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Toyota Takes 1/8th Stake in Indus Motors

- posted: 20.07.08
http://www.carblog.co.za/2008/06/28/toyota-takes-18th-stake-in-indus-motors/ Indus Motors Co. Ltd is a Pakistan auto company. Toyota just purchased a 12.5% stake in the company for $53.3 million. Quick mater = makes the company worth about $425 million, right? For someone like Bill Gates, that’s pocket change. Gosh, some sports figures could pony up that much. Can you say Tiger Woods? Toyota is [...]

Vehicle maintenance reveals more than just the vehicle!

- posted: 20.07.08
http://www.carblog.co.za/2008/06/29/vehicle-maintenance-reveals-more-than-just-the-vehicle/ It has been said that a well maintained vehicle speaks volumes about the owner. Not only will the vehicle reflect characteristics, neatness etc…but will provide many benefits to the owner, driver, other road users and even the community! What are the benefits of effective vehicle maintenance? • Saving fuel and money – mechanical systems of the [...]

Japanese Cars Becoming Less Popular?

- posted: 20.07.08
http://www.carblog.co.za/2008/07/01/japanese-cars-becoming-less-popular/ Japan’s top economic site, Nikkei.net reports that Japanese cars are becoming less popular…in Japan anyway. Domestic sales in the country for cars, trucks and buses fell 3.6% on the year, the second month in a row that sales declined. For the first six of months this year sales were also down almost 1%, the third straight such [...]

New Citroen C4 - Facelift and New Engines

- posted: 20.07.08
http://www.carblog.co.za/2008/07/08/new-citroen-c4-facelift-and-new-engines/ It seems that 900.000 C4’s sold in 4 years is not enough for Citroen. They want more, and they intend to have more by giving us a few improvements to the good old C4. On the outside you will get a curvier car, with a front end that mimics the C5, a touch of chrome, a [...]

M Version of BMW X6

- posted: 20.07.08
http://www.carblog.co.za/2008/07/08/m-version-of-bmw-x6/ Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No! it seems to be the BMW X6 prototype wrapped in M division clothes. How did we get to this conclusion? Well, first we saw the quad exhaust pipes that make the rear more aggressive. At the other rear, we see some larger (than we first thought they [...]

The new FORD FOCUS RS - Boy oh Boy!

- posted: 20.07.08
http://www.carblog.co.za/2008/07/08/the-new-ford-focus-rs-boy-oh-boy/ The first official pictures of the new Ford Focus have found their way onto my screen. Asides from the pretty colors on it, there will be 300 little horses under the hood. That is always nice to hear, but we can hope to get some more ponies, cause the car is still in development. Changes are [...]

New Citroen C3 Picasso MPV

- posted: 20.07.08
http://www.carblog.co.za/2008/07/09/new-citroen-c3-picasso-mpv/ At first we called it Minispace and then we called it StreetLounge but now we know for sure that the C3 based minivan from Citroen will adopt the Picasso name. It will be first seen by the eyes of the mere mortals that don’t work for Citroen, at the Paris motor show. But until then [...]

Three Concepts from Volkswagen - Year 2028

- posted: 20.07.08
http://www.carblog.co.za/2008/07/09/three-concepts-from-volkswagen-year-2028/ VW treated our eyes with a microsite, with their vision of the transportation in 2008. The designers came up with 3 concept vehicles: ‘one’ – for a single passenger, ‘ego’ – a sporty two seater, and ‘room’ – for the family. Pretty nifty if u ask me. It seems for VW the future of [...]

Fiat Topolino is Real

- posted: 20.07.08
http://www.carblog.co.za/2008/07/10/fiat-topolino-is-real/ Fiat is testing their latest creation, which will probably be called Topolino. It will come out to battle against the Volkswagen Up! and Toyota iQ. Slightly smaller than it’s cousin, the 500, will still be a four seater. VW and Toyota will have their soldiers 3.4 and 3.15 meters long. Our little Fiat will be [...]

2009 BMW 3-Series Facelift

- posted: 20.07.08
http://www.carblog.co.za/2008/07/10/2009-bmw-3-series-facelift/ Some friends of ours from a BMW fan site got in their hands the brochure for the new BMW 3 series that will come out next year. This brochure contains the makeover and new looks that out car got. It seems the front bumper was redesigned and got the reshaped kidney grilles, resculpted hood lines, redesigned [...]

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