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It has been hinted at since last year , but now it’s official. Yesterday, Ford Australia finally announced the intention to cease its local manufacturing operations, ending production at the Broadmeadows and Geelong plants in October 2016. The closure will directly affect around 1,200...
Lotus Exige S Roadster – Hethel’s fastest open-top yet By Hafriz Shah on May 23, 2013 The Lotus Exige S Roadster, first shown in pre-production form at the Geneva Motor Show last year, has now gone into production and is on sale in Europe and Malaysia (but not North America). As the n...
The retail price of RON 97 petrol is now RM2.70 per litre, with the 20 sen drop from the existing RM2.90 per litre coming about yesterday. The pump price of RON 97 was last revised on March 6 this year, when it was increased by 20 sen from the RM2.70 per litre previously. Rumours abou...
Many, including us, have wondered what format Wilayah Persekutuan vehicle registration plates will take after the inevitable WYY 9999 (the letter Z is reseved for the army)? We’re now at WYK and WYY 9999 is expected to roll out in July. Why are we at the end? The Star points out that ...
Hot on the heels of Polyphony Digital and Sony’s Gran Turismo 6 comes Forza Motorsport 5, which has just been revealed as a launch title for Microsoft’s next-generation console, the Xbox One. The handful of screenshots and trailer below has left me giddy with excitement; too bad the l...
We were all overjoyed when the Subaru WRX Concept was unveiled in New York earlier this March, with the original PlayStation-generation in particular dreaming of the rebirth of super fast and stylish Scooby STIs. It all came crashing down shortly after when early spyshots of the produ...
We know that the next generation Toyota Corolla will be based on the Toyota Corolla Furia Concept from the 2013 Detroit Auto Show. A car that looked very much like the Corolla Furia with updated styling was also showcased at Auto Shanghai 2013 – the Toyota Yundong Shuangqing II hybrid...
It can be very impressive for a car’s driver to be able to give it commands using his voice ala Siri, like you can do with certain cars in Malaysia like those from Ford, BMW and Mercedes-Benz. Giving commands using your voice instead of fiddling away with a control knob or a touch scr...