The Volkswagen Touareg TDi – Power Meets Efficiency
. . Engineering reports ready for launch. Thrusters ready; separating from space dock. Set course for the Belum Forest Reserve…. . If you’re like me (as well as virtually everyone I know) who’ve recently paid a visit to the cinema and caught the latest Star Trek movie, you’d be more …
The VW Golf 1.4TSi Mk VII – How does it stack up against Mk VI?
. Nothing gets automotive journalists more excited than a new car model. Like welcoming a new baby to the family, or a new member of the family via marriage, new launches is like the proverbial Forrest Gump where life is like a next generation vehicle, you’ll never know what you’re …
The Island Ocean Marathon 2013 – Driven by Volkswagen
. It takes an extraordinary person to wake up in the wee hours of the morning before the sun is up, his/her whole body tingling with excitement and anticipation of welcoming another day of challenging him/herself to better than who he/she was the day before. And that’s what runners …
The all-new 2013 Range Rover – Launched in Malaysia
. . It’s finally here …. the all-new Range Rover. It took them over 40 years to finally come to the 4th Generation but it’s well worth the weight. The new flagship of Land Rover now features the world’s first all-aluminium monocoque body structure which is 39% lighter than the …
The Range Rover Evoque – the quantum leap in the evolution of the Range Rover
As the 20th century industrial design saying goes, “Form Follows Function”. The principle is that the shape of an object should be primarily based upon its intended function or purpose. So then, what if its intended function or purpose is to look good? Can Form follow Form? This is probably …
A tale of two b*tches
. You’d have to be living in some remote kampung with no internet access of any kind if you’ve not heard of a certain patisserie in Bangsar that has managed to irritate probably half the world by calling its customer a bitch. Heck, if there was a devil who wanted …
The Mitsubishi i-MiEV – Is it worth the fuss?
. Anyone remember the water bed? Back when it was first introduced, the idea of owning a bed that “moulds” itself over your body was such a novelty that it made everyone yearning to have one in their homes. And, like any new technology, it was freakishly expensive and only …