Get Rewarded When You Buy a Peugeot 308, 207 or 407!!!

If you’ve been thinking of bagging a Pug, it sounds like a good time to do so. The boys at Nasim have come up with some neat offers and rewards on the Peugeot 207 sedan, 308 Turbo and the 407. From now to the end of April, the three lions – which are infinitely more entertaining performers than their human counterparts – come bundled with some neat deals.

For the 207, purchase one from March 1 to April 30 and you’ll receive a three-year or 60,000 km free-servicing package (whichever comes first).This servicing package for the 207 sedan is applicable during scheduled servicing intervals (at every 10,000 km) and consists of free parts – set to be replaced at the intervals – and labour.



New Aston Martin Virage: Fits between the DB9 and DBS
MARCH 10, 2011 AT 3:05 PM BY DANNY TAN FILED UNDER ASTON MARTIN, CARS, INTERNATIONAL NEWS

You might be wondering what’s new, but this really is a new model from Aston Martin. Called the Virage and available in both coupe and topless Volante form, it revives the famous old name last heard in the 1990s. Virage is derived from the French word viragem, which means bend or curve.
Although it looks similar to Aston’s recent models, the Virage is a new model that sits between the DB9 and range topping DBS made famous by Agent 007. In the UK, the Virage will be priced from £150,000, sandwiched between the £125,000 DB9 and the £175,000 flagship. Volante models will cost about £10,000 extra.

Built on Gaydon’s bonded aluminium VH platform, the Virage is powered by the familiar hand-built 6.0-litre V12, but with 490 bhp and 570 Nm of torque, as opposed to the DB9′s 470 bhp and the DBS’ 510 horses. Through its carbon fibre prop shaft, the engine is mated to a new six-speed ZF automatic transmission, which Aston brands Touchtronic II. Weight balance in this front engined, RWD car is exactly 50:50.
The Virage’s dynamics have been tuned to deliver an engaging yet more refined driving experience, where the driver can extract max performance with greater ease. The new Adaptive Damping System (ADS) intelligently ‘reads’ the road – it now selects up to five different stiffness settings within normal mode, and a further five stiffer settings within sport mode. A ‘Sport’ button on the dash allows for sharper throttle response and quicker gear changes. It also prevents auto shift up. Carbon Ceramic Matrix brakes are standard.

Inside, one will be “greeted by the aroma of seven hides of the finest Bridge of Weir leather”. Inspiration has been taken from luxury leather goods to produce a pinstripe welt which flows down either side of the fascia and along the seat and door. Apparently, each Virage will have 70 man hours of expert craftsmanship lavished on the interior alone.
Gallery after the jump.
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Proton Tuah to be showcased at Japan AEE show – organisers hoping that EMAS will be exhibited too
MARCH 10, 2011 AT 1:12 PM BY ANTHONY LIM FILED UNDER CARS, HYBRIDS AND ALTERNATIVE FUEL, INTERNATIONAL NEWS, PROTON, PROTON EMAS CONCEPT

The next show stop for Proton’s EMAS hybrid is possibly Japan. According to a Bernama report, the organisers of the 2011 Japan Automotive Engineering Exposition (AEE) in Yokohama – which runs May 18-20 – are hoping Proton will exhibit the EMAS at the Malaysian Auto Industry Exhibition (MAIE), to be held within the AEE.
The report quoted Japan External Trade Organisation (Jetro)’s director of international trade fairs in the Trade Fair Department Yoichi Kimura as saying the event’s organisers were hoping Proton will respond positively, given the ever-increasing growing interest in hybrid vehicles against the backdrop of rising oil prices, which is now at US$105 a barrel.
The annual exhibition – which is organised by the Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan – attracts about 70,000 visitors, including top auto industry officials and motoring enthusiasts.

The MAIE, which began in 2007, has been instrumental in getting more Japanese companies to evaluate the capability and export quality of Malaysian automotive products, Kimura said.
He said an example is the Satria Neo hatchback, which first caught the eye of Japanese auto parts manufacturer CUSCO at the 2007 exhibition. Plans are afoot to import the car from the middle of this year, which is set to be developed and sold as rally cars for Japanese rallying enthusiasts.
Proton has indicated it will exhibit the Tuah concept car at this year’s MAIE, according to another official from Jetro’s Trade Fair Department.
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Affected by high oil prices, Spain slashes its speed limit!
MARCH 10, 2011 AT 11:56 AM BY DANNY TAN FILED UNDER CARS, INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Spain has taken an unusual method to counter high and rising oil prices – slash the national speed limit! The Spanish government has lowered the 120 km/h national speed limit by 10 km/h to 110 km/h, which they say will save 15% on fuel bills. The move is temporary, and will stay in place until the end of June at the earliest.
Deputy prime minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said: “We are going to go a bit slower and in exchange we will consume less petrol and pay less money.” The José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero government also introduced other measures, which include cheaper train travel and subsidies for energy-efficient light bulbs and low-rolling resistance car tyres.

Needless to say, the move is not universally popular with Spaniards. Naturally, the fastest man from Spain isn’t too happy. “I don’t support this measure. There are other much more effective measures to reduce fuel consumption than this one. At 110 km an hour, it is even difficult to stay awake,” said two-time F1 champion Fernando Alonso, who hails from Oviedo.
The BBC claims that Spain gets 13% of its imported fuel from Libya, where leader Muammar Gaddafi is currently at war with his own people. Oil production has been affected, and the unrest shaking the Arab world has pushed the price of crude upwards.
Will we see another round of fuel price hikes in Malaysia? The Prime Minister said yesterday that fuel subsidies are estimated to go up by RM4bil this year. Add that up with last year’s estimation of RM10bil (based on US$85 to US$90 per barrel of crude), and total fuel subsidies will touch a whopping RM14bil in 2011.
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Buy a Peugeot 308, 207 or 407, and get rewarded
MARCH 10, 2011 AT 11:53 AM BY ANTHONY LIM FILED UNDER CARS, LOCAL NEWS, PEUGEOT

If you’ve been thinking of bagging a Pug, it sounds like a good time to do so. The boys at Nasim have come up with some neat offers and rewards on the Peugeot 207 sedan, 308 Turbo and the 407. From now to the end of April, the three lions – which are infinitely more entertaining performers than their human counterparts – come bundled with some neat deals.
For the 207, purchase one from March 1 to April 30 and you’ll receive a three-year or 60,000 km free-servicing package (whichever comes first).This servicing package for the 207 sedan is applicable during scheduled servicing intervals (at every 10,000 km) and consists of free parts – set to be replaced at the intervals – and labour.

Customers who purchase the 308 Turbo from now to March 25 will get something different, in this case four tickets worth nearly RM800 to the Disney on Ice Worlds of Fantasy show on April 2 (at either 4.30 pm or 8.30 pm) at Stadium Putra, Bukit Jalil, while stocks last, naturally.
Meanwhile, customers opting for the 407 can either opt for instalment payments of RM1,260 per month or a low interest rate of 1.33%. Terms and conditions naturally apply for the offer, which runs till April 30.