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  1. Is china great wall brand selling in SG? http://www.gwm.com.cn/en/ This brand specialised in pickup/suv or 4x4 IF yes.. do u wats your comments on this brand? If no... do you want it to be sold in SG???
  2. The affected luxury cars included models from Maserati, Porsche and Land Rover. AsiaOne | Tuesday, Jul 22, 2014 XIAMEN, China - A trailer truck carrying 11 brand new luxury vehicles overturned after a collision with a car on the Shenyang-Haikou expressway. According to QQ News, the truck crashed into a black Mazda sedan's rear on July 20 at around 6.20pm. Several passengers in the car were injured, and the truck tipped over to its side from the impact. The truck driver claimed that the sedan suddenly cut into his lane on the expressway, and that he executed an emergency brake to avoid hitting the car. However, there are speculations of the truck tailgating the Mazda on the road. Xiamen media reported that rescue workers arrived at the scene shortly after the accident and sent the injured passengers to the hospital for medical treatment. Two mobile cranes were also deployed to lift the scattered cars off the road. The affected luxury cars included models from Maserati, Porsche and Land Rover. Total damages are estimated to exceed 10,000,000 yuan (S$2 million). Investigations are on-going. - See more at: http://transport.asiaone.com/news/general/story/trailer-truck-carrying-11-luxury-vehicles-overturns-china#sthash.IeAyZDhP.dpuf
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    Anybody heard of Absolute Tint solar film. A lot of good reviews but want to hear more from the gurus.
  4. Toyota is the best-selling automotive brand for the second straight year and it is not slowing down with plans of selling 10 million vehicles worldwide in 2014. Sales across the globe increased 2.4 percent to 9.98 million vehicles last year as compared to General Motor's (GM) and Volkswagen's (VW) 9.71 million and over 9.7 million units respectively. According to Chief Executive Officer Akio Toyoda, Toyota remained in pole position while still earning well. He also claimed that the Japanese brand outearned GM and VW combined in the previous quarter. However, he acknowledged the fact that the competition is heating up. While Toyota led GM by about 460,000 units in 2012, this year, the gap has narrowed to about 270,000 units. The Americans have also been coming up with many great cars in the recent years. Plus, they have been winning awards like North American Car and Truck of the Year awards at the Detroit Motor Show with its Corvette Stingray sports car and Silverado pickup. Not to be left behind, VW will spending more than $7 billion during the next five years in North America. It will also try to increase sales of its namesake and Audi brands to 1 million vehicles by 2018 when it believes it would be the top-selling automotive brand in the world. So 2014 is shaping up to be an interesting year with Toyota trying to be the first automotive brand in the world to surpass the 10 million sales mark. Who do you reckon will emerge as the champ this year?
  5. Major recall for 2012-14 F30 BMW 3 Series with N20/N26 for dangerous loss of braking Delivery of N20 and N26 powered vehicles stopped as a result of power brake assist problem On September 26th, BMW of North America announced to NHTSA its intention to conduct a voluntary Recall on certain 2012-2014 model year BMW 3 Series, 5 Series, X1, X3 and Z4 models equipped with the N20 or N26 engine, produced from May 2012 to August 2013. Affected vehicles in dealer inventories will not be sold or delivered to customers until the recall repair has been performed. Vehicles at BMW vehicle delivery centers will be corrected before shipment to dealerships. The Problem: The oil supply from the intake camshaft to the brake vacuum pump can become restricted. If this happens the brake vacuum pump could fail due to lack of lubrication, resulting in a loss of power brake assist. The hydraulic brakes will still function to stop the vehicle but without power assist. Without assist the driver will need to apply much greater pedal pressure to stop the vehicle. The distance required to stop the vehicle will increase as most drivers will not be able to apply enough brake pedal pressure. In the event of a loss of brake power assist pull the emergency brake and apply as much brake pedal pressure as possible. If your BMW has an electronic parking brake pull up and hold the switch to engage the brake. Move away from traffic and park in a safe location as soon as possible. Contact BMW Roadside Assistance and have your vehicle taken to the nearest BMW dealer. Link : http://www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showthread.php?t=724599
