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  BMW Malaysia launch limited edition 50th anniversary MINI variants

  22 December 2009 / 22 comments

  MINI is British. And to cement that rich heritage, there’s a trio of limited edition MINI variants that sport names such as Mayfair, Camden and Earl Grey. These cars are to commemorate MINI’s 50th birthday, […]

   

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  New Hyundai Tucson set for 2010 local launch?

  21 December 2009 / 55 comments

  I stumbled on an ad by Hyundai-Sime Darby in today’s The Star newspaper. The page 18 half pager had the title “Welcome 2010” and had a picture of the all-new Tucson in the background. This […]

   

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  Tengku Djan wins Goodyear Formula Drift Malaysia!

  21 December 2009 / 48 comments

  Were you there at Goodyear Formula Drift Malaysia? If you made your way to MAEPS Serdang yesterday, I’m sure you’ll agree with me that the event served up great sideways action and drama – I […]

   

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  Christmas discount for PLUS and ELITE

  21 December 2009 / 24 comments

  Class 1 vehicles on the PLUS and ELITE highways will be enjoying a total of 20% discount on toll charges from 12 midnight to 7am (their definition of off-peak) from the 22nd to 24th of […]

   

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  Armoured Land Rovers available in Malaysia

  18 December 2009 / 58 comments

  The black SUV you see above may look like an ordinary Range Rover to you, but it cost the British High Commission here in Malaysia a massive price tag of RM3.6 million! It’s not a […]

   

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  Max 20 liters of refuelling for foreign plate cars?

  15 December 2009 / 98 comments

  From tomorrow onwards, cars with foreign plates will only be able to refuel a maximum of 20 litres of fuel within a 50km radius from Malaysia’s borders. In the Peninsular of Malaysia, that means south […]

   

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  2 new Suzuki models coming next year?

  14 December 2009 / 28 comments

  DRB-HICOM is stepping up its automotive business in Malaysia. Despite rumours not more than a month ago alleging that the relationship between DRB-HICOM and Suzuki had gone sour, it looks like things are the exact […]

   

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  New Mercedes-Benz ML 350 AMG Sports Edition

  10 December 2009 / 21 comments

  Click for enlarged image The ML 350 is now available with an AMG Sports Edition package here in Malaysia, which adds AMG front and rear aprons, AMG twin oval exhaust tailpipes, aluminum running boards, and […]

   

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  Proton and LG developing electric cars

  10 December 2009 / 105 comments

  This piece of news actually appeared on the MITI website in August this year – it reveals that Proton is currently working with South Korean company LG on Proton electric cars (not sure where Detroit […]

   

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  Mysterious clay model in Proton R&D video

  9 December 2009 / 76 comments

  The clay model you see above was captured from a Proton R&D video clip posted onto Youtube by a user. You’ll be able to see the clay model around the 41 second mark. I’ve no […]

   

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  Mazda CX-7 now officially in Malaysia

  5 December 2009 / 41 comments

  The Mazda CX-7 crossover is now officially available in Malaysia, sold at Bermaz Motor showrooms nationwide. Previously, if you wanted one, the only avenue was grey importers like Naza World. The model launched is the […]

   

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  Proton Exora Hybrid under development in UK

  3 December 2009 / 117 comments

  Apparently there are some Proton Exora Hybrid prototypes running around in Lotus UK and Proton’s managing director Datuk Syed Zainal Syed Mohamad Tahir confirmed in a report with Bernama that he has tried them out. […]

   

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  Proton Exora on sale in Thailand this month

  1 December 2009 / 94 comments

  The Proton Exora will go on sale in Thailand at the Thai Motor Expo this month. I don’t have the exact variants but Proton’s Thai distributor Phranakorn Auto Sales revealed that it would be pricing […]

   

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  Exciting Renaults reaching our shores in 2010

  1 December 2009 / 18 comments

  To follow up on Paul’s earlier post about the Megane RenaultSport, we can expect that it will be brought in to replace the R26. Renault distributor in Malaysia, TC Euro Cars put up a teaser […]

   

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  Renault Megane R26 wins Performance car award

  1 December 2009 / 0 comments

  The winner of the Autocar ASEAN Car of the Year Awards in the performance car category (out of a total of 4 finalists) is the Renault Megane R26, the hardcore 230 horsepower turbocharged version of […]

   

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