MINI Dragster – The World’s Fastest MINI
This is the world's fastest MINI Cooper, a machine built by MINI USA and Fireball Tim Drag Racing. It isn't just a wild claim though, it actually holds the actual official title …
French police procure Subaru Impreza WRX chase cars
Fuji Heavy Industries has just won a contract to supply high-speed chase cars for the Gerdarmerie Nationale police of France. Fuju Heavy Industries who manufactures Subaru cars, will supply 63 Subaru Impreza …
Proton and Chery discussing two-way partnership
More developments on Malaysia-China automotive industry relations. Previously there were rumours on Proton's involvement with Jinhua Youngman and Chery. Jinhua Youngman was believed to have entered a deal with Proton to assemble …
Subaru to develop turbodiesel boxer engine
While Subaru has decided to use Toyota hybrid technology in it's efforts to improve fuel economy for it's petrol-powered vehicles, it has decided to develop it's own turbodiesel engine to address demands …
Subaru Group N rally cars to be built in Singapore
Motor Image, a Tan Chong International Ltd company based in Singapore will be building Subaru Impreza rally cars together with Prodrive UK, the company behind the Subaru Rally Team. The rally cars …
Updates on Satria Replacement Model from Proton Cars Australia
GoAuto carries some news on Proton's model timeline for the Australian market, which could give us a guideline on when models will be released on our own shores. Probably take off a …
Race Rally Research Australia
Proton Cars Australia intends to set up their own Race Rally Research divison within seven months, based on the Lotus Sport franchise. Proton Cars Australia MD John Startari said Proton Cars Australia's …
Malaysia-USA Free Trade Agreement to open market for car export
Malaysian car manufacturers Proton, Perodua might be able to enter the US market with the upcoming Free Trade Agreement between Malaysia and the USA. Malaysia is currently the USA's 10th largest trading …
The end of the BMW E-code
When you're at a table with a few car enthusiasts, you'd hear them flinging around words like W211, E36, GC8, E90, EK, EG, SV4, H22A and 4G93 as if it were some …
Toyota and Subaru to co-develop hybrid engine
Since Toyota's 8.7% stake purchase in Fuji Heavy Industries which makes Subaru cars, there has been on-going talks on the usage of Toyota's hybrid engines in Subaru cars. But this proved to …
GM reduces Suzuki stakeholding from 20% to 3%
GM is going on a share dumping spree. It previously unloaded Subaru shares partly to Toyota and the rest onto the open market. It's recent stake dump is in the form of …
Chevrolet Aveo gets thumbs down from Euro NCAP
The latest round of Euro NCAP tests was not very favourable for the Chevrolet Aveo, a rebadged Daewoo Kalos. Among all the cars in the latest batch of tests which included the …
Students build hybrid sportscar powered by soybeans
A group of students from the West Philadelphia High School's Academy for Automotive and Mechanical Engineering have come up with a prototype hybrid car that runs on soybean fuel. And it's a …
Kia may use Naza’s Gurun plant for regional/global production
Kia Motors Corp General Manager for Marketing William Choi mentioned in an interview with reporters at the Geneva Motor Show that Kia might consider using Naza Kia's plant in Gurun, Kedah to …
Honda to develop Honda Fit Hybrid?
Rumours are that Honda is developing a hybrid version of it's Honda Fit (Honda Jazz on our shores) for worldwide release as early as Q2 2008. It is intended to be the …
Smart Roadster lives on
In one of my previous posts I mentioned DaimlerChrysler's efforts to restructure and replan Smarts business model, a company which has not turned a profit in almost 8 years. Casualties of the …
Proton and Chery partnership?
A few days ago there were rumours on Proton partnering up with Jinhua Young Man Automobile for it's maiden entry into the Chinese market. Yesterday, industry sources were quoted to say Proton …
2007 Mazda CX-7 Crossover Production Begins
The Nissan Murano can be said to be the very first crossover - combining the practicality of the SUV with the sportiness of a coupe. This is Mazda's offensive at the new …
Proton courts Hindustan Motors for India market
Proton had attempted to enter the India market with talks with Hindustan Motors in 2003 but talks didn't really amount to much. Now Proton has started talks again with Mahindra and Hindustan …
Lifan buys Tritec factory
The Lifan Group, a Chinese motorcycle manufacturer has recently ventured into the car business, with their US$9,700 Lifan 520 sedan. A recent move has shown this is not just a one-off shot …