  6. Do you have a favourite? Which do you think does the most for Singapore?
  7. Hi guys, I am wondering at Leng Kee Area (Redhill) still don't have what car brand has a presence at there? Or still got what car brand does not have a showroom in Singapore yet? Just curious hahaha
  8. click here, you will be surprised, 1. German Car selling still strong 2. Honda continue dropping :angry: 3. MITSUBISHI even less than MASERATI 4. Korean car continue dropping 5. PROTON only sold 1 in half year
  9. Ferrari will limit sales of its high-performance street cars this year to protect the brand's aura of exclusivity, chairman Luca Montezemolo said on Wednesday. Wealthy people around the world are snapping up Ferrari's and the company is worried the brand might lose its appeal as a symbol of rarefied luxury. As a result, it will scale back production to below 7,000 units this year, compared with 7,318 last year. "The exclusivity of Ferrari is fundamental for the value of our products," Mr Montezemolo told journalists at the company headquarters near Modena, in northern Italy. "We don't sell a normal product. We sell a dream." Ferrari sales were up 4 per cent in the first quarter, to 1,800 units. Montezemolo said he will provide a detailed outlook in the coming months but estimated the drop in unit sales this year will be greater than 1 per cent or 2 per cent. Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/...sivity-20130509
  10. The economy in China is indeed growing well and this has determined the British automaker Rolls-Royce to open its largest showroom in the country. Rolls-Royce plans to build a showroom in the capital city of Shenyang and the facility will have two storeys, measuring 1,200 square metres in total. According to Henrik Wilhelmseyer, Rolls-Royce's regional director for China, the British automaker will work in collaboration with China's Shenyang Hong Lu Ming Zun in building its largest showroom in the world yet. What makes things even more interesting is that Rolls-Royce will make its China showroom special, because this year, the company is also celebrating the 10th anniversary of Rolls-Royce's rebirth. This was confirmed by Wilhelmseyer, mentioning that this was a very special year as it would mark 10 years of the brand's renaissance at its new home in Goodwood, England. If all goes well and the British automaker actually builds its largest showroom in China, don't be surprised to see even more people turn millionaires, if not billionaires, in the country.
  11. http://sg.news.yahoo.com/2-92-mln-japan-br...5--finance.html Up to 3.39 million vehicles made by major Japanese manufacturers will be recalled worldwide because of possible problems with airbags, the companies said Thursday. Four carmakers -- Toyota, Nissan, Honda and Mazda -- separately said they would recall a combined 3.39 million vehicles globally in accordance with local regulations, all citing the same malfunction of passenger-side airbags. Japan's transport ministry, which received recall reports from the manufacturers, said the number of vehicles affected would reach 2.92 million. There was no explanation for the discrepancy in the total. A Toyota spokesman said his company alone was recalling a total of 1.73 million vehicles, manufactured between November 2000 and March 2004 in Japan or abroad, due to a defect in passenger-side airbags. Toyota USA said in a statement it was recalling 170,000 vehicles in the United States, out of the company's total recall. "The involved vehicles are equipped with front passenger airbag inflators which could have been assembled with improperly manufactured propellant wafers," the statement said. "Improperly manufactured propellant wafers could cause the inflator to rupture and the front passenger airbag to deploy abnormally in the event of a crash." The company's spokesman in Japan said this abnormal inflation "could also burn part of the vehicle's inside and cause fire". However, he said, there were no recorded instances of this happening. Nissan and Honda released statements giving similar explanations. A Nissan spokeswoman said the company was recalling a total of 480,000 vehicles globally, all of which were manufactured in Japan between August 2000 and January 2004. Toyota and Nissan said the airbags were made by Tokyo-based Takata Corp., while the ministry said the airbag parts were supplied by a single company but declined to disclose the name. "This is a global recall that affects all regions where we do our business," said a spokeswoman with Honda, which is recalling 1.135 million vehicles. Mazda said its recall target would reach 45,463 units worldwide, including 4,384 at home. "We will recall the cars at home while taking the same action in accordance with local regulations of each country," a company spokeswoman said. wah sian....
