Mashfique Hussain Chowdhury

So we got a 2012 Toyota 86

So we got a 2012 Toyota 86


The Toyota 86 is probably the most overhyped sports car in history, reaching legendary cult status long before it was even launched, theoretically outrunning everything from Porsches to F-16s in the sell-as-much-magazines-as-possible media. Everybody keeps talking about how it marks the return of the Toyota “AE86” or whatever, even though no one even heard of that piece-o-dung 1984 Corolla coupe before it starred in an overblown-but-awesome Japanese cartoon called Initial D in 1999. It’s pretty easy for Toyota to make a better car than that, especially if half the parts are from Subaru. So how good is this car?

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Kia Cerato redesign bows for 2013

Kia Cerato redesign bows for 2013


The all-new version of the Kia Cerato compact sedan, also known as Forte in some countries and as the K3 in Korea, has been revealed. It took long enough for Kia to get their own version of their parent company’s ground-breaking new Hyundai Elantra.

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First drive: 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera S Cabriolet in Dubai

First drive: 2012 Porsche 911 Carrera S Cabriolet in Dubai


The latest 2012 Porsche 911 is the first all-new design for this long-running sports car since 1998, when it first went water-cooled. Every model before that was simply an update on the original design that debuted in 1963! With cars like the Nissan GT-R proving that the Germans can be beaten at their own game, engineering stagnation is something Porsche cannot take for granted any more, and with the new 911, they have moved their star model further upscale. The only job left now, as per tradition, is to churn out a million variants, the first of which is the 911 Cabriolet.

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So we got a 2012 BMW 335i

So we got a 2012 BMW 335i


The last time we drove the BMW 335i, it was back in 2007, I had just graduated from college, and the car had two doors. It also happened to be one of the best cars I’d ever driven, and the only reason it didn’t end up on our recommended list was because it was expensive. Fast-forward to 2012, and there is a new model. And it still rocks.

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Runaway Saudi Toyota Land Cruiser story is a hoax

Runaway Saudi Toyota Land Cruiser story is a hoax


Remember that story that was circulating some time ago, about the driver of a current-generation Toyota Land Cruiser in Saudi Arabia who set his cruise control, and then the car supposedly kept accelerating by itself, setting off a series of events that ended up in the police escorting him at high speeds and eventually shooting out his rear window to shut down the car by triggering the immobiliser? Remember how stupidly fake it all sounded? That’s because it was fake.

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