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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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Ferrari crash fans anti-foreigner sentiment
Sooner or later, some high value supercars with equally high horsepower and top speed figures will eventually meet an ignominious end at the hands of their inept millionaire owners. However the latest accident in Singapore which involved a Ferrari 599GTO driven by a Chinese expatriate slamming into a taxi, killing both himself and the local [...]
Honda unveils personal mobility device UNI-CUB
Sitting and walking around is a contrasting combination that everyone does every day. Not anymore. Honda Motor Co. Ltd’s new UNI-CUB, a mobile sensor control stool lets everyone experience the joy of moving around while being seated, and vice versa. By simply shifting his or her weight the rider can control the UNI-CUB’s speed, direction [...]
Audi Q3 red track Concept
Audi will be presenting a lifestyle concept version of the Q3, called the ‘Q3 red track’ at the upcoming Wörthersee Tour. Held between May 16 to 19 in Reifnitz, on the Wörthersee in Carinthia, Austria, Wörthersee event is an initiative VW enthusiasts. Over time, the event, now in its 31st year running, has been expanded [...]
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