  12. In US, which watch brands are cheaper to get? I'm not talking abt those expensive type.... just the average Joe will normally get for daily usage example Swatch, Fossil, Diesel and other brands similiar. highest brand i looking is Tag, which i know i wont even plan to get
  13. Yes I'm a shortie, in case you ask...
  14. look like all phone cmi except mic brand........ maybe those seller swapped the original batt with those mic one?.. http://www.digitalone.com.sg/news/article/22966/1
  15. Qoros is a China brand and the 1st brand to sell worldwide by 2014 But will it stand against the Competitor like the BMW? It's named as 3 Sedan after Audi sued them for using the 'Q' name , GQ3 This car is build to complete with VW Jetta , Audi A4 and ETC
  16. I am selling the above which I got as a gift. Is brand new (only took out of the box to check and see) as it was a gift from a friend but I had no use for it as I already had another cover. Letting go at S$28 with collection point in the west or Somerset. Managed to get a pic of it in the link below.
  17. Kia Motors, South Korea's second largest auto manufacturer has been making automobiles for quite sometime. They first started making re-badged Mazda Familia during the 1970s. It was only during the late 1980s that Kia started manufacturing vehicles extensively and by the early 1990s, you could virtually see a Kia vehicle in almost every major market. Fast forward to today, the company is fast moving into the upscale region and it is not surprising when the company announced that they are aiming to be a premium global automotive brand. During a recent function where the company's top dealers and distributors met, Kia Motors' president, Lee Hyoung Keun announced the company's five-year target and its goal is to be on the same level with European and Japanese premium auto brands. Mr. Lee also mentioned that the company will develop ever-more sophisticated vehicles that customers will aspire to own. He also confirmed that the company has set a target of exporting 2.21 million units of vehicles to overseas market. This is an increase of 8.3 percent over the 2.04 million units sold last year. If you were to ask me, this goal that Kia Motors are trying to achieve is hugely possible. Just take a look at Kia's current models. They are very much more aesthetically pleasing, compared to its older models. Kia's ever increasing popularity is basically built on its stylish new designs and at the same time, it has made Kia one of the fastest growing auto brands. The company has previously stated that one of its priorities is to improve the quality and technology featured in its cars and hopefully that this will help in brand perception. When Kia meets its five-year target, we will have to see at which new level the automaker has reached and at the rate they are going; I have a strong feeling that Kia will surpass some Japanese auto companies.
  18. Date of Purchase: 7 April 2010 Selling Price: $480 Condition: Brand New (seal opened for checking) *Receipt as proof of purchase is available.
  19. Hello fellow MCF-ers, This question has been bugging me for some time now. And so..my gf decides that she wants to buy a car..but we can't decide whether to buy brand new or 2nd hand (prefably 2yrs old). Cars we are looking at 1) Hyundai i30 (brand new) $116,000 2) Honda Jazz (2nd hand - 2010) $7x,000 3) Honda Fit (2nd hand - 2008-2010) $5x,000-$7x,000 - 3) Toyota Rush (2nd hand -2007) < This one abit too old and super overpriced. Kinda against this..no warranty + parts will start to chu pattern from this age. - $4x,000 - $5x,000 Current promo for i30 is $11x,000 and we get to have 5yr warranty etc...brand new car etc.. 2nd hand Jazz, going for 7x,000 for 2010 model..well..overpriced in this market and have to deal with buggy 2nd hand dealers who ask for admin fee etc..dont want to bargain price etc.. Monthly installment wise, we are comfortable with the i30 actually, if full loan for 10yrs (yes i know suicidal!) monthly is $11xx 2nd hand jazz will go about $9xx if full loan. We also want to future proof this "new" car incase a baby pops out like Mr Gay. :) so must be baby and family friendly. Oh btw, she would die for a BMW 1series which we saw last week. Is it worth it for a brand new car?? Any inputs?
  20. I know all if not most tablets, notebooks, etc. are made in China nowadays, but I'm talking about China-branded tablets. Price very attractive at Comex going on now. Worth buying? I tried and found the so-called capacitive touchscreen not very responsive and sometimes erratic. Kind of like you have to tap the hotspots sometimes. Like that is really capacitive type?? Anybody who has these brands care to share experience? About warranty too.
