Those who went to Sepang during AFOS and MME can testify on how sexy and appealing an Aston Martin can be. Wait until the Aston Martin ONE-77, the one car to rule them all, limited to only 77 lucky Aston Martin customers to be released. Read more

Spy shot pictures of the new baby Rolls Royce, codenamed RR4, shows that the new luxury model will feature suicide doors. Understandably, its manufacturers will juggle for semantics and call it “coach doors” instead. The pictures of the shorter-wheelbase Roller give a fair indication of what the car will look like and details of the body, doors, bonnet and door handles are all exposed. Read more

Cristiano Ronaldo has forked out GBP150,000 (RM930k) on a new car registration plate – ‘CR7’, representing his initials and shirt numbers for both club and country, the Number 7 he wears for Manchester United and Portugal. Read more

This could be big for the Malaysian drag scene where there are plenty of front-wheel-drive dragsters lurking around waiting to dine on RWD machines. But how would a Mini Cooper S go down with fans of drag racing? Not very well I feel but that’s before the guys from ABF Performance get their hands on one, and as a result of their meddling, their Cooper S is now capable of demolishing the quarter mile in 10.48 seconds which also officially crowns it the fastest Mini in the world. Read more

Renderings can sometimes be misleading if done by unreliable sources, some may be good but end up being worlds apart from the real thing. Lesson? Don’t trust renderings unless they are credible! These renderings are from a Slovenian website called ‘Avtomanija’ (AutoManiac anybody?) who published these photos of what could be the prototype version of the upcoming Mclaren F2 supercar scheduled to debut sometime in 2010. Read more

Kia is expanding, not only its pockets but so is its product line. To be slotted above the Spectra is the soon to be released Forte, though we’re not sure if it will still be called that by the time it gets here. Introducing it in a brilliant advertisement, the Forte makes its intentions clear as it devours a Bentley to take the limelight. Kia is also in the midst of up upgrading its image, so what better way than to sideline the ultimate in luxury? But a Kia over a Bentley? Would you? Read more

Nice cars are aplenty but great cars are rare and truly exotic. Like this Aston Martin that’s coded One-77, it’s just a design sketch so far, but it’s been rocking the Internet since Aston Martin revealed it with limited information and a single image.  Only 77 of this stunning Aston will be built guaranteeing exclusivity to a level where even world famous spy 007 won’t be able to have one. Read more

Mercedes is working with Aston Martin (AM) on a collaboration dubbed Project Alligator. The collaboration does not include a new car but includes everything else from drivetrains to platforms. Though there is no news of a Mercedes/AM car, the final product of their tie up could prove to be very interesting and the idea is not to be dismissed. Read more

Just over a week after the Evora was officially introduced at the London Motor Show, Lotus CEO Michael Kimberley has announced that six more variants of the new Lotus will be introduced to keep the Evora fresh over its eight year life span. Read more

How many times have we heard or seen something like this? Ferrari cell phones, Lamborghini laptops, BMW this, Mercedes that. But does it all actually add up to the value of quality or whatever it is that the brand promotes? I don’t think so, will an Acer laptop perform better just because it has the emblem of the legendary prancing horse on it, definately not, it’s just marketing, but yet we fall for it. Ok fine, these products with an attachment to their respective automotive giants do have a knack for looking much better than the standard ones. Read more