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Over the weekend, we received an email from our reader ‘lil-k16’ (from virtuel-car) about his rendering of the upcoming 2014 Ford Focus RS with two different colours – red and blue.   [singlepic id=8129 w=630 h= float=]  In earlier of the month, the vehicle line director of Ford’s global C-segment platform – Gunnar Herrmann have confirmed the development of the ...

China’s auto sales rose 6.7% in July 2011 but growth was well below the double-digit surge of the past two years.   Around 1.01 million passenger cars were bought in July in the world’s biggest auto market by vehicle sales, according to the government-authorized China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. Total sales of commercial and passenger vehicles rose 2.2% from a ...

In a couple of episode back on the British car show Top Gear, “Mr. Bean” star Rowan Atkinson recorded the fastest lap time in the program’s Star in a Reasonably Priced Car segment.     Unfortunately on last Thursday, he suffered a shoulder injury when his McLaren F1 supercar hit a tree and a lamp post in a crash near ...

The snapshot of a brown colour coupe above looks obviously a 2012 Porsche 911 (Codename: 991). We are lucky here as a generous Porsche enthusiast spotted this car at Esso petrol station in Stuttgart, Germany, captured it on video and uploaded it to YouTube.   We are looking forward to witness the new Porsche 911 unveiling at next month’s Frankfurt ...

Nissan Motor Co. will sharply expand production in North and Latin America by 2015 to meet robust sales in overseas markets and avert a loss resulting from a stronger yen.   About 70% of the 1.4 million vehicles to be sold in those two markets are produced at Nissan’s American factories. As a result of the expansion, 85% of vehicles ...

  Toyota Tsusho (trading arm of Toyota Motor Corp.) will open a new industrial complex in Jakarta to promote its parts suppliers’ advance into Indonesia. The new factory buildings at the new site will be open by June 2012, and will run trucks to carry parts to help reduce the subcontractors’ overheads.   It will also provide bus and restaurant ...

  Edaran Tan Chong Motor Sdn Bhd (ETCM) held a celebration last Saturday on its move to their new showroom in the up-and-coming premier contemporary lifestyle commercial centre, Southgate, in Cheras.   Speaking on the occasion, Executive Director of ETCM, Dato’ Dr Ang Bon Beng said, “We decided to move the ETCM Cheras showroom which was located in Jalan Cheras ...

  If you can recall recently about Hyundai-Sime Darby Motors (HSDM) being awarded as winner of the Distributor of the Year 2010 at the 2011 Global Distributors Convention that was held in Banff, Canada. As promised, the Malaysia’s Hyundai distributor now starts rewarding all its customers on their next visit to any of Hyundai’s authorised service centre starting from 1st ...