  21. Hi all, I'm just wondering whether it is alright to use a set of brand new Made in Japan DOB 2009 Tyres in mint condition? Anyone have done it before? Please advise me and Thank you very much. Regards,
  22. [extract] Mercedes-Benz; the name the world knows best. Many would also know that the name is associated with a girl whose doting father named a car after her. And many would probably have never seen photos or pictures of her before this as very little photos of her were available. In fact, the full name of this person is Mercedes Adrienne Ramona Manuela Jellinek. Well, if you want to know how the person looks like and a little about her personal life, then read on. The personal belongings of Hans-Peter Schlosser (Mercedes Jellinek
  23. Got it from Singtel Contract Brand new 10/10 in box Specifications:
  24. Hey bros, Newbie qn here. If the subwoofer on a subaru legacy dies, what other brands shld i change to which are more compaitable with the factory macintosh sound system? Due to take over a legacy but dealer just told me woofer kaput after i asked him doublr check, in the limited time dunno how much to spend to replace the woofer to make the sound at least on par, if not better than stock system. Need to know cause intend to ask dealer for price reduction from our agreed amount. Thanks in advance for all ur responses
  25. http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/archive/we...brand-conscious Published April 11, 2012 HYUNDAI Hyundai turns brand-conscious Korean carmaker sparing no expense to shed old image and move upmarket and create a luxury halo around its name Life in the fast lane: Hyundai wants its cars to be valued as something like Apple's iPhone, not Samsung's Galaxy. With its investment in design, the Korean carmarker believes new cars such as the next-generation Genesis premium sedan due to be unveiled late next year will have its rivals talking - REUTERS (SEOUL) OH Kwang-teak recently spent US$310 on a haircut and beauty care at a salon in Seoul's upscale Cheongdamdong district before splashing out US$1,100 at a five-star hotel, which, if asked, will fill your bath with chocolate milk. He also visited Hermes and Cartier stores, while his wife had an expensive massage. All in the name of research. Mr Oh sells Hyundai Motor cars and is part of a select group of the South Korean firm's dealers tasked with seeing first-hand what makes premium service brands tick - and applying that to Hyundai cars. His pampering shows how the Korean carmaker is trying to burnish a reputation for quality and banish the jibes of the past, when its Accent sub-compact as dubbed the 'Accident' and its boxy Trajet 7-seater the 'Tragic'. When it started producing cars four decades ago, Hyundai had to make do with borrowed designs, engines, suspension and transmission technology. Now the world's fifth-biggest carmaker, with affiliate Kia Motors, Hyundai is the envy of global rivals, outgrowing the market during a severe industry downturn by offering stylish models at affordable prices backed by savvy, if sometimes risky, promotions and helped by a cheaper currency. Hyundai has invested heavily to improve design and create a luxury halo around its brand, though customers are not yet queueing up to pay more because it's a Hyundai. Profit growth is not assured and the firm is taking a measured approach in capacity and new product launches. 'We want our cars to be valued as something like Apple's iPhone, not Samsung's Galaxy. They give different customer satisfaction,' Sean Kim, senior vice-president of Hyundai's domestic marketing group, told Reuters at his office. 'We want to shed the image that Hyundai makes cheap cars. Volkswagen is a volume car maker like us, but charges 10-20 per cent more, and we want to be viewed as such a premium car maker,' said Mr Kim. That's where Mr Oh's recent luxury splurge comes in. 'I've never been to these places before, but now I understand why consumers like to spend there. They (luxury brands) don't emphasise how expensive their products are. Instead, they try to explain why they're worth it. 'Now I do the same thing. I focus more on explaining a car's history, its value and its strengths, rather than just talking about price,' said Mr Oh, who on average sells 10 cars a month. The company, which won headlines and plaudits during the financial crisis when it said owners in the United States could return their cars for free if they lost their job within a year, is also chasing younger aspirational buyers to wrest market share from Volkswagen's Golf. The canny marketing coup made Hyundai the only major carmaker to gain US market share during the downturn. In the same vein, the Korean firm recently stocked its main local dealerships with premium foreign marques such as the BMW 5 Series, Mercedes Benz E-class and Lexus ES350 so consumers could test drive and compare them directly with Hyundai's own models. This all fits with a track record of Hyundai making bold bets. Bob Martin, a former top Hyundai US executive and now a senior consultant at product development firm The Carlab, recalled how the firm's US launch in 1986, selling just the Excel, or Pony model, exceeded all expectations. 