PROTON MSX - What could have been.......

Recently, there was a spy photos of Chinese Youngman SUV, strongly resembling Lotus APX/Proton MSX. Adding more to that, apparently, Proton boss, Dato Syed Zainal admitted that Proton, through Lotus is indeed providing consultancy to Youngman for their SUV based on Proton platform. It was also mentioned that there is a possibility of buying back that model and rebadged it to become Proton SUV.

More juicy details after the jump.

Blast from the past - Sogna supercar of 90's

90's is the time zone when super and hypercar rules. This is the era of excessive power, extremely flashy design and explosive (not necessarily controllable) performance. Cars from this era makes current crops of supercar appears tame, clinical and nerdy.

One of the most interesting looking is this car, Art & Tech Sogna, which is based on Lamborghini Countach.

Read more after the jump.

Kia Sportage, Range Rover and Audi A1 - week 25 debutant

Week 25 is a busy week for Malaysia car distributor. No less than 3 new or facelift models were introduced.

New Kia Sportage, facelift Range Rover and new Audi A1 made their debut on our shore.

Read more after the jump.

BMW M5 - 552 bhp twin-turbo 4.4l V8 power

The headlines figure speaks for itself. 552 bhp and 680Nm V8 lump displacing 4.4l and forced by twin-turbocharger. Century sprint is completed in 4.4 seconds on its way to top speed of 155/190 mph, depending whether you choose Standard or M Driver package.

There's no extreme stylist cues on the car. Conforming to M-car customary, the body changes are pretty subtle and discrete, but agressive in detailing. Frontal view is dominated by gaping air intakes while subtle spoiler adorn the trunk lid. The bumper has M-sport overtones to it, but every curve has been enlarged and muscled out.

Enjoy the tasty photos after the jump.....

Nissan Lafesta

This car was launched in Japan recently. Essentially a rebadged Mazda 5, with some cosmetic changes for front fascia and most importantly, loses the side wavy lines. Personally I think this looks much better.

Same headlamps. But just look how big is the impact of front grill and bumper design. Gone is the fish face of Mazda5.