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Compact sized BMW 1 Series M Coupe is at home in this tight circuit.
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BMW 1 Series M And M3 GTS Attack The Track

IN BMW, Munich Automobiles, M3, M3 GTS, 1 Series M Coupe

Munich Automobiles invited media and new owners to drive the 1 Series M Coupe round the Pasir Gudang Circuit, with bonus taxi rides in the two tangy M3 GTS track machines!


Hey everyone! Grab this rare chance to sharpen up your driving skills and have a ball of a time too!
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MINI Defensive Driving Course

IN Burnpavement LIVE, Events, Mini, Driving,

Burnpavement Live! presents our very first driving event, and it's a Defensive Driving Course aimed at making you a better driver - it's an awesome experience not to be missed!


Into the race, the leading Weider HSC-010 and S Road Mola GTR opened up a big gap between the rest of the pack, with a gap that varied from lap to lap. The action however, was behind the leaders as two HSV-010's (Keihin #17 and Arta #8) battled for the final podium position. Andre Lotterer in the Petronas Tom'S SC430 was fighting for sixth place, only to be held back by the GT-R's straight line speeds.
Motorsports

The Super GT International Series Malaysia 2011 Heats Up

IN Super, GT, International, Series, Malaysia, Sepang, Circuit

Hot battles on the track with cool events, this year's event looks like the best to date!


Motorsports

Tomczyk Wins DTM Lausitzring, Takes Points' Lead

IN DTM, Audi, Mercedes-Benz, Lausitzring

DTM fans had a treat over the weekend with great duels and numerous overtaking manoeuvres.


Button was the star of the show, having fallen to 21st after two accidents with other cars and being slapped with a penalty for speeding, but he steadily moved up and ran set the fastest lap of the day in lap 69. With huge pressure on Vettel on the final lap, Button managed to slip past after Vettel had slid wide on the back stretch chicane.
Motorsports

Button Wins Dramatic Canadian Grand Prix

IN F1, 2011, Canada

A wet affair awaited the drivers at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, with the safety car coming out seven times and a two-hour stoppage caused by heavy rain!


Power aside, the Volvo S80 is all about ferrying 'towkays' around in a fair amount of comfort and style. It does this well - as it has been doing for many years now.
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Big Car + Small Engine = ? | Volvo S80 T4

IN Volvo, S80, 1.6, Turbocharged

Volvo's S80 flagship sedan has been fitted with a 1.6-litre engine. Yup. Flagship. 1600cc. We tell you how something that sounds so wrong can feel so right.


Jetex Sports Exhausts feature fully polished exhaust tips, mufflers and resonators. Full Cat-Back system with quad pipes as seen here on this Volkswagen Scirocco.
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Jetex Sports Exhaust Lands In Singapore

IN Jetex, JD Performance, Exhaust

The popular sports exhaust brand from Sweden and the UK has appointed JD Performance as the distributor, and they in turn have not wasted time by appointing dealers island wide.


The Cayman R is capable of a top speed of 282 km/h with a manual gearbox and 280 km/h with PDK. Its combined fuel consumption is 9.7 L/100km with the manual and 9.3 L/100km with PDK.
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Cayman R Arrives in Singapore, Priced To Undercut M3 Coupe Competition

IN Porsche, Cayman R, PDK, Porsche Centre Singapore

The range topping 330 bhp Porsche Cayman R arrives, with a surprising sub- S$400k price tag.


The 79th 24 Heures du Mans, or widely known as the 24 hours of Le Mans has been one of the most drama filled races in recent memory. Audi's McNish and Rockenfeller were involved in two separate crashes that reduced their Audi R18 TDI cars to pieces. McNish went out in the first hour after coming into contact with a slower Ferrari, skidding across the gravel trap and slamming hard into the barriers, showering journalists and track crew with fragments of the car.
Motorsports

Audi's 10th Win At The 24 Heures Du Mans

IN 24, Heures, Du, Mans, Le, Mans

Audi won the gruelling race for the 10th time on Sunday with Andre Lotterer taking the chequered flag in the German manufacturer's R18 TDI car.


26,000 spectators flocked to Silverstone to watch the Round 5 action, which saw Michael Krumm and Lucas Luhr claim a trio of accolades for JRM Nissan – victory in the Championship Race, the Tourist Trophy and the lead in the current Drivers’ Standings. Round 6 of the FIA GT1 World Championship will take place at Navarra in Spain on the 1 to 3 July 2011.
Motorsports

2011 FIA GT1 Round 5 - Silverstone

IN FIA GT, GT1, Silverstone

JRM Nissan takes the Tourist Trophy home in Silverstone thriller!


BP: TECHART is world renowned. What are your plans to further build this brand around the globe? Thomas: We are constantly looking for international qualified dealers to serve the demand, especially in Europe and Asia. We have just opened up our own subsidiary in California, USA.
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Interview - TECHART CEO, Thomas Behringer

IN Porsche, 911, Turbo, Techart, Autovox

Ever wondered what makes a car like the TECHART GT Street so awesome? Here are some clues: Power, style, attention to detail and creativity. Qualities found in the car, and the man behind it.


