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The sound coming from an engine revving to its limits is really music to my ears !

Seriously i am still trying to get used to it. Seeing Schumi standing beside the Mercedes logo, is still quite hard for me to believe it :p
Come the newest season of F1, Michael Schumacher and his teammate Nico Rosberg will be in town earlier than the race to promote F1 in Kuala Lumpur !
They will [...]

The new Toyota Vios is launched in Thailand now as per our previous post on the spyshots.

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The Crossover that Mitsu guys are coming up with :

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This monster was unveiled at the Geneva Motor show recently. Another supercar have entered the world !

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Aside the recent recalls at Toyota, this is a very nice commercial on the Hybrid Camry, which is yet to hit our shores :

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With all the recent turmoils happening at Toyota especially in the US, an independent advisory panel was formed and lead by former US  Secretary of Transportation, Mr. Rodney E Slater.
The group will be looking at the electronic throttle control system and will be transparent to the public on their analysis and findings. Toyota is going to give [...]

Previously the Malaysian government have proposed a two-tiered fuel subsidy scheme which uses the Mykad as verification. It was planned to be introduced on May 1 2010. Currently now this scheme is scrapped due to the negative response from the public.
They will be researching on alternative schemes later on. There is no plans for increase of [...]

I have always liked the way AC Schnitzer souping up the already good looking BMW cars. They have done it again this time to the 5 Series GT, with a bump in the power department from 245hp to 286hp.

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These are 2 teaser videos released by Volvo on the upcoming S60R, the sportier version of the standard S60. More details will be released later on, in the mean time enjoy the videos :

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I went to service my car and do alignment last week and i saw these bunch of tires lying outside the alignment shop. Took down this picture to remind myself to take care of my tires.
I think it will be quite a bad thing if i have worn tires like this and travelling on the [...]