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  Nissan and Suzuki to bring collaboration further

  5 June 2006 / 5 comments

  Nissan and Suzuki will be expanding their collaboration with sharing vehicle platforms and rebadging. Currently Suzuki supplies some small cars for Nissan to rebadge. An example would be the Suzuki MR Wagon, which Nissan rebadged […]

   

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  US firm to invest USD1.4 billion in Indonesian auto industry

  25 May 2006 / 8 comments

  These days, it is a common strategy for either Malaysia, Thailand or Indonesia to be used by one of the few big car manufacturers as a hub for the ASEAN region. Thailand seems to be […]

   

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  2009 Porsche Panamera to be built at Leipzig

  23 May 2006 / 27 comments

  The Porsche Panamera, which was confirmed to go into production July last year will be built in Porsche’s plant in Leipzig, Germany. The Leipzig plant also builds the Porsche Cayenne and the Porsche Carrera GT. […]

   

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  New Audi 2.0 TDI with Piezo Injection

  23 May 2006 / 14 comments

  Audi has launched a new series of Audi A3 and Audi A4 cars with a new turbodiesel powerplant. The new 2.0 litre TDI powerplant makes 170ps, which is 30 extra horses over the previous 2.0 […]

   

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  2008 Audi Q5 to be built in Ingolstadt

  22 May 2006 / 17 comments

  The 2008 Audi Q5 has been confirmed and production will take place in Ingolstadt, Germany. Before this, the group was deciding where to build the Audi Q5, as there are some qualms about production in […]

   

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  2006 International Engine Of The Year Awards Results

  15 May 2006 / 21 comments

  BMW totally owned the 2006 International Engine Of The Year awards again, just as it did last year. It’s 5.0 litre V10 engine used in the BMW M5 and BMW M6 won both the Best […]

   

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  Chery to build small car for Chrysler

  5 May 2006 / 13 comments

  Chrysler is looking into using Chery Automobile to assemble a small car for the international non-US market. The car will be sold under the Dodge or Chrysler brand. This could allow Chrysler and Dodge to […]

   

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  Toyota Prius sales down

  4 May 2006 / 13 comments

  Sales for the Toyota Prius in April 2006 has dropped nearly 25% compared to April 2005, the same time period last year. Toyota sold 7,500 Toyota Prius hybrids in April 2006, compared to 11,345 in […]

   

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  Saudi King slashes petrol prices

  1 May 2006 / 26 comments

  Saudi Arabia is a country which is really oil-rich. While the rest of the world is struggling with high oil prices, King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has decreed that oil prices in Saudi Arabia will […]

   

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  BMW 3 Series Coupe – BMW 335i

  30 April 2006 / 20 comments

  After the launch of the new E90 BMW 3-series (and E91 BMW 3-series station wagon) which has been on Malaysian roads for quite some time now, BMW has finally revealed the 2-door version of the […]

   

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  Nissan GT-R announced

  13 April 2006 / 17 comments

  Nissan Motor’s CEO Carlos Ghosn has announced that the next generation Skyline R35 will be marketed in the US market as a Nissan. It will be called the Nissan GT-R. The production version of this […]

   

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  Peugeot plants trees in Brazil

  7 April 2006 / 17 comments

  How nice. Peugeot has been planting trees since 1999 in Brazil, as part of it’s contribution to the environment to compensate for the pollution that Peugoet cars produce. It’s not that Peugeot cars are less […]

   

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  MINI Dragster – The World’s Fastest MINI

  1 April 2006 / 9 comments

  This is the world’s fastest MINI Cooper, a machine built by MINI USA and Fireball Tim Drag Racing. It isn’t just a wild claim though, it actually holds the actual official title for “World’s fastest […]

   

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  French police procure Subaru Impreza WRX chase cars

  31 March 2006 / 33 comments

  Fuji Heavy Industries has just won a contract to supply high-speed chase cars for the Gerdarmerie Nationale police of France. Fuju Heavy Industries who manufactures Subaru cars, will supply 63 Subaru Impreza WRX cars to […]

   

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  Proton and Chery discussing two-way partnership

  30 March 2006 / 24 comments

  More developments on Malaysia-China automotive industry relations. Previously there were rumours on Proton’s involvement with Jinhua Youngman and Chery. Jinhua Youngman was believed to have entered a deal with Proton to assemble Proton CKD kits […]

   

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