'It was incredible, but (by 1988) those of us tasked to look forward were raising red flags saying, 'We've got some serious long-term problems because these cars are not living up to expectations and the quality is sub-standard'.' 'Everyone's fat, dumb and happy, and then the slide started and it became a real challenging place to work, a lot of finger pointing,' Mr Martin told Reuters. 'Everyone had gotten drunk on the Kool-Aid and the big annual bonuses. But the cars were falling apart.' Describing himself as the chief protagonist behind the turnaround strategy in 1997, Martin recalled how Hyundai was caught in a 'classic death spiral' with all the symptoms of 'this is going nowhere'. 'We were leading the league in incentives and still not moving the metal,' he said. Finbarr O'Neill, who led Hyundai's US operations from 1998 to 2003, recalls how business, and the quality perception, were changed by a decision by autocratic top management to introduce a 10-year/100,000 mile (160,900 km) warranty in the United States. 'There was a lot of resistance to it, but Hyundai was looking over the precipice and couldn't sustain itself selling four models of around 90,000 units a year,' recalled Mr O'Neill, now head of influential JD Power and Associates. 'There was a willingness of management in Korea to take the risk. The financial types were quick to point the finger and say: 'You're going to bankrupt us.' With the eye-catching warranty programme and incremental improvements in style and quality, Hyundai revived its US sales. By last year, sales had grown seven-fold to 646,000 cars, giving Hyundai its best-ever share of the market at 5.1 per cent. Hyundai chairman Chung Mong-koo is credited for leading the quality transformation since he took over in 2000. 'He would have monthly meetings. They were brutal. He was demanding performance. It was not good to go in there and tell him we'd failed on a quality issue,' said Mr O'Neill. Mr Martin, too, recalls Mr Chung's obsession with quality. Product quality 'There was always a mandate for quality improvement, but this guy is a fanatic about it. When he came in, product quality went from a very important initiative to 'If you're not improving product quality, you're fired at lunch.' If I had to boil it down to what are the secrets of Hyundai: No 1, you're not going to outwork the Koreans. It's indisputable. No 2, middle management is thin. The decision-making process is quick when necessary. When the chairman says, 'We're going to do this,' it's just done. It's not like Toyota where you have consensus management. Hyundai moves at lightning speed. And No 3, the chairman. When the chairman says 'You will achieve this', that's the end of the discussion,' Mr Martin said. Mr Chung still chairs a quality meeting with top executives twice a month, according to quality chief Shin Myeong-ki. 'We do not need to build more plants. Producing eight million (vehicles a year) is sufficient,' Mr Chung recently told his senior managers, sources familiar with the matter said. 'We are already seeing signs of growing pains, and should now direct our focus on qualitative growth.' At its Seoul headquarters, Hyundai runs a round-the-clock 'quality situation room', collecting reports of problems from around the world and relaying them to the relevant departments. This allows Hyundai to respond with quick fixes - a failure that cost bigger Japanese rival Toyota Motor reputational damage when it was slow to react to a massive safety issue in the United States in 2009/10. Behind Hyundai's rapid growth also lies government support in keeping the Korean won relatively cheap and insulating the domestic car market from foreign imports. Four of every five cars sold in Korea are Hyundai or Kia, leaving foreign brands with just a 10 per cent share to fight over. But that share was less than one per cent in 2000 - a warning sign for Hyundai/Kia and Korea's other smaller carmakers. Overseas sales now account for 83 per cent of Hyundai's total, up from 54 per cent in 2000 - a period that has seen the Korean won weaken by just 3 per cent, while the yen has strengthened by nearly a third, hitting rivals Toyota, Nissan Motor and Honda Motor. Whenever Mr Chung, 74, travels abroad he is usually seen off at the airport by his son Chung Eui-sun, Hyundai Motor vice-chairman, in a Confucian show of respect to parents. At some stage it will be the younger Chung - Eui-sun is 41 - who will be tasked with ensuring Hyundai's renaissance is a longer-term success story - a tough ask at a time when Chinese carmakers are the 'new Hyundai' of old - replicating its success in being competitive through cheap labour, an undervalued currency and government support for local car manufacturers. 