For this Porsche, life started out as a standard 2008 911 Turbo (997) paired with a Tiptronic transmission, but not for long as it was soon endowed with a TECHART Twin Turbo setup and T35 Stage 3 engine modifications, cooled down by TECHART carbon air intakes and intercoolers. Being mated to the standard all wheel drive drive train of the 911 Turbo has its benefits, this ensures optimum traction for all that extra power it produces.
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TECHART GT Street

IN Porsche, 911, Turbo, Techart, Autovox

For some, having a Porsche 911 Turbo is more than enough. Not for this owner. Merely a base car, his 911 Turbo has been transformed into a super car-slaying TECHART GT Street.


Inside, everything has been redesigned and looks futuristic and cool. In the brief night drive we had, the dashboard was bathed in a soft blue glow and the car feels punchy too. Powered by an all-new 130 hp Gamma 1.6 MPI engine with Dual CVVT, power is fed to the wheels though a new six-speed automatic transmission with manual override.
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Hyundai's Best Seller Has A New Old Name

IN Hyundai, Elantra, Avante

Move aside Avante, say hello to the new fifth-generation Elantra!


The new car will have power and torque figures that range from 122 hp/160 Nm of the Cooper, to the Cooper S with 184 hp/240 Nm and all the way up to the 211 hp/260 Nm John Cooper Works.
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BMW Releases Details Of The Mini Coupe

IN Mini, Coupe, Cooper, S, JCW

Aimed at maxing driving pleasure, this coupe will be the first two-seater in the line-up.


The Citroen driver had his work cut out after being given a one-minute penalty for an early check-in on Day One and started the final day over 47 seconds behind team-mate and race leader Sebastien Ogier. The seven-time world champion forced his way in front of second-placed Mikko Hirvonen in the day's first stage and by Stage 18, he had reduced Ogier's lead to 21 seconds after the leader encountered problems during Stage 17, most significantly problems with his power steering.
Motorsports

Sébastien Loeb Thrills Argentina!

IN WRC, 2011, Argentina

Citroën drivers Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia dropped time in the final stages to hand victory to team-mates Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena on the very last stage.


Encik Azman Ismail, Managing Director of Shell Malaysia Trading Sdn Bhd and Shell Timur Sdn Bhd who hosted the event said, “Nowadays, more and more motorists are looking for ways to cut back on spending without compromising their lifestyle. Enriched with Shell Efficiency Improver, Shell FuelSave 95 is formulated to help motorists save up to one litre of fuel per tank. It is a lifestyle enabler which helps Malaysians stretch their ringgit. Motorists can now go further at no extra cost.” He added, “In addition to providing the best quality fuels, Shell is also committed to educating motoring communities to be more fuel efficient. The Shell FuelSave Challenge, which depicts real city driving conditions, aims to demonstrate just how far Malaysian motorists can go with Shell FuelSave 95, accompanied with simple and practical Shell FuelSave tips.”
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Shell FuelSave Challenge Crowns First State Winner

IN Shell, 1 Litre, FuelSave, Malaysia

Johorian winner clocks in 29.45 kilometres on one litre of Shell FuelSave 95.


From the early stages during the off-season, the team’s Formula One car is developed entirely in Siemens' NX software, based on functional requirements and the ever changing Formula One regulations. The model proceeds to outline structure where the Red Bull Racing design team has approximately 150 workstations running NX, to develop geometric part models for the entire vehicle. The NX system gets even more crucial during the race season, as performance-enhancing modifications to the car have to be produced in as little as one week.
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Siemens PLM Software And Red Bull Racing

IN Siemens, PLM, NX, Teamcenter

While drivers battle on the race track, what gives race teams the overall upper hand?


Motorsports

NUS Formula SAE's Centennial VI

IN NUS, FSAE, 2011, Centennial VI

The NUS FSAE (Formula-Society of Automotive Engineers) team is a group of engineering students who design, build and race an open-wheel open-cockpit Formula race cars.


Rockenfeller, who scored his maiden DTM victory at Zandvoort, started from fifth place and wasn’t able to improve his position during the race. In sixth to eighth place, Jamie Green (Mercedes-Benz), Timo Scheider (Audi) and Mercedes-Benz driver Gary Paffett still scored points for the championship. Italian Edoardo Mortara, who occupied fourth place in qualifying with his Audi A4 DTM, spun after a collision on the opening lap of the race and dropped back to the end of the field. Mortara came home 16th. The fourth DTM race weekend of the season takes place at the Lausitzring from June 17th till 19th.
Motorsports

Tomczyk Wins From Schumacher At Red Bull Ring

IN DTM, 2011, Spielberg

Spielberg provided a fantastic backdrop for the third round of the DTM at the Red Bull Ring in Austria.


Motorsports

Chevrolet Wins Again Before Hungarian Crowd

IN WTCC, Budapest, Round 7 & 8

Chevrolet collected two more victories in Budapest and improved the team's tally to an impressive seven wins out of the eight races held so far.



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