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  BMW’s Quandt family is against the Daimler/BMW cross ownership plan

  18 March 2009 / 12 comments

  After reporting that top German auto makers BMW and Daimler are planning to perform a cross ownership a couple of days ago, and both companies may exchange up to 7% of shares among each other, […]

   

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  Volkswagen Polo Plus and Polo Sedan for the US

  18 March 2009 / 7 comments

  Click for enlarged image Volkswagen will create two new cars for the US market. One is a larger and taller of the new Volkswagen Polo, somewhat like what the Golf Plus is to the Golf, […]

   

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  F01 exterior designer leaves for Mercedes-Benz

  18 March 2009 / 20 comments

  The exterior designer of the new F01 BMW 7-Series Karim Habib has left BMW for its rival Mercedes-Benz, where he will head an advanced design studio near Stuttgart. Habib will report to Mercedes-Benz design boss […]

   

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  CKD Europestar RCR gets its own front-end

  17 March 2009 / 51 comments

  Phase 2 of the Proton GEN2 export and rebadging deal with China’s Youngman group under the Europestar brand is well underway and this is the new styling that Europestar will be applying on their locally […]

   

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  Electric-car maker TH!NK plans to build a factory in the U.S

  14 March 2009 / 12 comments

  Norwegian electric-car builder TH!NK which has recently undergone bankruptcy under Norwegian law and had to cease production in that country, announced plans to set up a plant in the U.S to manufacture its all electric […]

   

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  Proton Satria Neo Super 2000 enters the IRC

  14 March 2009 / 70 comments

  The Proton Satria Neo Super 2000 rally car will be entering the Intercontinental Rally Challenge full-time after its first competition debut late last year. Proton will be the 7th manufacturer in the IRC series, joining […]

   

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  UK: Porsche Panamera S to start from £77,269

  13 March 2009 / 19 comments

  Porsche has released confirmed pricing for the Porsche Panamera grand tourer in the UK. The Panamera will start from £72,266 (RM 397,160) for the Panamera S, going up to £77,269 for the Panamera 4S and […]

   

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  Honda Freed Indonesian production for ASEAN

  11 March 2009 / 104 comments

  Honda used to have a compact MPV called the Honda Mobilio which was similiar to the likes of the Grand Livina and the Toyota Passo Sette, where a B-segment monocoque car was stretched and made […]

   

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  BMW and Daimler to cross-ownership?

  10 March 2009 / 10 comments

  According to published reports by German Der Spiegel magazine, Munich and Stuttgart-based premium car makers BMW and Daimler are planning to perform a cross-ownership by swapping shares among each other. Reports suggest that both companies […]

   

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  Daihatsu Luxio MPV launched in Indonesia

  8 March 2009 / 81 comments

  Daihatsu Motor Co Ltd has launched the new Daihatsu Luxio in Indonesia. While the Toyota Passo Sette/Daihatsu Boon Luminas could be considered a baby Wish of sorts, the Luxio is a baby Alphard, and unlike […]

   

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  Adrian van Hooydonk on the new E89 BMW Z4 Roadster at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show

  7 March 2009 / 16 comments

  The new E89 BMW Z4 Roadster made its European debut at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show. BMW is solidly hammering it into our heads that the new Z4 is a piece of automotive art, and […]

   

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  New Tata PR1MA Concept designed by Pininfarina

  6 March 2009 / 34 comments

  The Tata Prima is the first collaboration between Tata and Italian company Pininfarina and is based on the Tata Indigo platform stretched to a 2,700mm wheelbase. It kinda looks somewhat like a Nissan Sylphy actually, […]

   

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  Tata Nano Europa: a high-spec Nano for Europe!

  5 March 2009 / 64 comments

  Tata has unveiled a more regularly-specced version of the Tata Nano that it intends to sell in more sophisticated markets such as Europe. It will be a car that has all the creature comforts that you'd expect, unlike the 1 lakh version that it intends to sell in India which will be stripped bare of even an air conditioning unit.

   

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  New Volkswagen Polo is a pretty good looking car!

  3 March 2009 / 38 comments

  Just look at what Volkswagen did with the new Volkswagen Polo. While the previous one wasn’t really inspiring in terms of looks even in Polo GTI form, the new Polo so much better. It looks […]

   

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  AC Schnitzer kit for the F01 BMW 7-Series

  1 March 2009 / 17 comments

  Alpina will not be the only one showing a tricked out F01/F02 7-Series at the Geneva show, AC Schnitzer doesn’t want to be left behind, though it differs from the B7 offering in that the […]

   

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