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Honda Malaysia Recalling Stream 2008YM, 2009YM and 2010YM

A couple of days ago, Honda Malaysia announced a recall to owners of Stream 2008YM, 2009YM and 2010YM of a product update campaign. The campaign aims to address a technical irregularity involving the water pump pulley bolts, which is caused by the burr formed around the periphery of the bolt-mounting hole. There are a total of 1,494 units involved in ...

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Nissan Joint Venture With Dongfeng to Invest 50 Billion Yuan for Expansion

Nissan Motor Co. announced a 50 billion Yuan ($7.7 billion) expansion plan for China from 2011 to 2015. It expects to increase sales to 2.3 million vehicles by 2015 from 1.28 million last year. This is also part of a global strategy to focus on faster-growing emerging markets and reduce reliance on the United States.   Nissan did a 50-50 ...

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Viral Marketing From Samsung Uses Porsche Boxster 987 as Taxi Cab in Bangkok

As part of Samsung marketing campaign in Thailand, the South Korean consumer electronics giant put in a Porsche Boxster 987 taxi in Bangkok to advertise Samsung’s new Galaxy S II smartphone. This viral marketing campaign had successfully drawn many attentions in the city of Bangkok.   Check out the YouTube video below.  

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2012 Porsche 911 Teaser Video – Hot Weather Testing in South Africa

A couple days ago, Porsche posted a video of the all-new 2012 Porsche 911 carry hot weather testing in South Africa by Porsche engineers.     Inside the teaser video, some Porsche fans spotted the 7-speed manual transmission. Based on the photo above, you will find the extra lines going up and to the right at the end of the ...

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2012 Hyundai Sonata YF Facelift in South Korea

Hyundai have introduce a mild facelift model for 2012 Hyundai Sonata at their home ground in South Korea.   Frankly, it will be a little bit of challenge to spot the differences if you are not big fans of Hyundai cars. Anyway, we found some visible changes like a revised front grille with less chrome surface, a new LED rear ...

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Volkswagen Starts Production of the 2012 Beetle in Mexico

Volkswagen announced that it has commenced the production of the new Beetle at its factory in Puebla, Mexico. The previous model of Beetle was also built in the same plant. On this occasion Dr. Guido Westerwelle, the Federal Foreign Minister, Felipe Calder³n, the Mexican President, and Hubert Waltl, Board Member for Production and Logistics at the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand, ...

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Lamborghini Expands Brand in China with Macau Dealership

The Italian Super Car manufacturer – Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. has opened Lamborghini Macau expanding the Lamborghini network to 15 dealerships in mainland China.   Stephan Winkelmann, President and CEO of Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A., said: The opening of a Macau location is an important part of our representation in China, and reflects the potent growth opportunity in the region.   The ...

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BMW Group Asia Sales Achieves Impressive Growth in East Asia for the First Half of 2011

BMW Group Asia has reported a rise of 14.5% in its first half of 2011 sales volume compared to last year, increasing from 3,716 to 4,255 sales of BMW and MINI vehicles. The BMW and MINI brands saw an increase in sales volume of 12.9% and 36.4% respectively, in the South East Asia and Pacific Islands regions.     Mr. ...

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