'The same thing could happen to them. It's a wave, a cycle. The Japanese had their successful run and, before that, the Americans,' said Nissan's chief creative officer Shiro Nakamura. Those working at Hyundai and former executives say the junior Chung is a details man, and will continue the mix of autocratic family ownership and professional management. 'He's a very patient listener, tenacious, and he has a real insight into the car business,' said one executive, who didn't want to be named. 'He points out things that executives, often with two decades in the industry, failed to notice.' Hyundai, which a decade ago resorted to filling its booths at international motor shows with its own staff to make it seem busy, had a 10.4 per cent operating margin last year, the highest among the global top-five carmakers and topped only by premium carmaker BMW, which had 11.7 per cent. Rivals are equally impressed and puzzled by its success. Checking out a Hyundai model at last September's Frankfurt Motor Show, Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn was caught on film checking the steering wheel adjustment, and saying: 'Nothing rattles. Why can they do it? BMW can't. We can't.' The YouTube clip has had more than 1.7 million hits. In February, Hyundai's senior managers were summoned to something akin to a secret chamber in the headquarters complex - a spacious first-floor corner room that has no obvious door but which opens at the pull of a ring-shaped knob. Inside, they were asked to evaluate the design of the next-generation Genesis premium sedan due to be unveiled late next year. To help them gauge its merits, it was parked alongside competing BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Audi models, said one of those taking part. 'The style is so different from what we've seen so far. I've never seen BMW looking so shabby,' a Hyundai executive who saw the design said, asking not to be identified as he is not authorised to talk to the media. Hyundai's investment in design has its rivals talking. Focus on design '(Hyundai) gave a lot of power to the design chief and threw resources at it,' said Honda's creative director Toshinobu Minami. 'Everything was done for design. Hyundai and Kia steered the company with the view that the whole company needed to focus on design with a 10-year view. Until then, it was about cost.' Hyundai poached ex-BMW designer Christopher Chapman to head its US design centre, while Kia hired Peter Schreyer, a former Volkswagen/Audi designer. 'To be honest, I don't pay much attention to the Japanese any more. It's the Koreans, and nowadays also General Motors and Ford that we look at,' said Mr Nakamura, chief creative officer at Nissan, likely this year to be Japan's most profitable carmaker. One top executive at a rival carmaker, though, has dubbed Hyundai's costly design drive as 'maximum design, minimum investment'. A quick look at major carmakers' annual reports shows Hyundai spent 1.9 per cent of revenue on research and development last year, versus more than 5 per cent at both VW and BMW. Critics say Hyundai's aggressive design push has split customers and risks driving away as many as it attracts - not a recipe for big volume sales. 'If you look at the No 1 reason someone buys a Sonata, it's styling. If you look at the No 1 reason someone rejects a Sonata, it's styling,' said Toyota Motor Sales USA president Jim Lentz. 'It's very polarising, and polarising is good if you want to sell a certain volume of product.' The re-styling of the Sonata, critics say, will not bring the sales volumes of Toyota's Camry or Corolla, or Honda's Accord or Civic. Style-wise, the Camry is seen as safe, dull and plain-vanilla, yet it's America's best-seller. 'The Sonata and Elantra need to be the 300,000 unit plus vehicles that they can be. When they do that, they'll be within reach of the one million mark in the US,' said Mr O'Neill. Oh Suk-geun, head of Hyundai Design Centre, said the company needed a strong design message to stand apart from the pack. 'In the past (our designs) were so quiet that people weren't able to understand what we were trying to convey. Now they say our design is 'talkative' - we speak aloud and everyone recognises our design identity,' he told Reuters. But the push to premium hasn't won everyone over. One businessman in Seoul who drives a BMW 520D and gave only his surname, Suh, said Hyundai cars were expensive, and raising prices was just a way to make customers think they were making premium cars. 'There's a limit to the Hyundai brand.' 'Even if it's a premium car, it's still a Hyundai.' - Reuters
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