Proton-Volkswagen Partnership: no go!
[ UPDATE: The talks have finally ended in a no go. Click here for latest update. ] The verdict is out. After a long series of meetings and what not since September 2004 since Proton […]
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Jeremy Clarkson tests the Toyota Hilux’s hardiness
Jeremy Clarkson tries to bang, drown, and burn a Toyota Hilux to test it’s strength. Let’s see how Toyota’s old workhorse fares. From what I’ve heard, it has a pretty good reputation in East Malaysia […]
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Top Gear tests cornering ability
The Top Gear crew tests out the cornering ability of three cars, a Toyota Prius, a Perodua Kenari and a Smart ForTwo as compared to a Lotus Exige which has excellent cornering ability. Video is […]
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2006 Honda Civic Spyshots in Malaysia
Looks like the new 2006 Honda Civic is set to be on Malaysian roads pretty soon. These spy shots were sent in by a reader, and apparently they were shot being test driven in Shah […]
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2006 Infiniti Coupe Concept
Infiniti showcased a new concept car at the 2006 North American International Auto Show at Detroit. This new Infiniti Coupe concept might just be the base for development of the next Infiniti G35.
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Saleen Sport Truck S331 Supercharged
Trucks account for half of all new vehicle sales in America. Is the American consumer’s appetite for trucks and SUVs so great that a supercar manufacturer like Saleen, manufacturer of the Saleen S7 Twin Turbo […]
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Volkswagen GX3 Concept
Volkswagen presented this concept vehicle called the Volkswagen GX3 at the Los Angeles Motor Show. It was developed by the Moonraker Team and VWs Design Center in California. The result is something that looks like […]
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Proton: No additional explanation necessary
Looks like even though a draft response had been written, Proton will not be doing any additional explanation regarding the sale of MV Agusta to Gevi SpA to the public as requested by the joint […]
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Abt Volkswagen Golf GTI VS4-R
Abt Sportsline GmbH is a German tuning house which tunes cars mainly from the Volkswagen Group – Volkswagen, Audi, Skoda, Lamborghini and Seat. This is their latest rendition of the Volkswagen Golf GTI. Let’s have […]
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Proton preparing response to letter
Proton’s management has prepared a draft response to the joint letter by Tengku Tan Sri Mahaleel Ariff (ex-CEO of Proton) and Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamed questioning the rationale of the sale of Proton’s 57.75% stake […]
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Honda Civic Hybrid Modulo Concept
This is a pretty cool Modulo bodykit concept for the Honda Civic Hybrid. I’m falling in love with the 2006 Honda Civic more and more. Probably because it’s such a big improvement over the previous […]
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Joint letter by Tun Dr. M and Tengku Mahaleel
This press release was forwarded to me not too long ago. It’s a joint release letter by Tun Dr. M and Tengku Mahaleel on the matter of Proton’s sale of MV Agusta. Among questions asked […]
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Volkswagen Touareg Kong
Supposedly in the filming of the blockbuster movie King Kong, Volkswagen Touaregs were used to ferry around the film crew. In commemoration of this, Volkswagen has released a limited run of vehicles called the Volkswagen […]
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Proton-VW Tie-up Updates
Volkswagen and Proton tie-up talks have made some progress, after a meeting between Proton Holdings Bhd and Volkswagen AG in Bangkok recently. Apparently Volkswagen has dropped it’s insistence to have a controlling stake in Proton, […]
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Proton disposes of MV Agusta for 1 Euro
Proton Holdings has sold it’s 57.57 percent stake in MV Agusta Spa to an Italian company Gevi Spa. Gevi Spa will assume MV Agusta’s debts and working capital requirements totalling 139.44 million euros, as announced […]
