Archive for the 'Automotive' Category

Learn your Mercedes-Benz, the AMG way

If you have a Mercedes-Benz AMG, lots of cash and all the time in the world, how about putting these together for some real wind on your face?
A high performance car like the SLK55 AMG would go to waste if you dont know how to fully maximise the potential, behaviour and feel of the car.
Since [...]

Toyota stucked accelerator pedal simulator

If you dont know how it looks and feels like when the accelerator pedal gets stuck to your floormat, this simulator is close to the real thing.
This bloke who is obviously have lots of time to kill had created a simulation of a Toyota car speeding to no where with a brake failure warning sign [...]

Hot and sexy women at the 2010 Geneva Motor Show

You may notice that women and cars do not mix, technically. Generally, if a man talks to a woman about a certain part of a car, she would be in silence and probably gives him an answer that could be gibberish (for the sake of that ego in her), giving a bad notion to the [...]

Nissan financing promotion for X-Trail, Sentra, Grand Livina and Sylphy

Edaran Tan Chong Motors (ETCM), the sole distributor of Nissan cars in Malaysia just announced their latest financing plan. If you are thinking of getting a Nissan, you will be in for some goodies. ETCM is offering the following attractive interest rates to purchasers of Nissan Sylphy, Grand Livina, Sentra, X-Trail and Serena (for private [...]

Back to the Future with the DeLorean – It’s HERE!

I can’t believe it has been resurrected! The cool car that I so admire when I was 5 is now back from the past! :O
Jay Leno the American version of Jeremy Clarkson of TopGear UK takes on a spin with the brand new DeLorean car from the 80s. Yep, the car that was feature in [...]

Malaysia car sales up 33 percent in January

Malaysia’s auto sales rose 33 percent year-on-year in January, an industry group said Monday, as improved consumer sentiment helped boost Southeast Asia’s biggest passenger car market.

The Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) said sales of new motor vehicles increased to 50,622 units in January, up from 38,107 sold in the same month last year.

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5 reasons to get a Suzuki Swift now

This festive season, Suzuki Malaysia is offering a few goodies for carbuyers and if you are thinking of getting a compact small car with all the looks, I recommend you get the Swift. I personally road-tested the car for a couple of days and for such a zippy car like this, the Swift handles really [...]

Buying a Car – Decisions decisions!

It is still early in 2010 and many of you might have been tightening belts saving up your hard-earned money to get that sexy Honda Civic, or the elegant Peugeot 308 Turbo, or maybe the zippy Suzuki Swift. Maybe you don’t have a preferred car to buy but then again you will be stormed with [...]

Texting while driving is not a new road killer

Many years ago, Malaysian TVs showed ads on educating its citizens to not drink and drive and since mobile phones came into their lives, texting is now a road killer.
I’d like to share with you statistics from USA on drivers who send SMS while driving on the road.

Stop it or you will kill innocent lives, [...]

Taiwanese recruits, transform and roll out!

For fans of Transformers movies, like yours truly, here is an ad from Taiwan military force in a campaign to recruit its citizens by using a video with the morphing robots in it.
About the robots in the ad, I must say the Taiwanese are quite good in creating their own steel sculptures. The only thing [...]