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Honda Freed launched in Malaysia – and this is our driving impressions

So the all new Honda Freed has finally been introduced to the Malaysian market for a respectable RM112,980. Pre-launch speculation placed the price at slightly below RM130,000, which of course had some of us convinced that Honda Malaysia would have its work cut out and would have a better chance selling the Freed as a luxury airport taxi than it would moving the compact MPV to the people it is actually targeted at – professional urbanites with young families. Read the rest of this entry »

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Video: Rhys Millen New Year Celebration Back-Flip Goes Wrong

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Rhys Millen – top US drifter, once a rally driver, still a stunt driver for various shows and movies like The Dukes of Hazard, Mr & Mrs Smith and even The Fast & The Furious: Tokyo Drift. This automotive mad man once broke five vertebrae attempting the very same black flip you see here during his first try. Now, like all automotive mad man, he is back to give the stunt another go. Read the rest of this entry »

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Video: Hilarious Shanghai Lady Tows Away Tow Truck

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I would love to see this happening in Malaysia, after all, thuggish tow truck drivers and guards who take pride in clamping people’s wheels do deserve something of that sort happening to them. This video is about a Chinese woman who the internet has lovingly dubbed “Shanghai Lady” Read the rest of this entry »

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All New Nissan Navara Launched In Malaysia – Mother Trucker

a_cover_4wd_5_hiEdaran Tan Chong Motor Sdn Bhd (ETCM) today (Nov 5th) announced the introduction of its all-new Premium Sports Utility Truck, the Nissan NAVARA.

Since it’s launch, the Nissan NAVARA has continued to sell beyond expectations with over 480,000 units sold in more than 140 markets to date throughout Europe, North America, Central America, South America, Africa, Oceania, the Middle East and Asia. Read the rest of this entry »

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Video: Uphill Truck Racing

truckracingIt takes a lot of skill and balls to race a car but racing a truck? You have got to be packing steel ball-bearings. Here’s 2007 Truck Racing Champion, Markus Boesiger displaying what he’s made of. Read the rest of this entry »

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Rendering: 2010 Volkswagen Robust – The First VW Pick Up Truck

vw-robust-_2Volkswagen has been working on its forthcoming truck dubbed the Robust for a while now but except for spy shots, little is known of how the VW truck will look like, till now. Dedicated CarScoop reader and a graduate of UBA, Argentine Joel L. Fernandez came up with these renderings of the Volkswagen Robust. Read the rest of this entry »