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  Wiedeking: Bugatti and Lamborghini to go

  16 April 2007 / 22 comments

  Wendelin Wiedeking has indicated that the Volkswagen Group could possibly ditch Bugatti and Lamborghini. Wiedeking is the current president and CEO of Porsche, and sits on the Volkswagen supervisory board. Since Porsche pretty much owns […]

   

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  Hyundai i30 CW Station Wagon

  16 April 2007 / 8 comments

  The second variant of Hyundai’s new i30 series of cars for the European market has been revealed. This is the Hyundai i30 Wagon. It doesn’t look bad at all, though the side profile reminds me […]

   

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  Satria Neo: Official Safety Car for AMRS race

  16 April 2007 / 35 comments

  Proton’s Satria Neo has been made the official safety car for the Australian Motor Racing Series (AMRS). It made it’s debut as the safety car at the AMRS opening race in March 2007. This is […]

   

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  All US cars must feature stability control by 2011

  16 April 2007 / 10 comments

  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the USA has now made stability control mandatory on all vehicles below 4535kg beginning September 2011. The September 2011 deadline applies for carmakers that produce over 5,000 cars […]

   

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  Al-Qabba might setup Saudi Proton assembly

  16 April 2007 / 3 comments

  A Saudi Arabian private company under the Al-Qabba Group called Malaysian Centre plans to setup a Proton assembly plant in Saudi Arabia to market Proton cars in the Middle Eastern market. Malaysian Centre is currently […]

   

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  Volvo S40 and V50 facelifted

  13 April 2007 / 23 comments

  Volvo has launched the new facelifted versions of it’s Volvo S40 sedan and the Volvo V50 stationwagon. The styling cues have been updated to reflect Volvo’s new design cues that started with the new latest […]

   

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  World Car Of The Year 2007 Awards

  11 April 2007 / 23 comments

  The results of the World Car Of The Year 2007 awards have been announced, and the winner is the Lexus LS460! The LS is available on our local shores in long wheelbase form – the […]

   

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  Volkswagen developing low-cost cars

  10 April 2007 / 15 comments

  Volkswagen under Martin Winterkorn’s leadership is currently developing two low-end car platforms in parallel. One is being developed in Brazil, and following the lead of the low cost Renault/Dacia Logan, would be sold first in […]

   

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  Volvo to drop R performance badge

  9 April 2007 / 29 comments

  Volvo’s R badge was originally intended to change the public’s perception on Volvo. While being known for safety is a great branding achivement by itself, it wanted people to know that Volvo is just not […]

   

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  Kia might develop pick-up truck for US market

  9 April 2007 / 10 comments

  Other than Thailand, everyone knows Americans have a healthy appetite for pick-up trucks, which is why anyone who wants to do a pick-up truck must think of whether it can do well in the American […]

   

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  Volkswagen Jetta SportWagen

  9 April 2007 / 9 comments

  Volkswagen doesn’t seem to be able to decide what it wants to call it’s station wagons. The Passat stationwagon is called the Passat Variant, while this Jetta stationwagon, essentially also a Golf stationwagon, is called […]

   

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  New BMW 528i and 535i for US market

  5 April 2007 / 7 comments

  BMW’s 5-Series Facelift model line-up for the US market will be slightly different than the European line-up previously announced when the 5-Series Facelift was unveiled. In the US, the 2008 BMW 5-Series will come in […]

   

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  Chevrolet Concept Cars: Trax, Beat and Groove

  5 April 2007 / 43 comments

  This trio of new minicars are part of Chevrolet’s initiative to introduce new minicars because of the recent market shift to a preferance for economical and fuel efficient cars. The cars were designed by GM […]

   

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  Honda S2000 Club Racer Prototype

  5 April 2007 / 13 comments

  Honda will add yet another new variant to the Honda S2000 model range, called the Honda S2000 Club Racer. A prototype version is currently being displayed at the 2007 New York International Auto Show called […]

   

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  Caterham Superlight R400

  5 April 2007 / 15 comments

  Caterham’s new Superlight R400 is a part of a range that are the successors to the original Lotus Seven by Colin Chapman launched 50 years ago. The 400 in the Superlight R400 refers to it’s […]

   

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