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  Suzuki cancels the Suzuki Kizashi D-segment sedan

  6 January 2009 / 19 comments

  We have another recession casualty here, this time it’s a Suzuki. Joining the ranks of cancelled projects by car manufacturers such as the recent NSX is the upcoming (not anymore, for now!) Suzuki Kizashi D-segment […]

   

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  2010 Porsche Panamera will make public debut in April at Auto Shanghai 2009

  6 January 2009 / 13 comments

  Porsche has released 4 more hi-res images of the Porsche Panamera, together with an official announcement of the car's debut at the Auto Shanghai 2009 show in China.

   

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  Honda Japan confirms new A-segment hatchback, gives sneak preview of future products

  5 January 2009 / 18 comments

  Click for larger image When Honda’s CEO Takeo Fukui delivered his 2008 year-end speech in mid-December last year, everyone went nuts over the announcement that the Japanese company was going to cancel its new NSX […]

   

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  First official sketch of new Hyundai Equus released

  5 January 2009 / 19 comments

  This is the first official rendering of the new Hyundai Equus to be released by Korean car manufacturer Hyundai. The Equus (codenamed Hyundai VI) will be Hyundai’s flagship luxury vehicle, positioned against the likes of […]

   

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  2010 Ford Shelby GT500 Mustang with 540hp

  4 January 2009 / 25 comments

  The 2010 Ford Mustang comes with either a 210 horsepower V6 or a 300 horsepower V8 engine, but for power freaks these options look rather anaemic compared to the 422hp 6.2 litre V8 in the […]

   

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  Pininfarina to stop contract assembly business

  1 January 2009 / 6 comments

  Pininfarina will stop doing contract manufacturing for automakers after its current manufacturing contracts expire in end-2011. It currently builds the Alfa Romeo Brera and the Ford Focus coupe-cabriolet, but volumes have been only about 25% […]

   

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  B7 A4-based SEAT Exeo gets priced in the UK

  1 January 2009 / 8 comments

  Volkswagen Group automaker SEAT has put a price on its new SEAT Exeo sedan in the UK, which will come in 7 variants with 3 engines, two diesels and one petrol. The entire range is […]

   

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  Ssangyong may face liquidation without aid!

  1 January 2009 / 8 comments

  The pretty decent-looking Ssangyong C200 Concept may not see the light of day if things go the way they are The first manufacturer to hit the dust in this depressing economy could be Chinese-owned South […]

   

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  Chrysler kicks itself in the nuts with wasteful “Thank You” full-page ad campaign

  1 January 2009 / 20 comments

  Click for enlarged version So you’ve just got US$4 billion in bailout money. What do you do? Do you immediately get to trying to turn your company around, cut costs, boost sales, etc? Well no. […]

   

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  Hyundai Sonata NFC “Ling Xiang”: redesigned Sonata NF for the Chinese market

  31 December 2008 / 40 comments

  Hyundai, or rather BeiJing Hyundai has created this new look for the Sonata based on Chinese tastes and preferences, which seems right now to be in tune to a wackier version of the Toyota Aurion/Camry. […]

   

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  JDM Honda Insight Hybrid brochures leaked in a YouTube video?

  31 December 2008 / 12 comments

  A Youtube video seems to have surfaced on the internet with stills of a Japanese market Honda Insight brochure, revealing to us abit more of the production hybrid vehicle that Honda will be exhibiting at […]

   

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  Jaguar’s new 3.0L V6 to power Jaguar XF S

  30 December 2008 / 8 comments

  Jaguar has upped the power and displacement for its flagship AJ-series turbodiesel from a 2.7 litre V6 producing 207hp and 433Nm of torque up to a new 3.0 litre V6 making 272hp and 570Nm of […]

   

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  New Hyundai i20 (Getz) to be built in India

  30 December 2008 / 15 comments

  Hyundai has launched the new Hyundai i20 in India. India will be a production base for the new i20, and i20s from Hyundai’s plant in Chennai is already being exported to locations around the world, […]

   

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  New Subaru DEX: rebadged Daihatsu Materia

  29 December 2008 / 21 comments

  Subaru takes its new badge engineering agreement with Toyota/Daihatsu further with the new Subaru Dex, which is essentially a Daihatsu Materia with Subaru badges and grill slapped on. Under the hood is not what you […]

   

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  Can human fat from liposuction power a car?

  28 December 2008 / 21 comments

  Times are so bad in the US that a plastic surgeon has resorted to using the fat that he sucked out of his patients via liposuction to create “diesel” to fuel his SUV. Dr Craig […]

   

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