Published on February 20th, 2012

Motorsport is dangerous. I think that tagline is more popular than Britney Spears’ jumping up and down in a skimpy schoolgirl outfit in Ooops I Did It Again with small hands all over her… well… you get the point. I’m not going to go into details as to how motorsport evolved from two people with a steam engine to becoming »

Published on April 18th, 2012

Day 1 It’s been more than a year since the first inaugural 1960KM Phuket Drive. This time around the 1960KM Phuket Drive comprised of more Ferrari than other makes… as for us, the FD2 Type R was our trustworthy chariot. It was smooth sailing from the start as we make our way after a light breakfast at Bestari Restaurant, Solaris »

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Published on April 18th, 2012

PICC Team StarChase driver Alexandre Imperatori converted his pole position into an emphatic win in the opening round of the 2012 Porsche Carrera Cup Asia season today. By the chequered flag, the 24-year-old Swiss driver had managed to build an impressive gap of 7.754 seconds from runner-up Martin Ragginger of Team Eagle- Jiejun & Junbaojie. Third across the line after »

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Published on April 18th, 2012

The Porsche 911 has been honoured as the “2012 World Performance Car” at the New York International Auto Show. The 911 won the award against strong competition. The choice was between 19 vehicles in all. A high-powered jury made up of 64 automotive journalists from 25 countries gave first place to the 911. The seventh generation of the sports car »

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Published on April 18th, 2012

The Scirocco, already an award-winning machine in Malaysia, will have its range extended to include the ultimate Scirocco, which wears the prestigious ‘R’ badge. The most powerful Scirocco makes its debut in Malaysia for the first time as a road-going car, having successfully featured in the Scirocco R-Cup series at the Sepang International Circuit last year. This is the third »

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Published on April 10th, 2012

It’s been quite awhile since Traffic crews went to any auto shows regardless whether it’s back home here in Malaysia or abroad. Lucky enough our very good friend in Japan was kind enough to provide us some infos on the previously held Nagoya Auto Trend 2012. It might not be as big as the renowned Tokyo Auto Salon, but Nagoya »

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Published on April 7th, 2012

Ever since the Ford Fiesta has been launched here in Malaysia, it has been given the thumbs up on reviews, and also on its customers satisfaction. It has spawned fun and active clubs over the social media website with its official and unofficial activities for their members. Ford has been keeping a very close watch on Fiesta owners as a »

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Published on April 5th, 2012

PROTON’s inaugural “My PROTON Makeover” competition culminated in the joyful announcement of the last two car makeover winners, 36 year-old IT consultant, Amirul Azim Mohd Hussain, and 54 year-old home maker Lee Koon Gaik. After a series of four successful competition rounds of story submission and car makeovers, the final fifth and sixth cars have been handed over to PROTON’s »

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Published on April 5th, 2012

The German specialist in craftsmanship on luxury vehicles has already worked with Lotus on a range of special editions, and will offer Lotus enthusiasts the ultimate tailoring service. At the Paris Motor Show in September this year, Lotus will unveil an exciting new model variant in collaboration with Mansory. Assigned to special projects, Mansory will contribute bodywork, trim and special »

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