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Kia Forte 2.0 – I am left sufficiently speechless

  So the time has come where you’ve outgrown your shirt and it’s time to buy a new one. A few minutes later and you find yourself in a departmental store and you’re faced with a myriad of choices. There’s like a zillion brands to choose from and from those …

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The Suzuki Swift (GX) – Most Affordable B segment non-national hatchback

You can fall in love many times, but you will always have only one first love; hence the first love is the most difficult to forget. Similarly, you many have owned many cars but the first car registration card bearing your name will always hold a special place in your …

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Kia Sportage – Riding on Impressive

There is a number of men I know that gets intimidated when dating a taller person. Physical height, to them at least, is of significant importance that if they do find themselves standing a foot shorter then the other gender, their confidence plummets, their ego is worth as much as …

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The Peugeot 3008 – Living life differently

Crossovers are a strange bunch. It’s neither a sedan nor an MPV and certainly not as big a size as an SUV. Think of it like a sedan made love to an SUV and the offspring is the Crossover Utility Vehicle (CUV) …. a vehicle that uses the sedan platform …

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Car ManufacturerCarsPeugeot

Full range of Peugeot 508 launched – Beyond First Class

Launching a car in an airport isn’t something new. I remember coming across it once when BMW launched the Mini with the car being flown in a C130 Hercules plane and being driven out from its cargo hold. Thought I’d seen the last of any car being showcased on airport …

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Car ManufacturerCarsToyota

The All-New Toyota 86 – The car made for going sideways

It’s been a while since I saw the Japanese animation “Initial D” but I do recall the first few episodes of it. A couple of my Penang mates came over for a visit and I introduced the show to them. It was late, they were tired and they said, ok, …

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Car ManufacturerCarsVW

The Volkswagen Cross Touran – Your vehicle in surviving a post-apocalyptic world

I’ve often wondered (especially after watching a zombie infested movie); what car would I like to be driving if the world ended yesterday and the only companion you get in the streets are infected humans? It has to be a car that’s frugal since petrol would probably be scarce and …

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