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Polo R concepts turn up for Wörthersee party
Volkswagen are hosting their annual celebration of their genre-defining GTI badge at Wörthersee, Austria. This being the 31st time the event is being held, Volkswagen brought out the Golf GTI Cabriolet which was introduced at the Geneva Motor Show, and two Golf GTI design study cars, ConceptWhite and Black Dynamic. The Golf trio may have [...]
Continental posts record first quarter
International automotive supplier, Continental has recorded a record first quarter in terms of sales and EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes), with more than €8.3 billion (RM32.8 billion) and €766 million (RM3.02 billion) recorded respectively. That, according to Continental is a year-on-year increase of 13.3 per cent in sales and 21 per cent increase in [...]
458 Spider revs into Malaysia.
Naza Italia, the exclusive importer of Ferrari cars in Malaysia, has introduced the world’s first mid-engine sports car with a retractable hardtop, the 458 Spider. More than just retaining the coupe’s 567hp 4.5-litre V8 engine and dual-clutch transmission combination, the 458 Spider also maintain much of the coupe’s immaculate lines and beautiful shape. Its performance [...]
JH Italia goes racing
Eminent Century, the official importer of Lamborghini cars in Malaysia, together with their sole dealer, JH Italia, announced their participation in the inaugural Lamborghini Blancpain Super Trofeo Asia one-make race series with the launch of the Team Lamborghini Kuala Lumpur JH Italia race car. The racecar will be driven by Rizal Ashram Ramli, who has [...]
Maran Bandar Ayam Kampung 4×4
Last Saturday the Pahang 4×4 club held a special offroad competition in Mentakap, Pahang in conjunction with the Maran municipal council’s “Maran Bandar Ayam Kampung” day. Clubs from all over Peninsular Malaysia were invited with 30 cars present at the event. There were 10 special stages (SS), six light-core and six hard-core, spread out over [...]
Land Rover Makes Edible Desert Survival Handbook
According to marketing guru Seth Godin, the old marketing model is ‘disrupting’ the audience, interruption marketing, no longer works in our current society. Godin proposed something he coined as ‘permission marketing,’ loosely described as the philosophy of marketing a product by means of getting a permission from prospective customer to receive an ad. To do [...]
Businesses looking at alternative fuels
According to Grant Thornton International Malaysia (GTIM), over 50% of businesses here in Malaysia are seriously considering alternative fuels. GTIM found in a recent survey that over half of business owners questioned have either introduced or considering to introduce alternative fuel for their vehicles due to rising oil prices. Those who haven’t yet take the [...]
Volvo in search of truck drivers
Volvo Malaysia anounced last Wednesday that it was searching once again for the best Malaysian trucker to represent the country in the third Global Drivers Fuel Challenge in Australia. Volvo’s Fuelwatch Challenge will tests the drivers ability to achieve maximum fuel efficiency through vehicle optimisation and maintenance, performance monitoring, safety measures, driver behaviour and driving [...]
Porsche releases 918 Spyder in prototype form
Porsche reports that they have begun prototype testing of their upcoming flagship supercar, the 918 Spyder. Instead of hiding the prototype behind camera fooling psychedelic patterns, Porsche proudly displays the matt black prototype wearing a simple livery which pays tribute to the 1970 Le Mans winning Porsche 917k Kurzheck endurance racer. As promised with the [...]
BMW 1er Coupe and Cabriolet gets 135is treatment
Even though BMW recently announced the introduction of the muscle-bound F20 M135i hatchback, Munich has announced the 135is variant for the previous generation 1-series coupe and convertible (E82 and E88). As BMW aficionados might already point out, the ‘is’ tag at the end is used to mark out models with a little bit more brio [...]
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