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All-New Mazda3 Clinches the 2020 World Car Design of the Year Award

After being shortlisted as one of the Top Three Finalists for the 2020 World Car Design of the Year Award last March, the all-new Mazda3 has been awarded by 86 jurors from 24 countries who made up the World Car Awards panel, as the winner for having the best design among all contending cars for the 2020 World Car Awards ...

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2020 Land Rover Discovery Sport R-Dynamic S: Ready for the Apocalypse

Picture this: A pandemic is spreading and chaos is everywhere. People are panic-buying in supermarkets and groceries to hoard basic goods, including… dear God… toilet paper! Traffic is heavy after some people lined their vehicles up to the middle of the road just to run to the stores. The highway out of the city is packed. You can hear police ...

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David Coulthard’s Best Season: MiniChamps 2001 McLaren Mercedes MP4-16

The F1 that we featured yesterday was the road-going McLaren. Today, we will feature the McLaren that competed in the actual F1 races. The McLaren Mercedes MP4-16 was the company’s entry in the 2001 FIA Formula One World Championship that was driven by the tandem of Mika Häkkinen and David Coulthard in what would be their sixth and final season ...

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World’s Fastest N/A Production Car: Maisto 1993 McLaren F1

What does talk show host Jay Leno, Mr. Bean series star Rowan Atkinson, the late Beatles guitarist George Harrison, tech wizard Elon Musk, and the Sultan of Brunei have in common? If you guessed that they all owned, at one time or another, a McLaren F1 road car, then you’re absolutely right. Not to be confused with the Formula One ...

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Honoring Ettore Bugatti: Bburago 1991 Bugatti EB 110

On September 15, 1991, the Bugatti EB 110 GT was unveiled at both Versailles and in front of the Grande Arche de la Défense, near Paris, exactly 110 years after Ettore Bugatti‘s birth. The mid-engine sports car’s design elements paid homage to the classic Bugatti automobiles. The factory, Bugatti Automobili S.p.A., was owned by Italian businessman Romano Artioli, and the ...

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Kia Philippines Prepares To Resume “New Normal” Operations

Staying true to its Promise to Care, Kia Philippines is preparing to re-open dealer operations once the government lifts the quarantine this May. The Ayala-owned Korean carmaker’s Philippine subsidiary is also putting in place measures that will ensure the health and safety of its employees, business partners, customers and the general public. “Kia Philippines completely supports our national government’s effort ...

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The Ferrari of Motorcycles: New-Ray MV Agusta F4

You will be forgiven if you think that the two-wheeled equivalent of a Ferrari sports car is a Ducati superbike simply because they’re both made in Italy, they’re both red, and they’re both fast. But the truth is Ducati is more related to Lamborghini because both Italian super brands are owned by the Volkswagen Group of Companies. Therefore, the real ...

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Owning Troy Bayliss’ Race-Winning Rides: New-Ray Ducati Corse 2001 998 S and 2006 Desmosedici RR GP6

In 2012, My wife Shawie and I attended the Asia Ducati Week in Kuala Lumpur and had a truly grand time. We went with several Malaysian Ducatisti to the City of Malacca for a Heritage Ride; toured the Ducati Corse race team paddocks during the Motorcycle Grand Prix (MotoGP) practice; personally met with then-Ducati Corse riders Valentino Rossi and Nicky ...

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High-Class Top-Down: Maisto 1966 Mercedes-Benz 280SE Cabriolet

In 1959, Daimler-Benz introduced the Mercedes-Benz 220 S 4-door sedan as the first vehicle in their W111-series. The car was later given the nickname Heckflosse referring to the small fins at its tail. In February 1961, the 2-door W111 Coupe made its debut at the 75th anniversary of the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart while the 2-door Cabriolet or convertible debuted at ...

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