Maruti Suzuki of India, has finally revealed the new Suzuki Swift based sedan called Swift DZire. The design looks awkward to say the least especially at the rear where they seemed to have hired Chris Bangle to design it. Seems to me that sedans that are derived from hatchbacks are just plain weird. The Honda […]

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Nasim Sdn Bhd (NSB), franchise holders of the Peugeot marque announced its latest marketing initiative ~ Peugeot Privilege ~ at an exclusive Peugeot Racing Party held last night at the newly refurbished Peugeot show room on Jalan Maarof, Bangsar, KL.
150 invited guests at the Peugeot Racing Party saw the Peugeot brand kicking off a dynamic […]

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Proton will be holding a special weekly draw for those who have booked and have yet to receive the newly launched Saga. With over 40,000 bookings since the launched, the waiting period would only be getting longer.

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Allegedly a Singaporean registered brand spanking new Nissan GT-R in a bad accident. Ouch.
Check the Wheels Forum for more photos.

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Ford, the owner of Jaguar and Land Rover will be selling off its stake in them to Tata Motors of India. This is following the sale of Aston Martin last year.
The deal according to Financial Times is worth some USD$2 Billion, with the official announcement to be made this Wednesday.
Volvo is now the sole remaining […]

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The long awaited Nissan Sylphy, more commonly known else where as the Nissan Bluebird Sylphy has finally been officially announced by Edaran Tan Chong Motor Sdn. Bhd. It will be available for sale some time in the second quarter of this year.

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World championship leader Lewis Hamilton has a fight on his hands if he is to maintain his winning start to the Formula One season. Dominant in Australia last Sunday, the McLaren Mercedes driver was only fourth fastest during final qualifying for tomorrow’s Malaysian Grand Prix, and was then told he must start in ninth after […]

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Recently unveiled at Las Vegas, the new Nissan Murano should be within our shores in a year or two. Not only has it more bling at the front, it looks more futuristic too.
Though closely related to the Infinity EX, not much change underneath the skin as the well proven 3.5l V6 will be returning but […]

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McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton grabbed pole position for tomorrow’s season opener in Melbourne, continuing impressively from where he left off last season. Ferrari’s reigning champion, Kimi Raikonnen was sidelined in the second quarter of qualifying and will start from the tail end at 16th spot.

Robert Kubica in the BMW suprised everyone with his pace in qualifying […]

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Toyota officially launched their new Altis today. I went to check it out at UMW Toyotsu Motors Showroom at Seksyen 15, Shah Alam.
Since the sales persons were all still in some sort of launching meeting at the time I was there, this is the only pricing details I got.

The difference between the Sporty and normal […]

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