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2012 Honda Civic Type R Mugen 2.2 Debuts in UK

The 2012 Honda Civic Type R Mugen 2.2 debuted on Sep 8, 2011 at Northampton, Honda UK said in a statement that plans for the Civic Type R Mugen 2.2, including volume predictions and pricing, have yet to be finalised.   If you were able to recall, Honda UK and its tuning partner Mugen have built 20 units of the ...

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All-new Nissan Livina X-Gear 1.6 Auto in Malaysia

The all-new Nissan Livina X-Gear has now officially introduced by Edaran Tan Chong Motor Sdn. Bhd. and it is also the first CKD B-segment cross-over in Malaysia. The Livina X-Gear is designed to be a fun and versatile that combines aggressive SUV-inspired exterior styling.   “Since its launch in 2007, the Grand Livina MPV has established itself as the best-selling ...

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Toyota FT-86 II Concept to Preview at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show

The long awaited (in fact, very long awaited) Toyota FT-86 is still yet to arrive while Toyota schedule to preview yet another new version of the concept out to the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show.     According to Toyota, this latest edition is a slightly revised version of the FT-86 II concept that we’ve already seen. Toyota has just released ...

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Audi A2 Concept to Preview at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show

Audi has released the first set of (Computer Graphic (CG) enhanced) photos of the A2 Concept bound for next week’s Frankfurt Motor Show. This model will inspire a production version scheduled to go on sale within the next 2 years.    [singlepic id=8461 w=630 h= float=] The car is 70mm taller than the current three-door A1 hatchback, the A2 Concept ...

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No Recall for FD-Series Honda Civic Type R and Civic Hybrid

The imported Honda Civic Type R FD2 and Civic Hybrid are not affected by the latest recall by Honda Malaysia. The recall only involves the local Civic CKD models after reconfirmed by Honda Malaysia officially.   For 2006-2008 Civic, it is reported that affected units experienced oil leakage from the power steering feed hose, caused by deterioration from running in hot ...

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Honda Malaysia announces recall for 2006-2008 Civic, 2006-2007 City and 2005-2007 Jazz

Today, Honda Motor Co. announced a global recall of more than 900,000 vehicles.  In Malaysia, Civic of Year 2006-2008, City of Year 2006-2007 and Jazz of Year 2005-2007 will be recall under this product update campaign. According to the Japanese automaker, the campaign aims to implement preventive measures against undesired technical issues in the affected units.   Back in July, ...

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2012 Honda Insight Hybrid Facelift Model

Honda will be revealing the new 2012 Honda Insight hybrid facelift and all-new 2012 Honda Civic 5-door hatchback at the upcoming 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. Interestingly, the new Honda Insight hybrid model’s CO2 emissions drop below the 100 g/km mark, to 96 g/km.   Honda’s official say this has been achieved thanks to a series of enhancements, which include reduced ...

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Volkswagen 1.4 TSI Engine Cylinder Shut-off for Fuel Efficiency

Volkswagen’s latest efficiency technology, “cylinder shut-off” will debut in the new 1.4 TSI engine. This is another large step for Volkswagen in terms of saving fuel in its models. Volkswagen will be introducing cylinder shut-off on Volkswagen production cars in early 2012.     Volkswagen is currently the first carmaker to implement cylinder shut-off in a mass produced 4-cylinder TSI ...

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