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  Lotus Engineering’s new Versatile Vehicle Architecture – a technical presentation

  26 October 2009 / 34 comments

  Lotus Engineering is currently pushing its Versatile Vehicle Architecture to any manufacturer that wants to license it as a base platform for future cars. The Lotus Evora is the first production car to debut based […]

   

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  Japanese market Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X receives minor changes

  26 October 2009 / 47 comments

  Mitsubishi has announced some changes for the 2010 model year of the Lancer Evolution X. At the moment these changes only affect the Evolution X sold in Japan and it is unclear if the updated […]

   

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  Lotus Exige Stealth makes debut at Tokyo 2009

  23 October 2009 / 21 comments

  The only recently unveiled Lotus Exige Scura was at the Tokyo Motorshow 2009 with the name Exige Stealth, which will be its name for the Japanese market. The Lotus stand was one of the very […]

   

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  Interview: Takanobu Ito, President/CEO of Honda

  21 October 2009 / 19 comments

  Contrary to what other industry leaders are saying regarding the world economic situation, the worst is not over yet. That is the opinion of Takanobu Ito, the new President and CEO of Honda Motor Co, […]

   

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  Lexus LFA: live motorshow shots and 2 videos

  21 October 2009 / 32 comments

  Here’s a few shots of the Lexus LFA supercar live from the Tokyo Motorshow 2009 this morning, which was pretty much the most exciting exhibit at the Toyota and Lexus displays as the rest of […]

   

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  Volkswagen to take 49.9% stake in Porsche

  21 October 2009 / 19 comments

  Volkswagen has announced that it will take a 49.9% stake in sports car maker Porsche in a first step towards merging with the company. Volkswagen’s initial plan was to acquire 42% of Porsche and with […]

   

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  Neiman Marcus Jaguar sold out in 4 hours

  21 October 2009 / 14 comments

  Recession? What recession? The special 50 unit limited run Neiman Marcus edition Jaguar XJL Supercharged listed in their Christmas book for US$10,000 more than its regular price of US$90,500 were all sold out in just […]

   

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  New BMW and MINI Bluetooth headsets

  19 October 2009 / 14 comments

  BMW has just made available two mobile phone hands-free Bluetooth headsets – one with a BMW design and one with a MINI design. The headsets are aimed at those who own BMW or MINI cars […]

   

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  Former Ford engineer charged with selling vital information to Chinese auto companies

  19 October 2009 / 22 comments

  We all know that the Chinese automotive industry is booming and we are also familiar with some Chinese cars with designs that we have seen elsewhere. Here is an interesting piece of news regarding the […]

   

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  Lotus Exige Scura: 35 unit limited edition with matte black paint goes 0-100km/h in 4.1s

  19 October 2009 / 67 comments

  A new limited edition Lotus Exige has just been announced – the new Lotus Exige Scura. Scura means ‘dark’ in Italian and the pillar of the whole ‘indulge your dark side’ theme used as the […]

   

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  New Toyota Mark X: official details and photos

  19 October 2009 / 55 comments

  Toyota Motor Corporation has unveiled the redesigned Mark X luxury sedan. The rear wheel drive Mark X is motivated by a new 314 horsepower 2GR-FSE 3.5 litre V6 powerplant that joins the 200 horsepower 4GR-FSE […]

   

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  Toyota FT-86: a goldmine for aftermarket parts

  19 October 2009 / 14 comments

  The business of selling cars is not so much of just selling cars but also by selling the parts required to maintain or enhance them. The aftermarket business is a lucrative one and more and […]

   

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  Toyota and Daihatsu developing new ’emerging market’ compact car

  19 October 2009 / 14 comments

  Nikkei reports that Toyota and Daihatsu are working on a new small car that can be sold for less than US$11,000 (RM37,268) in emerging economies like India and Brazil. I’m really not sure what the […]

   

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  Volkswagen Up! delayed by internal squabbles

  19 October 2009 / 2 comments

  Volkswagen E-Up! Concept – an EV based on the Up! NSF platform A small storm is brewing within the Volkswagen group, not something we can see on the outside, but enough that a very important […]

   

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  Kia Cadenza – the official name for the VG sedan

  18 October 2009 / 20 comments

  It’s official – no matter whether you’ve been calling it the Kia VG or the Kia KND-5 Concept, you’ll now have a new and official to refer to it by – the Kia Cadenza. But […]

   

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