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  Ford’s 1.0 litre EcoBoost mill set to make market debut in March, to be available across the Focus model range

  31 January 2012 / 33 comments

  Ford’s new 1.0 litre EcoBoost engine is set to make its market debut in the UK, across the Ford Focus range starting from next month. The turbocharged, direct injection three-cylinder mill, which was officially unveiled […]

   

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  Reports: Lotus looking for £500m partner, Genii interested

  31 January 2012 / 72 comments

  Reports coming from the UK say that Group Lotus CEO Dany Bahar is looking for financial partners to buy over the sportscar maker from Proton. The Sunday Times news piece suggested that Bahar is not […]

   

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  Fiat 500L 5-door hatch coming soon, 7-seater on the way!

  30 January 2012 / 12 comments

  Fiat’s reborn icon is about to grow in size. The popular retro styled 500 will get a five-door hatchback variant called 500L, L for large. Codenamed L-Zero, the supermini sized 500L will make its debut […]

   

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  Striking workers halt Indonesian production output

  30 January 2012 / 38 comments

  It’s not just natural disasters that can halt production – over in Indonesia, Honda was one of the many Japanese companies forced to stop output last Friday when more than 10,000 workers demanding better wages […]

   

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  Honda CR-Z “Label α” – burgundy coloured special edition

  30 January 2012 / 22 comments

  The Honda CR-Z has been rather well received in Malaysia. Launched in November last year, Honda Malaysia targeted to sell 100 units of the RM115k hybrid by the end of 2011, but has received over […]

   

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  Aston Martin V12 Zagato – first production car to debut in Kuwait Concours d’Elegance in February

  30 January 2012 / 5 comments

  Aston Martin is set to debut the first production V12 Zagato at the third Kuwait Concours d’ Elegance, which runs on February 15-18. The car, which made its debut in prototype form in May last […]

   

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  On eBay: Barack Obama’s Chrysler 300C going for $1m

  27 January 2012 / 12 comments

  There’s only one reason for the presidential price tag on this 2005 Chrysler 300C – it was used by US President Barack Obama! Put up on eBay by one “cubfanatic23” for US$1,000,000, this 300C was […]

   

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  Meet Hiriko, the foldable two-seater electric city car

  27 January 2012 / 15 comments

  The bubble-shaped vehicle you see in the photos is called Hiriko, an urban two-seater EV being collaborated on by the the MIT, Spanish government and Basque businesses. It’s an electric vehicle with a novel take […]

   

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  Acura ILX Concept previews a new entry level saloon

  26 January 2012 / 26 comments

  At the recent Detroit show, Honda’s luxury brand Acura teased us all with the NSX Concept, but another showcar is much closer to the showroom than the supercar, the ILX Concept. Billed as the precursor […]

   

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  Mitsubishi to produce ASX in Indonesia starting this year

  26 January 2012 / 29 comments

  Mitsubishi Motors has announced it will start production and sales of the ASX (also known as Outlander Sport) in Indonesia. This will happen in the first half of MMC’s fiscal year 2012. FY 2011 for […]

   

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  Jaguar XF gets two new variants, Sport and SE Business

  25 January 2012 / 18 comments

  Jaguar has introduced two new variants of the XF, called the SE Business and Sport editions, and both feature the 2.2 litre diesel unit in different output tunes. The SE Business gets the 163 PS […]

   

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  Mitsubishi teases all-new vehicle ahead of Geneva debut

  25 January 2012 / 17 comments

  Click to enlarge image Detroit has passed and now it’s Geneva’s turn in the annual major motor show calendar, so expect to see teasers and online reveals before the wraps come off in Switzerland in […]

   

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  Toyota TS030 Hybrid – the Le Mans challenger unveiled

  25 January 2012 / 8 comments

  Where one journey ends, another begins. Last week, the FIA World Endurance Championship lost Peugeot; this week, Toyota unveiled its entry, the TS030 Hybrid, which is set to join the fray in specific races. The […]

   

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  Audi R8 Limo – stretching the V10 to the limit

  19 January 2012 / 21 comments

  Fancy being chauffered around in a Audi R8? Well, you can if you happen to be in the UK sometime after summer this year. Specialist limousine service company Limo Broker has announced plans to create […]

   

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  Saab selling off its Trollhattan museum vehicle displays

  19 January 2012 / 6 comments

  According to a report, bankrupt Swedish automaker Saab is auctioning off its vehicles on display in its museum in Trollhattan. The company is selling the classic displays online, after failing to find a buyer for […]

   

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