Tata invests in car powered by compressed air
Guy Negre was a Formula One motor racing engineer. The Frenchman has been looking for 15 years for backers for his invention – a car that runs on air – and he now has the […]
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Toyota A-BAT Concept pickup truck
Toyota’s A-BAT Concept (Advanced Breakthrough Aero Truck) could preview the upcoming rumoured Scion light pickup truck in the US market. It was developed by the TMS Advanced Product Strategy group and Calty, Toyota’s North American-based, […]
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Honda Civic Type R Modulo Kit
Believe it or not, this overly busy looking ricey design is a kit from Modulo! Set to debut at the 2007 Tokyo Auto Salon, Honda has stripped the Civic Type-R Modulo down even more, with […]
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New Knight Rider Movie 30 second spot
In a world of product placements where Bumblebee ends up as a concept Chevrolet Camaro instead of a Volkswagen Beetle, it’s no surprise that the new Knight Rider movie will star a Ford Mustang Shelby […]
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Ford’s turbocharged direct injection EcoBoost
The brand name TwinForce has been dropped for a new name called EcoBoost, which encompasses a far wider range of engines than just the twin turbocharged V6 we knew as the TwinForce. (click image to […]
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Naza Sutera now on sale in Singapore
Dato’ SM Shalahuddin SM Amin, President of Naza Group of Companies and Mr John Ng, MD of Nascar Pte Ltd at the launch of the new Naza Sutera in Singapore on 5 January 2008 The […]
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Volkswagen looking at Thailand for ASEAN plant?
According to German publication Auto Motor und Sport, Volkswagen is seriously considering a factory in Thailand with at least a 100,000 units capacity. Total investment would be about 614 million Euros (RM3 billion), and the […]
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New BIN5 urea injection turbodiesel from BMW
BMW has a new version of their award winning 3.0 litre twin turbodiesel engine equipped with a technology they call BMW BluePerformance. This particular version is emissions-legal for all 50 US states (BIN5, including California), […]
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Bangkok Post interview with Proton’s Thai distributor
The Bangkok Post has an interesting interview with Thawatchai Jungsanguanpornsuk, who is the managing director of Phranakorn Auto Sales, the Phra Nakorn Automobile Group company which handles the Proton brand in Thailand. He talks about […]
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Oil reaches intraday high price of US$100 a barrel
Time to change our lifestyle – oil has reached for the first time in the history of oil prices an astronomical price of US$100 per barrel, on the 3rd of January 2008. This is still […]
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Ford Focus ST and Fiesta ST get upgrade kits
Ford Europe has two performance upgrade kits for two of their hot hatches, the Ford Fiesta ST and the Ford Focus ST. The 2.0 litre Duratec in the Ford Fiesta ST gets its power upgraded […]
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New 2009 Subaru Forester 2.0X, 2.0XS and 2.0XT
The all new Subaru Forester was launched recently in Japan, in its third generation since it was first launched in 1997. There are three variants offered in Japan, the 2.0X, the 2.0XS and the 2.0XT, […]
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Europestar RCR (Proton GEN2) en route to China
348 units of completely built up Proton GEN2 cars are already on their way to China, having left the port today. This is the second shipment, with an initial batch of 60 already delivered earlier […]
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W204 C-Class scores 5 stars in Euro NCAP
Click to enlarge The new W204 Mercedes-Benz C-Class now has an Euro NCAP score – 5 stars, thanks to its 7 airbags, seatbelt tensioners, belt-force limiters, and NECK PRO head restraints – all fitted as […]
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Nokia Eco Sensor Concept
The Nokia Eco Sensor Concept (click image to enlarge) features a high tech analyzer which can analyze carbon monoxide, and other particulates. If this mobile phone ever makes it into production, we could see JPJ […]
