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  Super GT 2012 Round 3 announced – bigger event this year

  13 April 2012 / 27 comments

    Here’s a safe prediction: the month of June will see a high number of Japanese visiting the country, especially in the first two weeks of the month. The reason for that is elementary; Super […]

   

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  Volkswagen Scirocco R: 255 PS, 330 Nm, RM281k

  12 April 2012 / 104 comments

  The Volkswagen Scirocco R is here, the third R car introduced by Volkswagen Passenger Cars Malaysia after last month’s debut of the Golf R and Passat CC R-Line. The R will be the range topping […]

   

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  Shell Helix launches enhanced range of motor oils for 2012

  12 April 2012 / 9 comments

  You may have already seen these motor oils on the shelf but Shell has just officially unveiled their expanded Helix motor oil line up. The line up now includes a new ‘Fuel Economy’ product, denoted […]

   

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  Win tickets to catch Marvel’s The Avengers with us at a special Driven Movie Night event!

  12 April 2012 / 8 comments

  Ah, yes, time for a pleasant break from matters of the four-wheeled variety that’s the usual fare on these pages. This one is about a movie, and how you can get invited to it for […]

   

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  Hyundai 3S centre opens in Shah Alam

  12 April 2012 / 5 comments

  News of another opening of a 3S outlet, and this one is a Hyundai outing. Hyundai-Sime Darby Motors dealer Sutera Gemilang Auto’s spanking new facility in Shah Alam, launched over the weekend, is the latest […]

   

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  Bosch showcases latest innovations to Malaysian car clubs

  12 April 2012 / 4 comments

  Bosch has recently conducted a special showcase on the company’s latest innovations and products as part of their efforts to tap into the car clubs of Malaysia. Three car clubs were invited to attend the […]

   

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  Clarion and Prodigium Mobile sign MoU for in-car DRM-free MP3 music store in Malaysia – 18,000,000 songs!

  11 April 2012 / 11 comments

  Unless you’ve somehow got yourself a US iTunes account and are financing your purchases by the way of grey imported iTunes Gift Cards, online music purchases have not been an available option for many consumers […]

   

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  OFFICIAL: Proton ‘not aware’ of Syed Zainal’s resignation

  10 April 2012 / 137 comments

  As a follow-up to our previous breaking news, here’s the official statement from Proton that just came in: “We refer to the news report in The Edge Financial Daily dated April 10, 2012 on the […]

   

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  Esso’s Klang Valley stations facing supply shortages – are we seeing the effects of EMB ownership change?

  10 April 2012 / 37 comments

  It has been reported that Esso station operators in the Klang Valley have been facing fuel supply shortage, with some resorting to shutting down temporarily as their pumps ran dry. “We frequently ran out of […]

   

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  Reload with Celcom Xpax at selected BHPetrol stations to win one HTC One V smartphone every week

  10 April 2012 / 1 comment

  Promo hunters and Celcom Xpax users take note. BHPetrol is running a joint promotion and contest with Celcom and HTC for a period of three months ending June 30. There will be one HTC One […]

   

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  Mazda CX-5 brochure and price leaked – from RM159k

  10 April 2012 / 134 comments

  Thanks to reader Liffey for sending this in. What we have here is the leaked full brochure and the pricelist for the new Mazda CX-5 ahead of its launch, which confirms the info in the […]

   

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  RHB Auto Bavaria Sg. Besi Experience Days: test drive the latest BMW range including the all-new BMW 3 Series this weekend!

  10 April 2012 / 2 comments

  Auto Bavaria Sg. Besi and RHB will be holding a test drive event at the RHB Centre, Jalan Tun Razak this weekend, on the 14th and 15th of April 2012. During the event, visitors will […]

   

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  BREAKING: Datuk Seri Syed Zainal Abidin resigns?

  10 April 2012 / 218 comments

  This one is just in. A report from The Edge suggests that Proton’s managing director, Datuk Seri Syed Zainal Abidin, has tendered his resignation from the national automaker. Sources within the company say that his […]

   

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  White Peugeot 408 with black tape testing on the NSE

  10 April 2012 / 28 comments

  Reader Nazree Ismail sent these shots in yesterday, and they’re of the Peugeot 408. According to the alert snapper, he was heading back to KL in the afternoon from Penang, and saw the car around […]

   

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  Toyota 86 price announced – RM243k for manual, RM249k for automatic; taking your orders now

  9 April 2012 / 262 comments

  Got RM243,000 for a car? Well, that’s the indicative on-the-road price UMW Toyota Motor has set for the Toyota 86, twin to the Subaru BRZ, which we recently sampled. For an automatic transmission, you have […]

   

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