Honda Malaysia today officially launched the much-awaited 9th Generation Civic to further strengthen its presence in the market. This after much delay forllowing last year’s spate of natural disasters that badly affected Honda’s model programme. In Malaysia, since the launch of the 7th Generation in 2003, the Civic has sold over 58,000 units to date. [...]
How does a £150,000 (yup, that’s British pounds) Honda CRZ sound to you? Insane ain’t it? Well how about if we told you that it’s also probably one of the most fiercest and noisiest hybrid? Still doesn’t change a thing does it? Well thank god then that this Mugen CRZ is just a prototype, built [...]
Honda have revealed information and a few photos of a Mugen-tweaked Honda CR-Z hybrid, ahead of its debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed to be held in July. This really fun news, as I just reviewed the similar-ish Honda Insight just last week (Click here) and found it pretty damn practical and not at [...]
Rising environmental awareness and burgeoning petrol prices have spurned many consumers to search for alternative and affordable means of transport, and in the past few years hybrid vehicles have gained high media interest, more so attributed to celebrities such as Cameron Diaz and Leonardo DiCaprio being seen plodding around Hollywood in them! The Government must [...]
Casey Stoner has won his 4th opening round GP in Qatar. Looks like the testing hype has rung true. Teammate Dani Pedrosa could only finish 3rd after losing out from reigning champ “George” Lorenzo. Dani showed promise leading early on, but never recovered after Stoner took the lead. Repsol’s 3rd rider Davizioso and Simoncelli rounded [...]
Honda Malaysia rolled-out a series of special edition vehicles collectively known as the Concept M models. Named after the first letters of Honda’s official accessories partners ‘M’odulo and ‘M’ugen, this special fleet of cars are factory fitted with their respective accessories and are available exclusively in shades of white. According to Encik Rohime Shafie, President [...]
News are out that the rule makers and manufacturers of Germany’s DTM and Japanese Super GT are collaborating to commonise their regulation. Should this go through as many as 6 makes would be involved instead of the current 2 (Audi & Mercedes) and 3 Japanese makes of GT500; Toyota, Nissan & Honda, would be involved. [...]
Seven years, 4 MotoGP titles and 45 race wins later, Valentino Rossi has parted company with Yamaha. Ben Spies is expected to be promoted to the factory Yamaha. Valentino will replace Casey Stoner on the lead Ducati, in a 2 year contract. Nicky Hayden is most likely to be retained to partner the Doctor. It remains [...]
Casey Stoner has finalised a deal to return to Honda after 4 years with Ducati, yeilding 20 wins and a world title. Stoner will return to the Honda fold on a factoy ride. This could possibly mean a 3-prong Repsol Honda team. With Stoner out of the way, Ducati are looking at a possible replacement [...]
To get everyone up to speed, I’d like share some info on the race. The Sepang 1000km is an ofshoot of the Merdeka Millenuim 12 Hour Endurance. Some years ago, it was noted that the mix of GT racers and 1600-1800cc Saloon cars could be potentially disastrous. So to cater to the smaller engine cars, [...]
Amazing bit of news this! Check this link: “Ms Tiffany’s showpiece event” Nalada Thamthanakorn (Thai: ณลดา ธรรมธนาคร น้องมิค) is the winner of the 13th Miss Tiffany’s Universe 2010, Thailand’s most popular transsexual beauty pageant. The 19 year-old transvestite was named Thailand’s most beautiful ‘katoey’ (ladyboy or woman-of-the-2nd-category). The Bangkok university student received a check for [...]
Pole sitter Casey Stoner fails in bid to win 4 races on the trot in Qatar. Rossi inherits lead but had to fend off Andrea Davioso and the Honda top speed to win the round 1 of the MotoGP Championship. Jorge Lorenzo surged past Davioso to finish 2nd, while a resurgent Nicky Hayden finished just [...]
Our fella X-Man has been busy with car launches this month, but hey it’s not all been a waste. What’s important is that he’s able to deliver with photos of the gorgeous females at the events. And uhh.. he leaves the videos and articles of the actual Car Launch to me! Anyway enjoy: models from [...]
The closest finish in World Superbike history – four thousandths of a second, or about 25cm – marked Leon Haslam’s breakthrough victory in the championship yesterday at Phillip Island as he edged out Italian rider Michel Fabrizio. The 26-year-old son of British motorcycle legend ”Rocket” Ron Haslam – having his first ride on a factory [...]
