Toyota Highlander and Subaru Tribeca to share platform?
The sharing, caring world grows ever so bigger, which makes sense in this day and age. Reports are rife that Toyota and Subaru is working towards using the same platform for their …
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U.S. Dept of Transport: Toyota e-throttles not defective
It's sweet vindication for Toyota after the U.S. Department of Transportation said that electric systems and electromagnetic interference played no role in unintended acceleration cases. Reports of runaway cars and the subsequent …
Ssangyong SUT 1 – more Actyon Sports to thrill you
If it looks familiar, it's because it is - Ssangyong's latest concept, called the SUT 1, is a reworking of its Actyon Sports, all dressed up and ready to go. To Geneva, …
Citroën E-3POD Antistatic: in between bike and car
Click to enlarge This here is Heikki Juvonen’s E-3POD Antistatic, a single-seat concept that bagged the top prize in a Citroën sponsored project in the UK called the Double Challenge. The project, …
Mazda celebrates another MX-5 milestone – 900,000 built
Click to enlarge Okay, so they didn't wait till a million before breaking into the really big song and dance, but 900,000 is kinda good enough to pop the bubbly, in this …
Infiniti Etherea Concept to be revealed in Geneva
Infiniti has teased its upcoming concept car, likely to be named the Etherea, that it will be launching in Geneva, but it's just a graphic depicting the profile line. As is the …
Peugeot 308 updated with new grille and LED DRL
Peugeot has given the C-segment Peugeot 308 a makeover featuring a significantly revamped front end that showcases a new 'floating' style for the front grille as well as boomerang-shaped LED daytime running …
Hyundai i40 – first image revealed of VF wagon’s interior
Click to enlarge More on the teaser front, it seems. Hyundai new VF wagon, better known as the i40, will be making its world premiere in Geneva, and the company has released …
Toyota Yaris HSD Concept – B-segment hybrid for Geneva
Toyota looks like its aiming for a serious push down the hybrid path into Europe's largest market sector, the B-segment, and will show the precursor to things in the form of the …
Volkswagen Tiguan facelift to debut in Geneva
Volkswagen's Tiguan compact SUV has been given a mid-life facelift, and the first photos of the revised 4WD vehicle have been revealed ahead of the its public debut at the Geneva Motor …
Ferrari FF – yet more dynamic photos of the four-seater
Ferrari has released another set of photographs of its upcoming FF four-seater, and these have the car in action in the snow. The photos show both an advanced prototype and a final …
Brabus S 350 BlueTEC – first tuned car to meet Euro VI
Click to enlarge Brabus has introduced its ECO PowerXtra D6S performance kit on the new Mercedes-Benz S 350 BlueTEC, making it the world's first tuned car to meet the new Euro VI …
What is a diesel MINI Cooper S? The Cooper SD of course!
Click to enlarge The MINI family has the Cooper S, the performance petrol version. The diesel MINI, which we don't get here in Malaysia, is the Cooper D. So naturally, the performance …
Proton hits Top Gear, with The Stig in the Satria Neo S2000
Proton Motorsports' Satria Neo S2000 has been featured in an Ashes Special episode of Top Gear, which ran earlier in the week. The episode pitted the UK Top Gear stooges, Messrs Clarkson, …
Kia Motors posts record sales and annual net profit in 2010
Another company reports cheery news - Kia Motors said that 2010 was its best ever in terms of net profit and sales volumes. The affiliate of Hyundai Motor recorded sales of 2.13 …
One more time – Jaguar may build new compact sedan
If at first you don't succeed, try again. That seems to be a definite line of thought for Jaguar at the moment - the company is more than merely toying with the …
Proton Satria Neo R3 Concept at Tokyo Auto Salon 2011
This red Proton Satria Neo R3 Concept was displayed at the 2011 Tokyo Auto Salon earlier this year alongside the CUSCO Proton Satria Neo rally car. According to R3, it was built …
Renault-Nissan Alliance flying, with record sales in 2010
It's all green and go for the 12-year-old Renault-Nissan Alliance, which reported a record year in global sales, with 7,276,398 units achieved in 2010, a 19.6% increase over 2009 in a market …
Audi A4 1.8 TFSI and Audi A6 2.0 TFSI in Indonesia are now locally assembled!
Audi has announced that it has setup an assembly facility in Indonesia in cooperation with INDOMOBIL/Garuda Mataram Motor, with the first vehicles to roll off the assembly line being the Audi A4 …
Toyota leads Indonesia vehicle sales with 37% market share, best selling Avanza still going strong
South East Asia is Toyota territory. The world's largest carmaker is almost like a "national carmaker" in Thailand and Indonesia, and is the top selling foreign brand in Malaysia, behind national carmakers …
