December 2009

Archive For December 2009

Third Generation Renault SM5 Sedan Surfaces

Renault is ready for the New Year with the 2010 version of the SM5 Sedan which happens to be the third generation model. The sales for the model in South Korea will begin in late January but Renault Samsung wants people to anticipate the release and hence the first official pictures of the third generation [...]

Filed under: 861 by admin - 27 December 2009, No Comments

I really don’t want much for Christmas

“I want to give dreams and hopes to the Japanese people,” Hatoyama told reporters on Christmas Eve when asked what “Hatoyama Santa Claus” wants to give the public this year, Japanese media said.
Hours later, Hatoyama apologised for the indictment of his former aides, who were charged over falsifying political funding records to make cash funneled from Hatoyama’s own family fortune look like donations [...]

Filed under: 749 by admin - 25 December 2009, No Comments

I now pronounce you man and game

Japan has given birth to some of the world’s most memorable video game characters, from Mario to Sonic the hedgehog.
So it was only a matter of time before something like the wedding between Nene Anegasaki and a college student who refers to himself as SAL9000 took place.
What makes this wedding special is that Nene happens to be all digital,  [...]

Filed under: 47 by admin - 22 December 2009, No Comments

2010 Mercedes E-Class Sedan Styling Kit by ATT

The 2010 Mercedes E-Class W212 Sedan has just got better looks thanks to a new styling kit by German tuners Autotechnik + Tuning (ATT) that promises to bring the “pleasant original deluxe-sportster” looks that would take your eyes away with its aerodynamic changes. Speaking of changes it brings new spoilers at the front and back, [...]

Filed under: 207 by admin - 21 December 2009, No Comments

Deflation? Don’t blame me

The president of Aeon bristles at the suggestion that he’s partly the reason for deflation in Japan, as the country’s No.2 retailer and its rivals slash prices to snag yen-pinching shoppers.
“It’s stupid. They don’t know anything,” Motoya Okada told a group of reporters, when asked about a recent magazine article that criticised Aeon, budget fashion chain Uniqlo [...]

Filed under: 51 by admin - 21 December 2009, No Comments

Aston Martin DBS Carbon Black Special Edition Revealed

In March 2010, Aston Martin is set to release two new models for their Aston Martin DBS — the new Carbon Black and the V12 Vantage Carbon Black Special Edition. They’re hand painted in a special Carbon Black metallic, feature an Obsidian Black leather and silver stitching interior, carbon fiber and Kevlar seats for a [...]

Filed under: 211 by admin - 21 December 2009, No Comments

Ford Focus RS Gets Mcchip Treatment for 401HP

So you got your hands on a Focus RS but feel like your little beast is capable of more, how about getting some help from the crazy German tuners from Mcchip who have recently taken the RS to the highest levels? The stock version already churns in a good 224kW (305hp) and 440Nm of torque, [...]

Filed under: 215 by admin - 21 December 2009, No Comments

Lamborghini Ankonian Concept Supercar

Designer Slavche Tanevsky is the guy guilty for coming up with this amazing & aggressive concept car. Dubbed Lamborghini Ankonian, the vehicle is meant as an upgrade to the famous Lamborghini Reventon and continues with the stealth fighter jet inspiration (already becoming a habit for the Italian manufacturer) for coming out with a pimped version [...]

Filed under: 219 by admin - 20 December 2009, No Comments

Japan’s ’shadow shogun’

Often said to prefer to rule from the shadows, ruling party Secretary-General Ichiro Ozawa dominated the front pages of most of Japan’s major newspapers on Thursday, after giving Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama what reports said was a dressing down over government spending the previous day. 

Ozawa and other party officials had presented Hatoyama and several cabinet ministers with a [...]

Filed under: 55 by admin - 18 December 2009, No Comments

Breaking: Audi A1 exposed

Earlier this week Justin Timberlake was signed as an Audi brand ambassador and it looks like his first job is to promote the new Audi A1.
Audi also released a sketch of what the A1 will look like earlier this week, no doubt hoping to build some hype on the net before the new re badged Polo [...]

Filed under: 223 by admin - 18 December 2009, No Comments