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Team Petronas Syntium Z4M coupe No. 50 bags win and wrap-up team’s 1-2 championship finish in style at season

Weather: Sunny and dry (Saturday, Road course). Rain and wet (Sunday, OvalSpeedway) Kuala Lumpur / Tokyo (Japan), Monday, 17 November 2008 – It was the perfectending for the PETRONAS Syntium Team at the season finale round at the Twin RingMotegi on Saturday. Claiming their third win of the season at the Motegi 500kmrace was the …
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Super GT 2008 Round 9: NISSAN GT-R Takes Seventh Win and Championship Title

November 9th. Sunto Gun, Shizuoka prefecture. Round 9 of the 2008 SUPER GT took place at Fuji Speedway (1 lap: 4.563kms). In light rain, the CALSONIC IMPUL GT-R (#12 Tsugio Matsuda/Sebastien Philippe), which started on slick tyres after qualifying in twelfth position, took the win. In the series points’ battle, the Xanavi NISMO GT-R (#23 …
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Sebastien Loeb Clinches Record 5th World Rally Championship

As grippingly dramatic as it was in its closing rounds, the past weekends Brazilian Grand Prix wasn’t the only motor sport event held this past weekend. In fact, it wasn’t the only top-level championship decider, either, as Sebastien Loeb sailed to his record-beating 5th consecutive World Rally Championship yesterday at Rally Japan. The achievement beats …
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Civic Hybrid To Cost Between RM125,000 to RM130,000: Honda Malaysia Increases Sales Target for Civic Hybrid

Petaling Jaya, October 20, 2008 – Honda Malaysia Sdn Bhd today announced that the Civic Hybrid will now cost between RM125,000 to RM130,000 after taking into consideration the exemption of 100% import duty and 50% excise duty on new hybrid CBU vehicles below 2,000 cc as announced in the Budget 2009. “With this revised pricing …
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Toyota Winglet – Your Very Own Personal Transporter

Only a year after taking control of Sony’s robotics business, Toyota has revealed a new transportation device it describes as a ‘mobility robot’. It is a vertical, mechanized two-wheeled scooter. This self-balancing electric vehicle is similar to the famous ‘Segway’ which was first revealed to the world in 2001. However, this personal scooter is probably …