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  Students build hybrid sportscar powered by soybeans

  3 March 2006 / 32 comments

  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 sports car, which […]

  
  

   

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  Kia may use Naza’s Gurun plant for regional/global production

  27 February 2006 / 7 comments

  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 cope with increasing […]

  
  

   

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  Honda to develop Honda Fit Hybrid?

  24 February 2006 / 5 comments

  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 first budget hybrid, […]

  
  

   

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  Smart Roadster lives on

  22 February 2006 / 4 comments

  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 restructuring operation includes […]

  
  

   

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  Proton and Chery partnership?

  21 February 2006 / 21 comments

  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 would be tieing […]

  
  

   

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  2007 Mazda CX-7 Crossover Production Begins

  21 February 2006 / 15 comments

  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 North American automobile […]

  
  

   

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  Proton courts Hindustan Motors for India market

  20 February 2006 / 11 comments

  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 Motors for a […]

  
  

   

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  Lifan buys Tritec factory

  19 February 2006 / 10 comments

  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 at making a […]

  
  

   

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  Chery QQ Crash Test

  18 February 2006 / 46 comments

  I posted on China’s various imitations of western and Japanese cars a long long time ago. One of the most blatant copies have been the Chevrolet Spark/Daewoo Matiz’s copy. Meet Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp’s Chevy […]

  
  

   

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  Volkswagen in talks with potential CKD assemblers

  17 February 2006 / 2 comments

  Its interesting watching a new car manufacturer set up base in a country where its not had its presence around except through grey imports in a long time. Its kind of like building a new […]

  
  

   

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