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  Tan Chong officially brings in GT-R… to Singapore

  17 August 2009 / 59 comments

  After letting the grey importers milk the GT-R like crazy for a while (over 200 registered on the road so far), the Nissan GT-R is now officially in Singapore through official Nissan importer Tan Chong. […]

   

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  Current model Jumbuck to be phased out to make way for all-new Proton Jumbuck (Arena)

  15 August 2009 / 119 comments

  Click for enlarged image The latest news from the land down under is that Proton will be phasing out the current Wira-based Proton Jumbuck (known as the Proton Arena in Malaysia) over the next few […]

   

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  One-off Bugatti Grand Sport Sang Bleu

  15 August 2009 / 18 comments

  Here’s yet another limited edition Bugatti Grand Sport (essentially roofless Veyron) called the Bugatti Grand Sport Sang Bleu. And how limited is this car? One unit. Yes, it’s a one-off car, and it uses carbon […]

   

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  New Infiniti M37 and M56 unveiled at Pebble Beach

  15 August 2009 / 17 comments

  The new Infiniti M is here. It was shown at the 59th Annual Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance as a 3D projection on a clay model but Infiniti have also released some product photos including one […]

   

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  The new BMW ActiveHybrid X6 xDrive50i: world’s most powerful hybrid!

  14 August 2009 / 25 comments

  The BMW ActiveHybrid X6 is truly mind-boggling. It’s an SUV, but the sloping roofline and two seats at the back kind of limit its utility and storage space. And it’s a hybrid which people usually […]

   

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  New BMW ActiveHybrid 7 hybrid luxo-barge to face-off the S400 BlueHybrid

  13 August 2009 / 9 comments

  BMW now has a competitor for the S400 BlueHybrid – the new BMW ActiveHybrid 7. The ActiveHybrid 7 (available in both F01 and F02 longwheelbase bodies, with the long wheelbase called the BMW ActiveHybrid 7L) […]

   

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  Accord Crosstour to arrive early next month!

  13 August 2009 / 3 comments

  Honda USA has put up a teaser on their website of the new Accord Crosstour (they’re officially spelling it that way without the capital T in tour) together with a countdown timer that indicates the […]

   

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  GM’s Bare Necessity Car Concept – a perfect trade-off between creature comforts and efficiency?

  12 August 2009 / 14 comments

  This is GM’s “Bare Necessity” Car concept, which was the result of them asking themselves: what are people willing to trade off for efficiency’s sake? And this is what they think is the car with […]

   

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  Hyundai developing 800cc turbocharged inline-3

  11 August 2009 / 24 comments

  Hyundai is currently developing a new 800cc turbocharged inline-3 engine for its smaller models. producing about 90+ horsepower, which is about the equivalent of a normally aspirated 1.2 to 1.4 litre engine, depending on how […]

   

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  Toyota Avensis: new Valvematic and D-CAT engines

  11 August 2009 / 15 comments

  Toyota has added two new engines for its European Toyota Avensis. Their Europe cars seem to be getting the best that can be found in their engine range. I wish it’d trickle down to markets […]

   

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  997 Porsche 911 Turbo gets mid-life facelift

  11 August 2009 / 13 comments

  Porsche’s mid-life facelift for the 997 Porsche 911 Turbo Coupe and Cabriolet will be exhibited to the public for the first time at the Frankfurt show this September. The 911’s rear-mounted boxer-6 engine is now […]

   

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  More photos of the Kia cee’d facelift released

  11 August 2009 / 18 comments

  Kia has added the Peter Schreyer grille to the Kia cee’d facelift, and here we are shown some initial glimpses of both the normal hatchback model and the wagon model. The grille looks a little […]

   

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  Renault to help smart with next generation forfour

  7 August 2009 / 23 comments

  Mercedes-Benz’s platform partner for its next smart car set for a 2013 debut will be Renault. “It’s a key component in plans to grow the Smart brand. We’re looking to diverge into other potentially lucrative […]

   

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  FN Civic Type R to be exported to Japan!

  7 August 2009 / 32 comments

  I was just talking with some fellow motoring hacks about the fact that there are only four-door Civic Type Rs in Japan yesterday and today we have this piece of news – the 3-door Civic […]

   

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  New E-Class Estate: full details and photos unveiled!

  5 August 2009 / 12 comments

  The full details of the new E-Class Estate are here. The new E-Class Estate measures 4895mm long, 1854mm wide and 1471mm tall and can carry up to a maximum of 1950 litres. It looks like […]

   

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