pushing its Versatile Vehicle Architecture to any manufacturer that wants to license it as a base platform for future cars. The Lotus Evora is the first production car to debut based […]

   

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  Japanese market Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X receives minor changes

  26 October 2009 / 47 comments

  Mitsubishi has announced some changes for the 2010 model year of the Lancer Evolution X. At the moment these changes only affect the Evolution X sold in Japan and it is unclear if the updated […]

   

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  Lotus Exige Stealth makes debut at Tokyo 2009

  23 October 2009 / 21 comments

  The only recently unveiled Lotus Exige Scura was at the Tokyo Motorshow 2009 with the name Exige Stealth, which will be its name for the Japanese market. The Lotus stand was one of the very […]

   

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  Interview: Takanobu Ito, President/CEO of Honda

  21 October 2009 / 19 comments

  Contrary to what other industry leaders are saying regarding the world economic situation, the worst is not over yet. That is the opinion of Takanobu Ito, the new President and CEO of Honda Motor Co, […]

   

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  Lexus LFA: live motorshow shots and 2 videos

  21 October 2009 / 32 comments

  Here’s a few shots of the Lexus LFA supercar live from the Tokyo Motorshow 2009 this morning, which was pretty much the most exciting exhibit at the Toyota and Lexus displays as the rest of […]

   

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  Volkswagen to take 49.9% stake in Porsche

  21 October 2009 / 19 comments

  Volkswagen has announced that it will take a 49.9% stake in sports car maker Porsche in a first step towards merging with the company. Volkswagen’s initial plan was to acquire 42% of Porsche and with […]

   

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  Neiman Marcus Jaguar sold out in 4 hours

  21 October 2009 / 14 comments

  Recession? What recession? The special 50 unit limited run Neiman Marcus edition Jaguar XJL Supercharged listed in their Christmas book for US$10,000 more than its regular price of US$90,500 were all sold out in just […]

   

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  New BMW and MINI Bluetooth headsets

  19 October 2009 / 14 comments

  BMW has just made available two mobile phone hands-free Bluetooth headsets – one with a BMW design and one with a MINI design. The headsets are aimed at those who own BMW or MINI cars […]

   

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  Former Ford engineer charged with selling vital information to Chinese auto companies

  19 October 2009 / 22 comments

  We all know that the Chinese automotive industry is booming and we are also familiar with some Chinese cars with designs that we have seen elsewhere. Here is an interesting piece of news regarding the […]

   

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