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Subaru BRZ tS debuts with STI badges for 2014

Subaru BRZ tS debuts with STI badges for 2014


Contrary to what you see in the image above, the car here is not an STI. It’s only a Subaru BRZ tS. And while it does get the STI treatment through a flurry of stickers and minor upgrades, it leaves out the most vital part — the engine, and hence, keeps us waiting for the real thing.

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Long-term update: Honda S2000 gets bonnet "PDR" & car-foiling "wrap"

Long-term update: Honda S2000 gets bonnet “PDR” & car-foiling “wrap”


As we’ve been harping about for a year now, the Honda S2000 is tough to maintain cosmetically. Even after we got it detailed a couple of months ago, it was going to be a major task keeping the car looking clean. The aluminium bonnet had a pebble-sized ding on it for half a year now. We don’t know where it came from, but it was time to do something about it.

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First drive: 2013 Toyota Fortuner 2.7 in the UAE

First drive: 2013 Toyota Fortuner 2.7 in the UAE


There we were, a Ford Raptor in our parking lot, and the only logical thing to do was to venture into the desert wilderness. So we were on the lookout for a rental 4×4 as a backup vehicle for desert-testing something as big as a tank, in case it needed to get pulled out! While we were looking for nothing less than a powerful V6 at least, we ended up with a 2013 Toyota Fortuner 2.7, thanks to the ridiculously ill-informed staff of an international rental agency.

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So we got a 2014 Nissan Tiida 1.8SL

So we got a 2014 Nissan Tiida 1.8SL


Who would’ve thought that the all-new 2014 Nissan Tiida would be one of the most anticipated cars of this year. When we drove the new BMW 335i last year, not even one soul even bothered to give it a first look, let alone a second one. On the other hand, people kept staring at our Tiida, and a few even came up to us to ask about it.

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