From the sublime to the bizarre, no other auto show thrills like Geneva. Under no other roof but that of the Geneva Palexpo could you find an electric Rolls Royce, an Indian microcar and an outlandish French concept. And ...
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This diesel-electric sexiness is the Peugeot 908 HYbrid4, and it appears ready for Le Mans. The car, unveiled at the Geneva auto show, is the hybrid version of the diesel 908 HDi racer we'll see at Le Mans. Peugeot says ...
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Saab floored a lot of people at the Geneva auto show with the Phoenix, a slick gas-electric concept that provides a glimpse of the automaker’s future now that Spyker’s taken over from General Motors. The futuristic ...
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It is every boy's desire to get up close with their dream car. Lamborghini is one of the renowned names that leaps to a car lover's mind – the super car brand that was founded with the objective of producing a ...
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The Tornante is about as close to gorgeous as we’ve seen from Gumpert, the German boutique automaker that makes ludicrously powerful, insanely quick automobiles that place function before form. Gumpert ...
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How many of you are die hard fans of classic cars? I’d bet millions of people would love to own an antique car, if for no other reason than the status that comes with it. Yes, we know that the average Joe can’t ...
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Volkswagen has “reinterpreted” the Microbus as an electric vehicle. With four doors. And an iPad.It’s called the Bulli, which is what Germans called the Microbus when it appeared in 1950. Aside from the bench seats ...
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Morgan Motor, the eccentric British automaker with one foot planted firmly in the last century, is reprising the first car it ever built and we have this to say: Oh hell yes. Sign us up. Automakers have never been ...
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BMW has officially gone electric. When BMW released the Concept ActiveE last year, the debut of a production model was almost certain. That day has come, and 1,000 lucky drivers in the US, Europe and China are ...
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The twin-turbo, 3.8-liter V8 in the McLaren MP4-12C sports car cranks out 592 hp at 7,000 rpm, according to factory performance specs released on Sunday. The engine hits its torque peak of 443 lb-ft at ...
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In conjunction with this year's Chinese New Year, TOC organised a CNY gathering and celebration for both staff and students. The activities of the day included a CNY pop quiz (winner gets an angpao!), yee sang and ...
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This gorgeous two-seat roadster is the BMW Vision ConnectedDrive, set to be unveiled at the 2011 Geneva motor show. Unlike some of BMW’s other Vision-tagged concept cars, this unfortunately isn’t a thinly disguised ...
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You hold a Master’s in Chinese opera from UCLA. Why did you choose that course and how did it lead you to start an automotive college?I’m Malaysian Chinese, but grew up not speaking Mandarin. I didn’t realise it would be a problem until I studied in the US and discovered that so many kwailo could speak better Mandarin then I ever could…
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Renault's engineers were given a short simple design brief with the R31, "be daring, try to innovate, take risks." They have taken this to heart with the exhaust system design, during the very brief car reveal it ...
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Porsche Cars North America, Inc. revealed the all-new 918 RSR concept car at the 2011 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). Don't look for it on public days, because it was only shown during ...
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TOC's FIRST OTTO Camp this year was held last Saturday, on the 15th of January 2011. The day started out great with visitors coming in from all over Malaysia - Pahang, PD and more! As with every other OTTO Camps ...
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Bus accidents have become the highlight of the local news in our country lately. Every morning, we are greeted by page after page of endless tragedy. This news is a cause for concern to Chen Farn Keith, a Diploma in Automotive Technology student at The Otomotif College (TOC)…
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Christmas may have been two weeks ago, but we're still brimming with that up-till-the-crack-of-dawn level of excitement. It's a new year and it promises to be an exciting one on the auto-show circuit. There are almost ...
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At the 2011 Detroit Auto Show Mercedes-Benz has announced that its SLS AMG E-Cell, which was first unveiled as a prototype last year, will go into production. Part of Mercedes-AMG's "AMG Performance 2015" strategy that ...
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What does it do? Apart from your car's tyres and seats, the suspension is the prime mechanism that separates your bum (arse for the American) from the road. It also prevents your car from shaking itself to pieces. No matter ...
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