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BYD Build Plant in Malaysia

Feb 8

Posted by Insider in Makers

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Chinese carmaker BYD Auto Company has announced its intention to build a production site in Malaysia in order to be able to enter the foreign right hand drive passenger car markets, as Bernama reports.

The Chinese company will start a partnership with local Berjaya Corporation Bhd (BCorp) for the development of the plant, which will build BYD Auto’s FO right hand drive 1.0 liter engine model destined for the Malaysian an the Asian Markets. For BCorp, this is just the start of a more elaborate expansion plan.

“We hope the government will be open to this idea as BYD Auto is a leading car manufacturer and this represents multiple opportunities for the local car industry,” BCorp’s executive director Datuk Francis Lee said. Read the rest of this entry »

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Double Diffuser Issue Once Again

Feb 8

Posted by Insider in F1, Ferrari

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Ferrari have indeed been quite quick during the first test meeting of the off-season, in Valencia, but that doesn’t mean the Italian technicians won’t pay a great deal of attention to their championship rivals in the upcoming few weeks. In fact, the Scuderia’s technical director Aldo Costa has already raised some issues regarding last year’s controversial double diffuser rules.

According to the Ferrari technical, the aforementioned car part will again be subject to many rule interpretations prior to the start of the 2010 campaign, as all teams have fitted it to their cars differently. Since the FIA rulebook on double diffusers are still very grey, Costa said it will only be a matter of time until a new saga will burst on this topic.

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Top Gear Vietnam Special Bikes

Feb 8

Posted by Insider in Top Gear

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The National Motor Museum recently purchased two motorcycles featured in the 2008 Top Gear Vietnam Special, when Clarkson, May and Hammond were challenged to travel the entire length of the country in just eight days. The two machines, a 1967 Piaggio Vespa 150cc VBC Super and a 1973 Honda 50cc Chaly, are currently displayed in the museum’s World of Top Gear exhibition.

The three presenters started their adventures in Saigon and they were each given 15 million Vietnamese dong to buy vehicles. Equalling to only £600, the money were not enough to purchase a car. The Top Gear team therefore decided to buy motorcycles: May a 50cc Honda Club, Hammond a Russian-built 125cc Minsk and Clarkson a Piaggio Vespa.

The Honda Chaly is painted in the distinctive Stars ‘n Stripes livery of the ‘Captain America’ Harley-Davidson chopper, ridden by Peter Fonda in the iconic 1969 movie, Easy Rider. The bike had also been fitted with an iPod audio system continuously playing Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Born in the USA’.

So far, the Vespa and the Honda Chaley have been on display at the Saigon Scooter Centre in ‘as last used’ unrestored condition. They now form part if the line-up of Top Gear vehicles currently showcased at the National Motor Museum.

Visitors to the exhibition can also experience the Top Gear ‘Enormodrome’ which aims to recreate the feel of the Top Gear studio. They can also watch an exclusive video presentation from behind-the-scenes at the Top Gear HQ with Jeremy, Richard and James, as well as the Cool Wall and Celebrity ‘Lap Time’ boards.

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Nissan Won Energy Conservation Prize

Feb 8

Posted by Insider in Awards, Nissan

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The Japanese car manufacturer Nissan announced its eco-drive support system, Eco-mode function and Navigation-linked speed control have won the ANRE (Agency for Natural Resources and Energy) Director-General’s award in the 20th annual Energy Conservation Prize.

Anybody can win this award as long as it brings important innovation to energy conservation. This includes the use of new energy- and resource-saving or high energy-efficient materials, equipment and systems for non-military use.

Nissan’s award winning system enables eco-driving at a low cost. In the future, the system will be found on a wider range of vehicles, so it is expected that it will contribute to serious energy conservation.

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Protoscar LAMPO2

Feb 7

Posted by Insider in Makers

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The Swiss company Protoscar continues to tease us with a set of pictures and a video of its upcoming LAMPO2 electric sports car, which will be unveiled next month at the Geneva Motor Show. This feels like 2009 all over again, as the same marketing strategy was used for the introduction of the original LAMPO at last year’s Geneva Auto Show.

The LAMPO2 is underpinned by GM’s Kappa platform, which can usually be found under the Opel GT, Pontiac Solstice and Saturn Sky - the car has decided to keep the cabrio theme. As you can see, this is wrapped in a pretty unconventional body. Actually we think the correct term would be “odd”.

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Aston Martin Rapide, the Most Beautiful Supercar of 2009

Feb 7

Posted by Insider in Aston Martin, Awards

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The Aston Martin Rapide has been named “The most beautiful Supercar of the Year’” at The Festival Automobile International held in Paris.

A jury lead by Alain Prost, four times Formula One Champion and architect Jean-Michael Wimotte offered the limited edition Daum Trophee created by French designer Christian Ghion “to the most fascinating project of the year that balanced ingeniously both art and automobile,“.

“The Aston Martin Rapide is a balance between automotive design art and engineering excellence, a beautifully proportioned and elegant four-door sports car, without compromise - a true icon,“, Marek Reichman, Design Director of Aston Martin, said during the award ceremony.

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Nominees For 2010 World Car of the Year

Feb 7

Posted by Insider in Awards

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The 2010 World Car of the Year award finalists have been announced. These are the automotive creations which will fight for the four prizes: Car of the year, Performance Car of the Year, Green Car of the Year, and World Design of the Year.

The top three finalists in the four categories will be announced on March 2 at the Geneva Auto Show, and the New York Auto Show will see the winners being introduced to the public, on April 1.

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Audi A1 Manufacturing Teaser in Brussels [VIDEO Inside]

Feb 7

Posted by Insider in Audi, Video

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Webber’s advantage of taking the RB6

Feb 5

Posted by Insider in F1, News

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It has recently surfaced in the media that Red Bull Racing veteran driver Mark Webber will have the honor to drive first the newly-developed RB6 single-seater during the upcoming test meeting in Jerez. Although the team did not issue any statements on the matter, a report from the GMM news agency suggested that it will be the Aussie driver to drive the car during the first two days of testing.

That will leave German driver Sebastian Vettel the last 2 days of testing in order to feel the new RB6 on the Jerez track.

The Milton Keynes-based team did not make it to the Valencia test meeting earlier this week, as the Austrian/British outfit had revealed there were still working on the development of the RB6. Consequently, the team will reveal the new car on February 10 on the pit lane of the Jerez circuit, only hours before taking it to the track. Read the rest of this entry »

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Everything Good For Vijay Mallya

Feb 5

Posted by Insider in F1, News

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Following the recent reports that Force India Mercedes might face dissolution as a result of failing to register its accounts with Companies House for 2008, the team’s co-owner Vijay Mallys played down such a prospect and ensured the media that everything is under control at the Silverstone factory.

The Indian billionaire talked to Autosport earlier today and confirmed that the deadline for registering those accounts has already been extended for February 25, and that the team has every intention of setting the records straight prior to the beginning of the 2010 season opening Bahrain Grand Prix.

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