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  Chinese site claims Volvo and Geely purchase deal finalised?

  18 June 2009 / 25 comments

  There are no confirmed reports in the Western media yet, but Chinese website auto.sohu.com claims that Ford and Geely have already struck an agreement for the Swedish car company best known for their safety to […]

   

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  W204 C-Class gets “Special Edition” model

  18 June 2009 / 17 comments

  Daimler is now selling a special trim level for the W204 C-Class, a “Special Edition” that can be had in either sedan or wagon bodystyle. The car features darkened front headlamps with a dark cover […]

   

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  First look at Hyundai Santa Fe facelift

  17 June 2009 / 24 comments

  The first images of Hyundai’s mid-life refreshing of the Hyundai Santa Fe has been revealed, and it looks like the odd grille that first appeared on the facelifted “angry crab” Accent/Verna Transform will be making […]

   

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  4-door Audi A5 Sportback gets previewed!

  17 June 2009 / 20 comments

  Audi have released a teaser image and a sketch of the upcoming Audi A5 Sportback, a 4-door version of the A4/A5 with a coupe-like roofline. This brings Audi’s C-segment contender bodystyle count up to a […]

   

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  2010 Kia Morning unveiled for Korean market

  16 June 2009 / 42 comments

  The Kia Morning receives another update after it was first updated in 2007 since its launch. The Morning is the car’s Korean market name, in Malaysia we used to know it as the Kia Picanto, […]

   

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  Mitsubishi i-MiEV Production EV goes on sale!

  15 June 2009 / 19 comments

  A 160km range on the Japanese 10-15 urban mode driving pattern, a 7 hour 200V charge time, 30 minutes on a 200V 3-phase quick charger, and LED headlamps and tail lamps to add a finishing […]

   

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  GM to sell Saab to supercar maker Koenigsegg

  15 June 2009 / 12 comments

  It appears that GM’s Saab division will go to Swedish luxury supercar manufacturer Koenigsegg, if final negotiations on the subject go well. A Swedish TV station reported late last week that a Letter of Intent […]

   

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  10,000 orders for the Carbon Motors E7

  15 June 2009 / 34 comments

  The Carbon Motors E7 is said to be the world’s first purpose-built law enforcement car and they’ve claims to have already received 10,000 reservations. And this is even before they’re announced how much it will […]

   

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  Chatenet CH26: the French’s idea of a ‘smart’

  13 June 2009 / 32 comments

  I don’t blame you if you think this is what happens when a Chinese car company cannot decide whether to rip off the MINI or the Alfa Romeo MiTo and decided to just do both […]

   

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  Lotus not happy about Litespeed’s “Team Lotus” Formula One 2010 entry

  11 June 2009 / 36 comments

  F3 team Litespeed will be participating in the Formula One along with a few other new teams like Campos Racing, Lola, Prodrive (future Aston Martin) and USGPE for the 2010 season. But get this – […]

   

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  Preview: Mercedes ESF 2009 Safety Concept

  10 June 2009 / 9 comments

  Mercedes-Benz has taken the new W221 Mercedes-Benz S400 Hybrid and modified it with experimental safety features. The new testbed is called the ESF 2009 Experimental Safety Vehicle. The features are quite interesting – inflatable metal […]

   

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  Chevrolet Cruze to get 5-door hatch variant

  6 June 2009 / 24 comments

  GM’s Australian car company Holden will take charge of the development of a 5-door hatchback version of the Chevrolet Cruze, which would be the replacement for the Chevrolet Optra5 which was sold here in Malaysia. […]

   

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  New Hyundai Verna Transform (facelifted Accent)

  5 June 2009 / 72 comments

  The model that we know as the Hyundai Accent has been updated in Korea and called the Hyundai Verna Transform, a naming scheme that seems to echo the Sonata facelift which was also called a […]

   

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  New Peugeot 5008 7-seater MPV – first details!

  2 June 2009 / 120 comments

  Peugeot has just unveiled a new MPV called the Peugeot 5008, able to seat up to 7 passengers in a three row 2-3-2 configuration.

   

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  Volvo to introduce diesel-electric hybrid in 2012

  2 June 2009 / 4 comments

  Volvo and Swedish energy company Vattenfall will be cooperating on producing plug-in diesel-electric hybrid Volvos that combine electric motors with high capacity lithium ion batteries and turbodiesel powertrains by 2012. Volvo will manufacture the cars […]

   

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