Toyota and Subaru to work on B-segment car
Subaru has had enormous success with their recent small car, the Subaru Stella in Japan. Subaru had originally set a target for 5,000 units per month in orders for the Stella, but …
3,000 Proton Wira taxis for Indonesia
PT Proton Edar Internasional Indonesia (PEII) has managed to secure orders for 3,000 Proton Wira cars to be used as taxis around Indonesia. These orders are from various major cities of the …
New Chevrolet Aveo launched in US
The new Chevrolet Aveo sedan based on the Daewoo Gentra was recently launched in the US through a special virtual car launch through a web cast. Specifications are pretty much the same, …
Philippines opposing Malaysian Non-Tariff Barriers
I have blogged previously on Thailand's refusal to lower duties for incoming Malaysian vehicles down to Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) tax rates of 5%. As the region's largest CBU vehicle producer, …
Naza plans to setup CKD plant in India
Naza Automotive Manufacturing Sdn Bhd has plans to set up an assembly plant in southern India, possibly in Chennai. Chennei is home to a number of automotive plants like Hyundai, Ford, Mitsubishi, …
BMW unveils 2nd gen MINI Cooper
When the new MINI Cooper by BMW was released, we had to refer to the old school model as the old MINI or old school MINI, and the new MINI Cooper as …
Kia cee’d to debut at the 2006 Paris Motor Show
I posted about the Kia ED previously, which was also shown as the cee'd concept at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year. Kia has announced that the production car based on …
2009 Chevrolet Camaro coming soon
Good news for fans of the Chevrolet Camaro Concept above, General Motors has given the green light for a production Chevrolet Camaro Sports Coupe based on the concept due for a 2009 …
US road death rate down due to safer cars
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) of the United States has released a study that shows declining death rates for road accidents in the US are due to safer vehicles, not …
Honda Hybrid goes “Moo”
Meet Clover, Honda's ambassador to the Fruitstock festival. Honda is using this 2006 Honda Civic Hybrid with a Heifer cow based paintjob to promote hybrid technology as well as educate the public …
BMW 335d: 3-Series gets twin turbodiesel power
BMW adds two 335 badges to it's new E90/91/92 BMW 3-series arsenal in the form of the BMW 335i (read test drive report) and the BMW 335d. The twin-turbocharged diesel-powered BMW 335d …
BMW and Audi ad tussle
It all started when BMW decided to congratulate Audi when their Audi A3 won the South African Car of the Year 2006 back in May this year. As you can see from …
Apple teams up with Ford, Mazda and GM
Apple Computer has teamed up with Ford Motor Co, General Motors and Mazda Motor Corp to offer easy iPod integration with their cars. While some manufacturers have begun offering AUX input so …
2008 Subaru Impreza to be a hatch
Subaru will be changing the all too familiar sedan shape of it's rally-inspired Subaru Impreza car to a hatchback form when it's next incarnation is introduced in 2008. We've kind of known …
Corolla to be renamed in the UK market
Toyota intends to drop the name Corolla when the next generation of the hatchback version of the car is unveiled in the UK. Toyota says the new model will be a radical …
Perdana Replacement Model study still underway
We have some comments from Proton now regarding the Perdana Replacement Model project. Unfortunately, as expected we have to source this from foreign papers. This piece of news comes from the Australian …
Group Lotus 5-year turnaround plan
Proton Holdings Bhd is setting up a special unit to fully capitalise on it's UK subsidiary Group Lotus, part of Group Lotus' five-year turnaround plan. The unit, to be comprised of people …
Geely Beauty Leopard to make European debut
Geely will be introducing it's Geely BL sports car into the European market soon, with a targetted launch date set sometime in 2008. It will be banking on low cost as one …
Kia Rio tops US compact car J.D. Power IQS
The 2006 Kia Rio/Rio5 clinched the top position for the US market J.D. Power and Associates 2006 Initial Quality Study SM (IQS) in the sub-compact category. The Rio/Rio5 tied together with the …
Alfa Romeo back in the US
Italian marque Alfa Romeo is making a comeback to the US, starting with the limited edition Alfa Romeo 8c Competizione, a carbon fibre-built sports car based on a shortened version of the …
