Proton plus Yes 4G: Whats gonna happen on Feb 22?

Not sure what's gonna happen but Proton's fracebook page has put up something and there is this box near Lot 10...

maybe they will give Malaysians a seak peek of the P3...but what has that got to do with Yes 4G....hmmmm

the clot thickens

Proton leads SWRC in Sweden

S-WRC: PROTON LEADS FROM FORD AND SKODA IN RALLY SWEDEN

SWEDEN, 11 February 2012 – The Satria Neo S2000 of Per Gunnar Andersson currently leads the 2012 FIA Super World Rally Championship (S-WRC) contenders in Rally Sweden with more than a two minute lead over his nearest rival.

At the end of nine special stages, Andersson has the advantage of a 2 minute 6 second lead over Ford’s Craig Breen, with Skoda’s Pontus Tideman a further 1 minute 59 seconds behind. Andersson is also him 13th overall in the rally.

The three drivers were head to head up until the eighth special stage when Andersson made the best of his home rally to stretch his lead to 1 minute 25 seconds over the 20.97km Finnskogen route. Andersson set fastest times in five of the day’s nine special stages.

“We are going really, really fast. The car is better than ever and we’re going for it!,” said an ecstatic Andersson, who together with co-driver Emil Axelsson in the Satria Neo S2000 has driven PROTON to its second consecutive rally lead after Monte Carlo for a phenomenal start to the 2012 S-WRC season.

Andersson last won Rally Sweden in 2010 competing in the S-WRC category. He led last year’s rally in a Ford Fiesta during the opening stage but rolled his car into retirement. Andersson had also won in Sweden in 2006 contesting in the Junior World Rally Championsip (JWRC).

The day’s rallying however, brought about mixed fortunes for PROTON. Reigning Asia Pacific Rally Championship (APRC) winner Alister McRae became stuck in the snow 13km into special stage three and was unable to continue. Several other drivers were also caught out by the tricky conditions, especially after hitting the soft snow banks. McRae however, will rejoin the rally the following day. His participation also marks his return to the World Rally Championship circuit after a long break with his last and seventh appearance in Sweden in 2004.

“Going by the results of the first two days and looking back on what we very nearly achieved in the opening round in Monte Carlo last month, Andersson and the Satria Neo S2000 has certainly driven home a strong message that PROTON is a serious contender in this year’s S-WRC championship,” said Datuk Abdul Razak Dawood, Head of Proton Motorsports.

“Where we are today and with all the development that has taken place, it is without a doubt, PROTON is a step up from where we were last season in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge (IRC).”

Rally Sweden continues with eight special stages and crossing the county border to Dalarna to run classic routes in Sagen and Fedriksberg, while the fourth and final day of rallying will be run over six special stages in the area of Hagfors.

The rally has attracted a total of 85 entries and will be contested over 24 special stages covering a competitive distance of 360km.

First track day for 2012 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR

Flying Lizard, Paul Miller and Falken Tire became the first teams to take the all-new 2012 Porsche 911 GT3 RSR race machines on track as they were wheeled out at Sebring in preparation of the 12 -Hours of Sebring next month.

The new car is wider, runs wider rear tyres and bigger front wheels and needed extra wide bodywork to cover the rubber.

Various aero tricks have also been added to the car including new ducting routes, cooling channels and various downforce enhancement devices are visible.

We think it looks mean and ready to eat the competition. Press release and more pictures after the jump.

Honda US's Hybrid mileage class action lawsuit deadline today

Via Autoblog

Honda USA is facing a class action lawsuit which will see it dish out millions in compensation to owners who never achieved anywhere near the advertised fuel economy numbers but after paying off legal fees, owners are likely to get USD200 and a coupon against the purchase of their next Honda.

Those who participate in the class action lawsuit cannot go against Honda on their own and a recent victory by California motorist Heather Peters who successfully got the court to award her USD10,000 may caue many to let go of the class action lawsuit and demand compensation from the Japanese carmaker individually.

The deadline to make that decision is today and Honda will then know how many cases they will have to fight individually on this one, it could break the company if thousands of individual cases come up for hearing.

Interestingly Toyota has not been under such fire for fuel economy claims when it comes to the Prius.

We will do some research and tell you guys if the two companies make very different claims for their products and which, if any, is more reasonable and realistic.

Bikes a-leaping, Caldwell Park's infamous 'mountain'

Laguna Seca has the Corkscrew, Nurburgring has the Carousel, Monza has the Parabolica and Caldwell Park has the Mountain.

You may be wondering what I am talking about. The Mountain is a crest in the middle of a right hand corner that comes as a pair of left and right and it makes bikes take flight.

It is considered one of the biggest challenge in motorcycle racing and here is a video of racers talking about how they conquer this terrifying track feature. Get it wrong and a high-side is almost guaranteed.

In this video you can see just how high and how long the jump is when top riders open their throttle wide over The Mountain.

British Superbikes, The Mountain from Sarjit Bains on Vimeo.

view from the other side

MY PROTON MAKEOVER’S PERFECT ANNIVERSARY GIFT FOR WINNING COUPLE

SUBANG JAYA, 10 February 2012 – PROTON Holdings Berhad today announced the fourth winner of the “My PROTON Makeover” programme, Salina Hisham, who receives a complete makeover of her Satria GTi from the R3 unit of PROTON Motorsports.

This programme was rooted in-line with PROTON’s “Committed to be better” brand promise that reflects PROTON’s efforts at improvement, particularly towards quality and customer care by acknowledging and rewarding faithful customers of PROTON who have supported the national car maker over the last 26 years.

The elated Science Officer from Hospital Sultanah Aminah, Johor Bahru had submitted a photo-entry featuring two Satrias belonging to her and her husband - which ultimately received the thumbs up from judges. “I received the phone call from PROTON in December informing me that the photo entry that I submitted for the makeover had won, but was not really sure which car they were referring to as the photo had both our cars in it.”

BMW F10 M5 to land on March 10

The BMW M5 is a legend in its own lifetime and the legend will be reborn on March 10 when the all-new F10 BMW M5 is expected to be launched in Malaysia, making us one of the first market to enjoy right-hand drive versions of this well dressed monster.

With every new M5, BMW blows the minds of keen drivers everywhere and it seems they have done it again with this car so you know that there are many fans waiting for this car.

BMW Malaysia sent e-mails to customers informing them of the launch but did not give any indication of the expected price. Given that the previous model went for RM888,000 and usually new cars get a price hike of between 10 and 15 per cent, expect the new boy to retail for anywhere between RM960K to RM1.2 million.

BMW M5 fly and drive video after the jump